The nextTalk Parent Podcast with Mandy Majors
The nextTalk Podcast with Mandy Majors helps parents navigate technology, cultural pressures, and difficult conversations with their children. Through practical guidance, honest stories, and faith-centered encouragement, parents learn how to replace fear and reaction with open communication, biblical wisdom, and stronger family relationships.
Join award-winning author Mandy Majors (TALK and Keeping Kids Safe in a Digital World) for honest, practical conversations at the intersection of technology, culture, and faith.
There are plenty of tools to control technology — but at nextTalk, we go deeper. We help parents build the kind of trusting relationship where kids actually come to them when something goes wrong.
nextTalk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to keeping kids safe by fostering a culture of open communication in families, churches, and schools.
The nextTalk Parent Podcast with Mandy Majors
Latest Episodes
How to Become Your Kid’s Safe Place
What happens when the parenting principles you learned when your kids were little are finally put to the test in the teenage years? Mandy welcomes longtime friend and former nextTalk co-host Kim Elerick back to the podcast to talk h...
Brian Montgomery on Walker’s Sextortion Case: Justice, Anger, and Surrender
After more than three years of waiting, advocacy, prayer, and perseverance, Brian Montgomery returns to the nextTalk Parent Podcast with a major update in the fight for justice for his son, Walker.In December 2022, Walker became the vict...
Is My Child Turning to AI for Connection?
What should you do if you discover your child has an AI boyfriend or companion?In this episode, Mandy Majors sits down with nextTalk Operations Manager Merideth Zingelmann to discuss why children are turning to AI for friendship, affirma...
Why Kids Stop Talking to Their Parents: A Son’s Honest Advice
What helps kids keep talking to their parents—even when the subject is awkward, uncomfortable, or potentially alarming?Mandy welcomes her son Carter back to the podcast just days before he leaves for college. Carter gives parents an hone...
Fan Mail
Hello. Mark Manzanares, 34 y/o, parent of 2 kiddos in Elementary. Mandy Majors visited us last night for the PTA meeting at Wanke Elementary. It was amazing. Just wanted to send out kudos and thanks for all the knowledge!
El Paso, Texas