264 | Raising Awareness Around Sex Trafficking

Are you protecting your children from child predators online? Listen to Cayla and her guest, Tim Ballard, discuss sex trafficking, what to look for, how to stop it, and how to protect your children from this horrible crime all on this https://www.mommymillionaire.co/podcasts (Mommy Millionaire Podcast) episode. Tim is the Founder and CEO of https://ourrescue.org/ (Operation Underground Railroad). Ballard spent over a decade working as a special agent for the https://www.dhs.gov/ (Department of Homeland Security). He was assigned to https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/programs/internet-crimes-against-children-task-force-program (Internet Crime Against Children) and deployed as an undercover operative for thehttps://borgenproject.org/tag/us-child-sex-tourism-jump-team/ ( U.S. Child Sex Tourism Jump Team).  Listen as Tim shares how children are trafficked in the United States, conversations to have with your children, and the progression from pornography to pedophilia. Tim shares the conversations he has had with his teenagers around pornography and why he left the CIA to launch Operation Underground Railroad. Tim discusses all the children O.U.R has rescued and the new O.U.R component that his wife started called CNF, https://cnfnow.org/our-team (Children Need Families). They started this last year and have already placed over thirty children. Watch Tim's movie, go to the O.U.R website, and if you can donate or volunteer. Our children are worth it. In This Episode: [05:11] Welcome to the show, Tim! [05:25] Cayla discusses Tim's movie called https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7599146/ (Sound of Freedom.) [05:56] Tim shares his backstory and how he started with the CIA. [07:33] Tim speaks about being asked to lead a new team on crimes against children. [09:36] Why do Americans believe this isn't happening here? [10:20] Tim discusses how children are trafficked here in the US online. [12:43] Tim says to put parental controls on your kids' tablet, iPad, etc. [13:49] What conversations do you have with your nine kids aroun