Parents Uncharted: From The Creator of Mom Uncharted

Sarah sits down with Emily Cherkin for a conversation about the rapid expansion of EdTech in schools.

Back-to-school season used to mean pencils, notebooks and maybe a new pair of shoes. Now, open TikTok or YouTube and you can find kids displaying hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars worth of clothes, makeup, skincare and accessories in elaborate “back-to-school hauls.” But this episode isn't really about one teenager with a pile of shopping bags, it's about the culture we've created around our kids. In this solo episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah explores the growing intersection of chi

Sarah speaks with Dr. Jess Maddox about what parasocial relationships actually are, why they are not inherently harmful and how social media has intensified them by making interactions with creators feel increasingly reciprocal.

What does it cost to build a platform around motherhood when your identity, marriage and parenting choices are constantly open to public debate? In this episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah speaks with Renee Reina, creator and host of The Mom Room, about the changing world of motherhood content and what it means to build a community while being publicly perceived. Renee explains how the isolation of 2020 inspired her to begin creating honest, comedic content about default parenting, marriage an

Video games are often treated as one more screen to limit, a source of family conflict or a threat to children’s well-being. But what if parents are asking the wrong questions about gaming? In this episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah speaks with Dr. Rachel Kowert and Arana Shapiro from Games for Change about how families can approach video games with less fear, more curiosity and better information. Their new white paper, Raising Good Gamers: What Families Need to Know About Video Games and We

Sarah sits down with Mallory DeMille to examine how wellness influencers build trust, spread misinformation and turn parental anxiety into profit.

Ray-Ban Meta glasses are being sold as stylish, convenient and increasingly inevitable. But when an ordinary-looking pair of glasses can record the people around you, who is responsible for consent, and who carries the risk? In this solo episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah examines the growing normalization of camera-enabled smart glasses and why parents should be paying attention. Unlike a phone held up to record, smart glasses can remove the social cues that tell us a camera is present, leavi

What happens when a child’s disability, diagnosis, medical journey, or private care needs become content online? In this episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah Adams is joined by author, speaker, content creator, and disability advocate Sarah Todd Hammer for an honest conversation about disability representation, social media visibility, and the ethics of parents sharing their children’s lives online. After acquiring a spinal cord injury from acute flaccid myelitis at age eight, Sarah Todd began