Raising kids is hard. Parenting with phones, TikTok, and AI? Brutal.
Tough Talks gives parents no-nonsense guides to help you tackle the trickiest conversations with your kids - before the internet does.
Guides
If you don’t, the Internet will.
Every parent knows the “what now?” moment—when your kid asks something you didn’t see coming. Tough Talks is your backup plan: clear, simple guides that help you answer without panic.
Technology moves fast. We help you keep up.
Tough Talks breaks down digital life, online risks, and mental health in plain language so you can raise kids who are smart, safe, and supported. Plus we jump into tons of real-world, real-life topics like grief, death, divorce, drugs, vaping, and dating violence. We also cover ways for parents to start conversations with other parents and how to advocate for resources in schools.
In 2022, we launched a podcast to rethink what it means to be a parent today.
The more we spoke about politics, mental health, and the fight for support, the clearer it became: we’re raising children in a time unlike any before.
Our kids are no longer wild and free in the ways we once were. Their playgrounds are screens, their neighborhoods infinite feeds. Childhood has been rewritten faster, louder, and more dangerous than we ever imagined.
And yet, here we are—navigating the unknown, fumbling for the right words, learning as we go. Maybe that’s the real work of modern parenthood: to walk beside them, even when the path keeps changing.
