UNDERCOVER UNDERAGE A Mom Disguises Herself as a Teen to Nab Online Predators by Maggie Rodriguez, photos courtesy of Discovery+
Fifteen-year-old Floribeth brushes her long hair, puts on a headband and checks her braces in the mirror. She’s about to connect with a man she met online—a predator with bad intentions. He has no idea that she’s not actually a teenager. She is 38-yearold child advocate Roo Powell, in disguise, as one of three teenaged personas she created for her new show, Undercover Underage, now streaming on Discovery+.
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TampaBayParenting.com DECEMBER 2021
