Parental controls, screen time rules for kids & teen phone rules for working parents. The Parent Tap with Ryan McDonough is your tactical playbook for calm parenting without yelling, teen mental health & internet safety for kids.
The threats are real. This is your playbook. Online predators, child grooming prevention, phone addiction, toddler meltdowns, emotional regulation for kids & parent burnout — decoded into day-one moves you can run this week.

What you get:
• Threats decoded — digital parenting + authoritative parenting guests
• Day-one blueprints — boundaries you can set today
• Home leadership — defend the kids. Run the house.

New episodes Sun/Tue/Thu + Daily Debrief Shorts
Website: ParentTap.io
Listen: theparenttap.buzzsprout.com

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Going LIVE tonight at 8:15 PM PT with Dr. Lindsay Emmerson — What to Do AFTER You Lose Your Cool: A Psychologist’s Reset for Parents. Bring your questions to the chat: youtube.com/live/kBxTwcawViA

1 week ago |[YT] | 1

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We are at 999 subscribers! Who's going to be subscriber #1,000 for The Parent Tap?

2 months ago |[YT] | 2

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Welcome to The Parent Tap YouTube Community!

Now you can post on my channel, too.

What guest you’d like to see back for a Q and A live stream?

Visit the Community: youtube.com/@TheParentTap/community

3 months ago |[YT] | 2

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Tomorrow, we drop the blueprints on screen-time dopamine loops from a PhD who supervised juvenile gang blocks.

3 months ago |[YT] | 1

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At what age did you hand over the first phone?

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Thursday 8:30 PST

3 months ago |[YT] | 2

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Almost 500 subs! Let’s start doing some livestreams with giveaways to celebrate! Maybe make it a weekly thing? What do you say?

3 months ago |[YT] | 2

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We just flipped the switch on Episode 16.

If you've ever felt the quiet sting of corporate lifestyle creep, or wondered if pausing a career to offset a massive daycare bill is actually a net-negative resume trap—this is your operational blueprint.

No generic textbook fluff. Just pure, tactical execution systems you can implement with your family in 15 minutes this week.

Tap the link to watch the full masterclass master brief: https://youtu.be/7AnNbGFvRo0?si=rloH5...

4 months ago |[YT] | 2

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My first returning guest is recording today with me! She was my 2nd overall guest and now that I'm over 30 episodes, all I can say is wow, the difference is night and day. We are making progress. Go watch the first interview to prep yourself for a more intense part 2! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Epy...

4 months ago |[YT] | 3

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Happy Mother’s Day.

Video on keeping your kids safe online with an Ex FBI agent drops tonight.

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