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Television & Film Media
Does Snapchat have Blood on their Hands?
Does Snapchat have blood on their hands? You decide after listening to what happened to Sammy and other kids who got pills from drug dealers using...
The Battle Against Snapchat
In this episode, Titania talks to Sam Chapman, a father whose son was sold fentanyl-laced drugs on Snapchat and tragically died of an overdose....
In the News
‘Sammy’s Law’ would help parents monitor kids online. It’s gaining steam.
Sam Chapman, left, and Jaime Puerta hold pictures of their sons Sammy Chapman and Daniel Puerta-Johnson, who died of fentanyl poisoning from pills...
Social media played a major role in our son’s fentanyl death. We need to make it safer.
TikTok via Getty Images By Laura Berman and Samuel P. Chapman Special to The Sacramento Bee January 18, 2025 6:00 AM In February of 2021, our lives...
Events
Grieving Mama Meetup: December 13 & January 10
Free meetup for grieving mothers. Join us at St Cross Episcopal church, 1919 Monterey Blvd, Hermosa Beach, CA. We will have circle time, then do something healing together!
Good Grief Day: January 24
Join us for Good Grief Day January 24, 2026! Link to https://www.denmeditation.com/goodgriefday-2026
Love Mama Grief Retreat: May 27-31
Love Mama Grief Retreat for mothers who have lost their children. May 27-31, 2026! (drlauraberman.com/lovemama)
Join the Grief Healing Collective for virtual meetups, community and live healing sessions.
About Parent Collective
Parent Collective is a California nonprofit advocating and educating about the online harms to children and the fentanyl crisis in the United States, and helping parents heal who have lost children to those dangers. The Collective provides free grief healing for the families left behind.
We are managed by Sam Chapman and Dr. Laura Berman, the parents of Sammy Chapman, forever 16, who died of fentanyl poisoning via Snapchat. We are active in legislation in Washington DC and at the State level, sponsoring and endorsing legislation to protect children online and prevent the spread of deadly fentanyl throughout our communities.
Most notable, Sammy’s Law named after, Sammy Chapman, is HR 5778 in the US Congress, actively moving through the legislature this session.
Parent Collective has used media successfully to warn other parents and youth about the dangers of fentanyl and counterfeit medications. We have appeared on over 150 television segments warning others and promoting legislation. We produced a public service announcement and are filming a feature length film about the fentanyl crisis which is currently in being produced and funded as the advocacy events develop.
Management of Parent Collective is party to a lawsuit with 65 families in California Superior Court (Neville et Al v. Snap Inc.) against Snap Inc. for the deaths of their children from fentanyl poisoning via Snapchat. The lawsuit has survived a Snap Inc. motion to dismiss on 12 allegations based on product liability law, a new approach to get around social media companies’ use of the first amendment as a shield against liability. The film is following the lawsuit as well as the legislative efforts and the family stories.
The Collective has a strong Facebook presence with a group of over 13,000 fentanyl parents as part of the collective. We all work together from California to Washington DC to create change and warn other families, so they never have the feeling of losing a child as we have.
Dr. Berman holds grief healing events around the country for families who lost children to the fentanyl crisis. Groups as large as 75 parents gather for days with multiple clinicians to work on recovering from the death of their children. It is vital work that too many families cannot afford.
Legislature We Support
- Sammy's Law: CA Senate Bill 1444
- Prop 36 - Californians for Safer Communities
- Alexandra's Law: HR 6671
Give Parents The Choice of Safety
One of the most effective ways for parents to protect children is by using third-party safety software. This type of software can provide alerts to parents when dangerous content is shared through children’s social media accounts, enabling life-saving interventions at critical moments.
For example, if a child is expressing thoughts of suicide via social media, then a parent, who has received an alert through a third-party safety app, can immediately provide mental health support. These alerts have already protected millions of children.
For third-party safety apps to work, social media companies need to give them permission. While many social media platforms do provide this access, unfortunately, others, like Snapchat and TikTok, do not, even though the burden on the platforms of providing access is negligible and can be done securely using existing, industry-standardized technology.
Sammy’s Law will finally give parents the choice to use third-party safety software for their children.
The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act
The fentanyl crisis has reached alarming levels and is now responsible for 20 percent of youth deaths in California.
This measure will define fentanyl as a hard drug, hold individuals convicted of trafficking fentanyl accountable, and grant judges greater discretion in sentencing drug traffickers, while holding repeat offenders accountable for the safety of our communities, rather than putting them back on the streets.
This measure provides critical mental health, drug treatment services, and job training within our justice system for people who are homeless and suffering from mental illness or struggling with substance abuse.
Alexandra’s Law introduces legislation to significantly increase penalties for drug dealers of lethal fentanyl.
The cascading flow of fentanyl through the porous southern border now kills more than 100,000 Americans every year and in every corner of our country. The fentanyl crisis has reached alarming levels and is now responsible for 20 percent of youth deaths in California.
This measure will define fentanyl as a hard drug, hold individuals convicted of trafficking fentanyl accountable, and grant judges greater discretion in sentencing drug traffickers.
Under the proposed law, convicted fentanyl dealers would get a required warning from judges. After the warning, if they dealt drugs that resulted in someone’s death they would be subject to a harsher sentence.
Despite bipartisan support, the bill failed to get past the committee stage as Democrats raised questions on how dealers would know, or should know, if their drugs contained fentanyl.
You don’t have to grieve alone.
Have you suffered loss and struggled to hold and heal the pain?
Take a life-changing journey with Dr. Laura Berman as she shares her personal experiences and invaluable tools for healing emotionally, physically, and spiritually from loss. I help you navigate the grieving process and find ways to honor and remember your loved one(s) while also taking care of yourself. Grief can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to take over your life. You can get through it, stronger, clearer and fuller than you can imagine! You can learn to connect with loved ones who have passed. You can also support loved ones who suffer severe grief.
Healing Retreats
Grief healing retreats are for women of all ages who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Retreats are led by Dr Laura Berman, a seasoned therapist with 30+ years of experience, a best-selling author, podcast, radio, and television host, and a grieving mother of her son, Sammy, forever 16. She will be joined by a faculty of some of her favorite healers and teachers. If you are a woman who has lost a loved one at any time in any way, come join us! You’ll learn to fully inhabit your grief and emerge stronger by going and growing through this unimaginable pain.
Grief Meetups
If you’re a mother who’s grieving the loss of a child , you don’t have to carry that weight alone. Come join a beautiful community of mama’s who intimately understand what you are going through. There’s something truly profound about coming together in community—together, we can heal so much more than we could ever do alone. Participate in live Healing Circle events where you can share your journey, ask questions, and receive support from Dr. Laura and fellow members. This gathering is a space for grieving mothers to connect, share, and heal together.
Grief Counseling
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Ready to turn your pain into into purpose? Dr. Laura Berman’s personal therapy sessions can help you not only survive grief, but to actually thrive though it and emerge stronger than ever.
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