Recently, REGO Global Advisor for Youth Digital Protection, Dr. Lisa Strohman, joined Jim Iyoob, President of ETS Labs, on The Etech Leadership & CX Podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on the growing challenges facing children and families online.

As a clinical psychologist, attorney, founder of Digital Citizen Academy, and author of Digital Distress: Growing Up Online, Dr. Strohman has spent nearly two decades studying the impact of technology on children and advocating for stronger protections in digital environments. Her latest book examines the mental health, developmental, and societal consequences of growing up in an always-connected world, making her one of the leading voices in today’s child digital safety movement. Her appointment as REGO’s Global Advisor for Youth Digital Protection reflects the company’s ongoing commitment to building technology that puts child safety and privacy first.

During the conversation, Dr. Strohman highlighted a key distinction between platforms that attempt to add safety features after problems emerge and technologies that are designed with protection built into their foundation. She pointed to REGO’s long-standing commitment to COPPA compliance, parental consent, age assurance, and privacy-preserving identity verification as examples of infrastructure that was built years before today’s regulatory environment began taking shape.

The discussion also explored emerging threats facing children and families, including AI-powered scams, biometric age verification concerns, online exploitation, and the growing need for stronger parental oversight tools. Dr. Strohman explained how REGO’s patented technologies can help create safer digital experiences by giving parents greater control while minimizing the collection and exposure of sensitive personal data.

Beyond protecting children, Dr. Strohman noted that many of the same protections can help safeguard vulnerable seniors, an area where REGO’s Senior Financial Management platform is also focused.

As REGO continues to expand its role in helping financial institutions and technology providers create safer digital experiences for families, Dr. Strohman’s expertise will help guide the company’s strategy around child safety, age assurance standards, parental governance, and ethical AI policies.

Watch the full conversation above to hear Dr. Strohman’s insights on the future of online safety and the role privacy-preserving technology can play in protecting the next generation.