In today’s Celebrate Kids podcast episode of Facing the Dark, Dr. Kathy Koch and Wayne Stender talk honestly about what we’re all seeing: tech is everywhere. Legislation is even being introduced to ban social media for kids under 13 and restrict device use in schools. But is banning it enough?

We live in a culture obsessed with safety. And in many ways, that’s a gift. Kids deserve protection. But if we’re not careful, that protection can become a prison.

Anxiety takes on a different form when kids don’t know how to process those worries, when fear has nowhere safe to land, when thoughts stay trapped inside, or when pressure never lets up. That’s when anxiety grows heavier and harder to manage.