264 | Raising Awareness Around Sex Trafficking

Sep 4, 2020

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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 Mommy Millionaire Podcast episode.

Tim is the Founder and CEO of Operation Underground Railroad. Ballard spent over a decade working as a special agent for the Department of Homeland Security. He was assigned to Internet Crime Against Children and deployed as an undercover operative for the 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, 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 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 around this subject?
[15:19] Tim shares the patterns he sees with pedophiles and how it progresses.
[18:01] Tim speaks about what he tells his boys about pornography.
[18:48] Tim discusses why he left the CIA to launch Operation Underground Railroad.
[21:18] Tim shares how important his wife is to what he does and the support she gives him.
[22:55] What can the mommy millionaires do to help?
[23:50] Tim discusses Children Need Families, a component that his wife started to place the children they rescue.
[24:30] Tim speaks about the volunteer program they need help with.
[26:37] Tim talks about how kids are taken, and parents are duped or fully involved.
[27:49] When you catch the parents who sold their kids, what do they say is why they did it?
[30:22] Tim speaks about a New York Times article.
[31:33] Why is pedophilia considered ok in mainstream media today?
[33:10] Tim shares the signs to look for in children.
[35:09] What should we do if we see something that doesn't look right?
[35:53] Tim shares some final thoughts.
[37:44] Thank you so much for being on the show!

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