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Seth Watson

Seth Watson
How To Lose Your Humanity

Parents

How To Lose Your Humanity

This week, many in the tech world are starting to grapple with the responsibility of the AI products we've created. OpenAI is being sued for its chatbot encouraging a kid to commit suicide. My heart broke when I saw the messages. And how a tool designed to validate

20 Oct 2025
Finding Facts

Parents

Finding Facts

Follow the Money. Follow the Law. Follow the Rules. Hello Everyone! This week was a week of firsts. It was my son’s first overnight trip. (For a 2.5 year old, he can road trip with the best of them. Helps that he’s still in diapers.) And this

20 Oct 2025
Parents Cross These 3 Lines At Their Own Risk

Parents

Parents Cross These 3 Lines At Their Own Risk

"My daughter was 18 months old when I first brought her a screen." As I read this article online a bit of a queasy feeling came over me. * Am I making a mistake with my kid? * Am I blowing screen time out of proportion? I continued reading and

20 Oct 2025
3 Ways to Cheer Up Your Toddler Without Using YouTube

Parents

3 Ways to Cheer Up Your Toddler Without Using YouTube

This week my son sunk into the couch beside me looking intensely at a plain album cover on our TV screen. He longed to return to a normal I didn't know existed. The kid acted like he lost his best friend or faced rejection for the first time.

20 Oct 2025
Not Today Kid

Not Today Kid

This week my son went to the dentist for the first time. Armed with his six strategically positioned teeth, designed for tearing bread and meat, my son had no idea what awaited him at the dentist. Neither did Dad. Growing up, dentist offices were bare-boned. Four walls, healthcare professionals

20 Oct 2025
Ban All the Books - Just Give Me YouTube

Ban All the Books - Just Give Me YouTube

In the book "Stolen Focus," the author discusses his journey to detox from social media to concentrate on his writing. One chapter of the book features a researcher grappling with how different mediums impact our focus. The Original Flow State - Reading Flow state is defined as a state

20 Oct 2025
Tiny Steps and Tech

Tiny Steps and Tech

So this week we celebrated my son's birthday. He is officially 1 year old! I have so many thoughts and feelings all crystalized into this little pint sized kid waddling through our house on an infinite loop. It feels like he is a new person twice a month.

20 Oct 2025
"Kids, You're On Your Own."

"Kids, You're On Your Own."

During the holidays, I came across an article discussing new Chinese laws regulating video games, particularly those with in-app purchases (known as 'Gacha games'). China is drafting laws to limit the more toxic elements of the genre. (Like limiting money spent, decreasing limited edition items, removing daily

20 Oct 2025
The Problem With the World... Too Many Gurus

The Problem With the World... Too Many Gurus

The Post Credits Scene in Doctor Strange is infamous not for what it sets up, but for what Marvel seems to have forgotten. It was a well done scene where Karl Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor’s character) goes full baddie and declares that the problem with the world is simple "

20 Oct 2025
Change Your Mind, Change Your World

Change Your Mind, Change Your World

Find mindsets that will help you become the person you want to be.  An Unknown Circle of Hell Until recently I had a really bad view on internet marketing. It created ads which as a whole I saw as a never ending exercise of suggesting, poking, pushing you to buy,

22 Sep 2025
Grow Together - Practice Cyber Wellness With our Crew

Grow Together - Practice Cyber Wellness With our Crew

The past couple of weeks have completely shifted my concept of Cyber Wellness and developing healthy habits on the internet. Since starting my business, I've been wrestling with a giant I couldn't figure out. Online Marketing I entered the field of Cybersecurity to help protect people

22 Sep 2025
Parents v Internet (2023)

Parents v Internet (2023)

This year is my son's first Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year. He is enamored by all of the lights, music, and decorations in our house and around the city. As I look at the wonder in his eyes, I'm reminded why I started this newsletter and

22 Sep 2025
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