Episode 119: The Trouble with TikTok

33 mins
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Welcome to Episode 119 of the Being Human Podcast:  The Trouble with TikTok

This week, Dr. Greg opens up about the surprising (and troubling) discovery he made while scrolling through TikTok and offers a word of warning to parents about the platform while breaking open three principles parents can follow to guide their children in recognizing their dignity and potential for greatness. 


Discussed in this episode:

  • Moral reasons to avoid TikTok;

  • Three principles that parents can follow to help them deal with the challenges of modern parenting; 

  • Trusting gut instincts as a parent vs. following a communal sense of what is acceptable and good; 

  • The impact of groupthink as shown in studies from social psychology; 

  • The need to prepare one’s children for how to interact with the craziness of our current culture; 

  • When and how to talk to children about their body and how to view and treat the bodies of others; 

  • Children’s inherent desire for truth and capacity for greatness; 

  • Our role and duty to know the truth and share it in our interactions with others; 

  • Pointers for talking with children and teenagers in a way that validates their identity and sense of value and worth;  

  • The importance of finding a balance between the extremes of being overly authoritarian and strict or being without boundaries, structure, or rules. 


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About Dr. Greg and the CatholicPsych Institute

Dr. Greg Bottaro is a Catholic psychologist, founder of the CatholicPsych Institute, and developer of the CatholicPsych Model of Applied Personalism (CPMAP). He received his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Institute for the Psychological Sciences, a graduate school that integrates Catholic philosophy and theology with sound, empirically validated psychology.

Before his degree, Dr. Bottaro discerned a religious vocation with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFRs). He lived four years in the Bronx, serving the poor in the tradition of St. Francis of Assisi. Under the mentorship of Fr. Benedict Groeschel, this experience helped him form a spirituality based on Abandonment to Divine Providence which he now applies to psychological principles in his practice. He learned from Fr. Benedict how to discern God's voice and live a life in service to others.

Six years after leaving NYC as a friar, he returned as a psychologist. The CatholicPsych Institute began there in 2012 and has since continued to expand, now serving clients around the globe.

Dr. Bottaro currently lives in Connecticut with his wife Barbra and their seven children. He actively avoids watching the news and spends his free time thinking up crazy new ideas on how to make the world a better place.