We choose protection.
fix a broken system.
It’s time to speak up.
It’s time to RISE!
Turning Grief into Action
We never imagined that our children’s laughter, selfies and teenage curiosity could lead them into danger. We did everything parents are told to do, We talked to our kids, set limits, used every safety tool available, and trusted the companies that promised their platforms were safe.
They weren’t.
We are mothers and fathers who lost our children to the preventable harms of social media and AI, from fentanyl sales to sextortion, self-harm, and manipulative chatbots. Our children weren’t the collateral damage of innovation. They were casualties of deliberate design — algorithms built to exploit attention and profits prioritized over protection.
We’re here to change that.
Parents RISE is a national, survivor parent-led movement turning grief into power and loss into action. We are uniting families, training advocates, and demanding systemic reform to hold Big Tech accountable.
Together, we’re building a digital world where children’s lives come before corporate profit.
The System Was Built This Way
We’ve learned that what’s happening to our kids online isn’t an accident. It’s a business model.
Platforms profit from the time our children spend scrolling, posting, and engaging, no matter the cost. They know what’s being sold to them, who’s targeting them, and which harmful content keeps them hooked. And they are shielded by a law written almost 30 years ago — Section 230 — that gives them broad immunity for the consequences.
That law may have made sense when the internet was young. But today, it’s a weapon against accountability. A law that allows billion-dollar companies to evade responsibility for harms they design, enable, and profit from.
Enough is enough
50%
50% of U.S. parents believe social media is harming their children's mental health.
44%
Among parents concerned about teen mental health, 44% identify social media as the biggest negative influence on teens today.
66%
Two thirds (66%) of parents with kids on social media said their child experienced at least one negative impact, such as addiction, sleep disruption, or exposure to strangers.
It’s Time to Take Action
It’s time to shift power from predatory tech companies to the families they have been destroying for profit by replacing their motto of “move fast and break things” with innovation that puts safety first.
We are transforming scattered voices into a coordinated national movement through our three-part mission: to unite and train survivor and impacted parents as powerful advocates; to demand corporate and legislative accountability from Big Tech; and to protect future generations by driving systemic reform in how technology is designed, regulated, and used.
How We Work
Policy & Legislative Advocacy
Corporate Accountability & Industry Reform
Survivor Storytelling & Public Awareness
Grassroots Organizing & Movement-Building
Stronger laws. Safer kids. Accountable Tech.
We drive systemic change by advancing bold, survivor-informed legislation that prioritizes children’s safety online at both the state and federal levels.
Speaking the truth. Demanding safety.
We expose and challenge the harmful business models and product designs that put profits over children’s lives.
Exposing predatory tech. Empowering families. Driving reform.
We shift the national narrative from “bad parenting” to corporate negligence by amplifying survivor and parent voices through storytelling, media engagement, and public campaigns.
Together we rise.
We build the power needed to confront Big Tech. Parents RISE unites survivor parents, families, and allies into a national movement that lawmakers and companies cannot ignore.
Pain Into Purpose
We are parents, not politicians. But we have become advocates, educators, organizers, and reformers because the system left us no choice.
We’ve testified before lawmakers. We’ve written letters and shared our stories. We’ve stood outside corporate headquarters and on the steps of Congress. We’ve comforted new parents joining this fight — those who have just lost their child and are learning, through tears, that they are not alone.
Our pain has become our power.
Our children’s stories have become our testimony.
And our collective voice has become a force for change.
