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Parenting in the digital age feels like running a marathon with no map.

Phones, apps, TikTok trends, AI chatbots—you barely figure out one before three more show up. It’s overwhelming, confusing, and honestly, exhausting.

Most of us want to stay ahead, but instead we feel like we’re always playing catch-up, scrambling for the right words in the toughest moments.

That’s where Tough Talks comes in.

We create no-nonsense guides that cut through the noise and give parents the tools they need to have real conversations with their kids, before the internet does. From screen time battles with 7-year-olds, to sextortion risks facing tweens, to teens navigating porn, predators, and hidden apps, we’ve got you covered.

Our guides focus on Digital Life & Online Risk, Mental Health & Identity, Real-World Real-Life, and Parent-to-Parent & Advocacy —the exact places kids need us most. Each one breaks down the facts, offers practical tips, and even hands you word-for-word scripts so you’re never left speechless.

The goal? To help you be the safe, trusted person your kid turns to when things get confusing, scary, or overwhelming—not social media, not Google, and definitely not their best friend’s older brother.

Parenting will never be simple. But the conversations that matter most? We make those easier.

The guides
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Our guides flip the script.

Phones, porn, predators, and pressure—it’s a lot. Tough Talks makes sure you don’t have to figure it out alone, giving you trusted, ready-to-use tools for every stage from childhood to teens.

The guides
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Tough Talks Guides at a Glance

  • More than a dozen no-nonsense, age-appropriate guides for parents to help kids navigate digital life, online risks, mental health, and identity.

    Childhood may look different now, but they never have to face it alone.

  • Seventeen straightforward, age-appropriate guides for parents to help kids navigate emotions, resilience, body image, consent, identity, and inclusion.

  • Tips and scripts to talk with kids about the hardest realities of growing up—from school shootings and natural disasters to drugs, grief, divorce, poverty, and dating violence.

  • Guides to help parents navigate tough conversations with other parents, teachers, and schools, plus building coalitions, pushing for resources, and speaking up when kids’ safety and well-being are on the line.

The guides