Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Bully Stop
Bully Stop is a tool that can help you and your children stop bullies and predators from contacting them on their mobile (cell) phone.
Teens and Sexting | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
Overview:
As texting has become a centerpiece in teen social life, parents, educators and advocates have grown increasingly concerned about the role of cell phones in the sexual lives of teens and young adults. A new survey from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that 4% of cell-owning teens ages 12-17 say they have sent sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images or videos of themselves to someone else via text messaging, a practice also known as “sexting”; 15% say they have received such images of someone they know via text message.
Download the full report:
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Kim Komando's Video of the Day -- Not so kid-friendly
Kim Komando’s Video of the Day » Not so kid-friendly http://bit.ly/883bO4 >>> also see www.guardingkids.com
Sunday, December 6, 2009
BullyPolice.org
A Watch-dog Organization - Advocating for Bullied Children
& Reporting on State Anti Bullying Laws
http://www.bullypolice.org/
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
New Survey on Parents and Online Safety | Yoursphere for Parents
As reported by U.S. News & World Report, parents have a variety of concerns when it comes to the safety of their kids while surfing the web. But there is some disparity between the percentages of concerned parents and percentage of those parents taking action to protect their kids. Read more:
http://internet-safety.yoursphere.com/news/new-survey-on-parents-and-online-safety
Thursday, December 3, 2009
MTV's A Thin Line : About the Campaign
The Web and cell phones help us communicate, connect and learn in ways we never could before, but they've also forever changed how we interact with others. Things we used to share in person – and in private – can now be broadcast to thousands, instantly. Sometimes we type things we would never say to someone's face. As a result, new issues like forced sexting, textual harassment and cyberbullyiing have emerged, which now affect a majority of young people in the U.S.
MTV's A Thin Line campaign was developed to empower you to identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse in your life and amongst your peers. The campaign is built on the understanding that there's a "thin line" between what may begin as a harmless joke and something that could end up having a serious impact on you or someone else. We know no generation has ever had to deal with this, so we want to partner with you to help figure it out. On-air, online and on your cell, we hope to spark a conversation and deliver information that helps you draw your own digital line.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
The FearNot! software - ECIRCUS
VICTEC (Virtual ICT with Empathic Characters), a European framework V project was carried out between 2002-2005. The project considered the application of 3D animated synthetic characters and emergent narrative to create improvised dramas to address bullying problems for children aged 8-12 in the UK, Germany and Portugal. One of the main aims of the project was to develop synthetic characters that could, through their appearances, behaviours and features allow the user to build empathic relations with them. The project’s pedagogical objectives were met through the design and implementation of interactive, episodic and emergent virtual dramas where children were exposed to bullying scenarios in a safe school-based Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The FearNot! application software (Fun with Empathic Agents to Achieve Novel Outcomes in Teaching) developed during the project aimed to enable children to explore physical and relational bullying issues and coping strategies through empathic interactions with synthetic characters. In order to achieve these objectives, FearNot! provides children with various scenarios about bullying behaviour, that promote engagement and believability with synthetic characters in a social interaction [Figure 1].
Extensive evaluations of the FearNot application with over 1,000 children were carried out to consider children’s engagement with the synthetic agents, and their empathic responses to the characters and the scenarios. Individual interaction styles in relation to bullying behaviour, and children’s Theory of Mind abilities were also explored.
Cyber-Bully Mom Off the Hook in MySpace Suicide Case
It looks like cyber-bully mom Lori Drew has a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
http://www.ticklethewire.com/2009/11/24/cyber-bull-mom-off-the-hook-in-myspace-suicide-case/
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
KidZui :: Add-ons for Firefox
KidZui turns Firefox into fun, kid-safe browser and online playground for kids 3-12 with over a million kids games, YouTube videos, and websites.
Bully Bust 2009
Bully Bust 2009, CSEE's awareness campaign designed to reduce bullying in our schools. Before you do anything else, please sign the STAND UP Pledge to join the collection of students and adults committed to reducing bullying. Then, dig into the information, activities and resources to start making a difference!
BullyBust provides critical resources and supports to create a school-wide effort against bullying.
Google lets parents lock in SafeSearch
Google lets parents lock in SafeSearch
Google has long allowed parents a SafeSearch filtering setting that keeps kids from using the search engine to find inappropriate sites like those with explicit sexual images or text. The problem was that kids could easily change those settings. Starting Wednesday, however, the company is allowing parents to lock those settings to make it harder (though not impossible) for kids to bypass the settings.
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10395112-238.html
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Podcast ASCAway: Online Safety
Podcast: Nancy McBride, national safety director for the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, shares some advice on how school counselors can help keep kids safe online.
http://ascaway.podbean.com/2009/10/30/ascaway-online-safety/
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
New Report: Social Isolation and New Technology
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Can You Go to Jail for Cyberbullying?
Can You Go to Jail for Cyberbullying?
After retiring from Arizona’s superior court in 2008, former judge Tom Jacobs began a site called askthejudge.info to help teens understand legal issues. Below, he applies his expertise to the issue of cyberbullying and its possible legal consequences.
http://uyn.blogspot.com/2009/10/can-you-go-to-jail-for-cyberbullying.html
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Associated Press: Grudgingly, young people finally flock to Twitter
Grudgingly, young people finally flock to Twitter
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jN8nohwnjEFrJLJhKB1JT09cNB9gD9BFN9FG6
Monday, October 19, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Protecting your family on Mobiles and the Internet | Vodafone Parents' Guide
Do you know your Facebook from your YouTube? Your Nintendo Wii from your PSP? Getting involved with your child’s digital world is a key part of parenting in the 21st century.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Anti-bullying forces are targeting the bystanders - The Boston Globe
The anti-bullying forces tried to work with the bullies and the victims. Now they’re targeting the bystanders.
Read more:
18 and Under - Texting, Surfing, Studying? - NYTimes.com
Certain subjects make self-righteous parents of us all: our children thinking they are doing homework when in reality the text messages are flying, the Internet browsers are open, the video is streaming, the loud rock music is blaring on the turntable — oh, wait, sorry, that last one was our parents complaining about us.
Read more:
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Students, experts link offline risks with Net safety | Safe and Secure - CNET News
Students, experts link offline risks with Net safety
by Larry Magid
WASHINGTON--When the Online Safety and Technology Working Group, established via the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, last week held a meeting at the U.S. Department of Commerce to discuss how to best protect kids online, members may not have been expecting to talk so much about offline behavior.
The 29-person panel, which includes representatives of Internet companies, academia, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies appointed in April by U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, offered recommendations ranging from self-protection to cyberbullying prevention. The common themes: exhibiting the same self-awareness and outward sensitivity online as you would offline, and proactively counseling youth exhibiting risky offline behavior.
Read more:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10363811-238.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=SafeandSecure
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October marks the sixth annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security. The theme for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2009 is “Our Shared Responsibility” to reinforce the message that all computer users, not just industry and government, have a responsibility to practice good “cyber hygiene” and to protect themselves and their families at home, at work and at school.
Read more:
Monday, September 28, 2009
4 Teens Sued for Obscene Fake Facebook Profile
4 Teens Sued for Obscene Fake Facebook Profile http://bit.ly/tQYe0
Cyberbullying Research Center
Downloadable and Distributable Materials
http://www.cyberbullying.us/resources.php
The Challenge: A publication of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
The School Bully in Cyberspace
Teens live highly digital and media-rich lives with more communications choices than ever before. The media explosion is influencing our youths in ways never imagined.
According to the 2007 Pew Internet & American Life Project report Teens and Social Media, by Amanda Lenhart, Mary Madden, Alexandra Rankin Macgill and Aaron Smith, most teens spend time online, and about 50 percent of those who use the Internet have at least one profile on at least one social networking Web site. Youths use such sites to stay in touch with friends and make new ones. The Pew findings note that 28 percent of teens using the Internet maintain a blog to write about their lives, ideas, goals and dreams; to post photos; and to create and share videos. In addition, the report states that 80 percent of teens own at least one form of what is defined as “new” media technology—a cell phone, personal data assistant, or computer with Internet access.
Read more:
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Cyberbullying | MVParents
Cyberbullying
Older children or teenagers may bully via text messaging, social networking sites, chat rooms, and other forms of digital or online communication. For the most part, cyberbullying is defined by the same characteristics as other bullying. There are some significant differences, though, that deserve mention.
Read more:
http://www.mvparents.com/high-risk-behaviors/bullying/cyberbullying
Saturday, September 26, 2009
RU kidding? Research finds that chatspeak has no impact on children's spelling ability
Public release date: 21-Sep-2009
Contact: Jamie Hanlon
jamie.hanlon@ualberta.ca
780-492-9214
University of Alberta
RU kidding? Research finds that chatspeak has no impact on children's spelling ability
Parents, get ready to say OMG and watch your teens roflol.
This will prolly comes as a bit of a shock to UR system, but findings from a group of University of Alberta researchers show that language commonly used in instant messaging has no effect on your child's spelling abilities. If anything, says study author Connie Varnhagen, using language variations commonly used in instant messaging and texting is actually a good sign.
Varnhagen's findings come from a class-based study that was recently published in Reading and Writing. A group of third-year psychology students proposed and designed a study to test whether new Simple Messaging Service, or SMS, language—also known as chatspeak—which refers to the abbreviations and slang commonly used when texting, emailing or chatting online, had an influence on students' spelling habits. The group surveyed roughly 40 students from ages 12 to 17. The participants were asked to save their instant messages for a week. At the end of the study, the participants completed a standardized spelling test.
Students' use of chatspeak is only one shared concern between parents and educators about children's spelling abilities. But, with a growing usage of connected resources such as Skype, Facebook and Twitter, understanding the relationship between this virtual dialect and use of the Queen's English is of significant importance.
While the researchers expected there to be some correlation between poor spelling and chatspeak, Varnhagen said they were pleasantly surprised by the results.
"Kids who are good spellers [academically] are good spellers in instant messaging," she said. "And kids who are poor spellers in English class are poor spellers in instant messaging."
What was surprising, though, was how chatspeak use and spelling played in the battle of the sexes. Girls used more chatspeak than boys, who preferred to express themselves through repeated use of punctuation. However, the study found that boys who used chatspeak and abbreviations more frequently were poorer spellers. Conversely, girls who used more abbreviations were better spellers than girls who did not use many abbreviations in their messages.
Nicole Pugh, a student researcher and one of the study's co-authors, was amazed at the complexity and volume of chatspeak that the students were using.
"Going through the participant conversations, it was interesting to note how many new words that children are using online," said Pugh. "We would have to decipher the meaning of the language with online dictionaries or by asking younger siblings."
Varnhagen and Pugh both agree that the results of their study should ease some concerns and even open up discussion on how this language can be perhaps be embraced within an educational or academic context.
"If you want students to think very precisely and concisely and be able to express themselves, it might be interesting to have them create instant messages with ideas, maybe allow them opportunities to use more of this new dialect in brief reports or fun activities," said Varnhagen. "Using a new type of language does require concentration and translating it to standard English does require concentration and attention. It's a little brain workout."
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-09/uoa-rkr092109.php
Study finds intervention program increases kids' healthy eating, reduces screen time
Public release date: 25-Sep-2009
Contact: Mike Ferlazzo
ferlazzo@iastate.edu
515-294-8986
Iowa State University
Study finds intervention program increases kids' healthy eating, reduces screen time
AMES, Iowa -- A new Iowa State University study found that a family, school and community intervention program helps children live healthier lives and could be a new tool in the fight against the nation's childhood obesity epidemic.
In the study, children who participated in The Switch® program -- a program developed by the Minneapolis-based National Institute on Media and the Family (NIMF) -- watched an average of two fewer hours of television and also consumed two more servings of fruits and vegetables per week than those who weren't in the program. Program participants also walked 300 more steps per day.
"The successes in this study were modest, which is what one would expect," said Iowa State Assistant Professor of Psychology Douglas Gentile, the lead researcher and director of research for NIMF. "People usually make incremental changes, but those add up over time."
In addition to Gentile, the 10-member research team included ISU researchers Greg Welk, an associate professor of kinesiology; and Dan Russell, a professor of human development and family studies; as well as former Iowa State kinesiology professor Joey Eisenmann. The research team authored a paper on their results, which has been posted online in BMC Medicine Evaluation, a professional journal in the United Kingdom.
The researchers evaluated the eight-month intervention program in a group of 1,323 students (third, fourth and fifth graders) and their parents from 10 schools -- split between Lakeville, Minn., and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Measures of the key behaviors were collected three times from the children -- prior to administering the program, immediately after it was completed, and six months following its completion.
The Switch® program encourages children to "Switch what they Do, View and Chew™" and features three components: community, school and family. The community component promotes awareness of the importance of healthy lifestyles using paid advertising, such as billboards; and unpaid media, including editorials. The school component reinforces the Switch messages by providing teachers with materials and methods to integrate key health concepts into the school day. And in the family component, participating families receive monthly packets containing behavioral tools to assist them in altering their health behaviors.
"The program is designed to be a more comprehensive approach to childhood obesity prevention," Gentile said. "It results from several lessons we learned, while creating interventions over the past 15 years. One is that focusing on kids can work, but unless the family's on board, you're not going to get much movement. So the ideal program would be to work at multiple ecological levels all at once so that people are getting repeated, parallel, overlapping messages at the individual, family and community levels."
Gentile reports that the positive effects on children remained significant at the six-month follow-up evaluation, indicating maintenance of these differences over time. In fact, they increased slightly following the intervention, which may contribute to reduced weight risks in the future.
"To me, the strongest finding is that we found stronger results in the six-month follow-up than at the end of the intervention -- and that's unique," said ISU's Welk, who studies exercise and health. "That would imply that the lessons took hold after the intervention and families have had time to apply them to their lives."
The ISU researchers are planning further analysis of the data gathered in this research for future studies, including one that will explore a "booster" component of The Switch® program.
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-09/isu-sfi092509.php
Sunday, September 20, 2009
The Top 50 Acronyms Every Parent Needs to Know
http://www.netlingo.com/top50/acronyms-for-parents.php
Top 50 Internet Acronyms Parents Need to Know:
1. 8 - Oral sex
2. 1337 - Elite -or- leet -or- L337
3. 143 - I love you
4. 182 - I hate you
5. 1174 - Nude club
6. 420 - Marijuana
7. 459 - I love you
8. ADR - Address
9. AEAP - As Early As Possible
10. ALAP - As Late As Possible
11. ASL - Age/Sex/Location
12. CD9 - Code 9 - it means parents are around
13. C-P - Sleepy
14. F2F - Face-to-Face
15. GNOC - Get Naked On Cam
16. GYPO - Get Your Pants Off
17. HAK - Hugs And Kisses
18. ILU - I Love You
19. IWSN - I Want Sex Now
20. J/O - Jerking Off
21. KOTL - Kiss On The Lips
22. KFY -or- K4Y - Kiss For You
23. KPC - Keeping Parents Clueless
24. LMIRL - Let's Meet In Real Life
25. MOOS - Member Of The Opposite Sex
26. MOSS - Member(s) Of The Same Sex
27. MorF - Male or Female
28. MOS - Mom Over Shoulder
29. MPFB - My Personal F*** Buddy
30. NALOPKT - Not A Lot Of People Know That
31. NIFOC - Nude In Front Of The Computer
32. NMU - Not Much, You?
33. P911 - Parent Alert
34. PAL - Parents Are Listening
35. PAW - Parents Are Watching
36. PIR - Parent In Room
37. POS - Parent Over Shoulder -or- Piece Of Sh**
38. pron - porn
39. Q2C - Quick To Cum
40. RU/18 - Are You Over 18?
41. RUMORF - Are You Male OR Female?
42. RUH - Are You Horny?
43. S2R - Send To Receive
44. SorG - Straight or Gay
45. TDTM - Talk Dirty To Me
46. WTF - What The F***
47. WUF - Where You From
48. WYCM - Will You Call Me?
49. WYRN - What's Your Real Name?
50. zerg - To gang up on someone
Friday, September 18, 2009
Coach sued for requesting Facebook logins
Coach sued for requesting Facebook logins At issue: Do school leaders have a right to snoop into students' private online accounts?
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=59969
Prediction from one of my lawyer friends: school will lose.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
The Internet as a Diversion | Pew Internet & American Life Project
Three-quarters of online economic users--those Americans who use the internet to keep up with news about the economic recession or their own personal finances--go online to relax and take their minds off of the recession, according to an April 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.
Listening to music and watching online videos are among the most common of the activities we evaluated; roughly half of all online economic users have done each of these activities to relax. Approximately one-third of online economic users have played online games or chatted with friends (on a social networking site, listserv or other online group), while an additional 22% have taken their minds off of their economic or financial circumstances by creating or posting content online.
Young Americans in particular go online in great numbers to relax by watching videos, listening to music, playing games or chatting with friends.
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/16--The-Internet-As-A-Diversion.aspx
iKeepSafe - C3 Matrix
The iKeepSafe Digital Citizenship C3 Matrix is provided here to assist educators in integrating the essentials of cyber-safety, cyber-security, and cyber-ethics (C3 concepts) into existing technology and literacy standards and curricula. Based on the C3 Framework created by education and technology expert Davina Pruitt-Mentle, the iKeepSafe Digital Citizenship C3 Matrix takes a holistic and comprehensive approach to preparing students for 21st century digital communication. The Matrix outlines competency levels for C3 concepts divided into three levels: basic, intermediate, and proficient.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Vista's Parental Control Tools - CBS News Video
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2598243n&tag=contentMain;contentBody
Vista's Parental Control Tools
September 19, 2007 5:46 PM
Only On The Web: Larry Magid gives the lowdown on Microsoft's Vista parental control tools. They allow parents to control how long kids can use the computer and Web sites they can visit.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Shocking stats, video on texting while driving
A new and controversial video about Texting while driving is getting a great deal of exposure right now. I wonder about its effectiveness? On one hand, it dramatically demonstrates the potential problem of this type of distraction which could “bring home” the message to teens that texting (or other distractions) while driving can be very dangerous. On the other hand, some research shows that this type of message only has a very short term effect if any.
What do you think?
You can comment on the video by visiting http://www.schoolcounselor.com/videos/2009/08/texting-while-driving-psa.html
And you can take part in a poll at:
Also, I Interviewed for this story, short but good read: Shocking stats, video on texting while driving. http://bit.ly/12huuV
Friday, August 28, 2009
cyberbullying and online peer harassment
A list of the scholarly literature that we are aware of that examine issues relating to cyberbullying and online peer harassment among youth.
Gauging Your Distraction
Gauging Your Distraction - new game that measures how your reaction time is affected by external distractions Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com "Gauging Your Distraction" http://bit.ly/15Zf8x
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Connect Safely |Online Safety 3.0: Empowering and Protecting Youth
Both the Internet and the way young people use technology are constantly changing, but Internet safety messages change very slowly if at all. A few years ago, some of us in the Net safety community started talking about how to adjust our messaging for the much more interactive “Web 2.0.” And we did so, based on the latest research as it emerged. But even those messages are starting to get a bit stale….
Now it’s time for Internet Safety 3.0.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Online Book: YOUTH, PORNOGRAPHY, AND THE INTERNET
YOUTH, PORNOGRAPHY, AND THE INTERNET
Dick Thornburgh and Herbert S. Lin, Editors
Committee to Study Tools and Strategies for ProtectingKids from Pornography and Their Applicability to Other Inappropriate Internet Content
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board
National Research Council
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=youth_internet&page=index.html
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Google forced to reveal bully blogger's id
Goes to show us that one is never really anonymous. Bullies beware:
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Teens and Mobile Phones Over the Past Five Years: Pew Internet Looks Back
Teens and Mobile Phones Over the Past Five Years: Pew Internet Looks Back
Teenagers have previously lagged behind adults in their ownership of cell phones, but several years of survey data collected by the Pew Internet & American Life Project show that those ages 12-17 are closing the gap in cell phone ownership. The Project first began surveying teenagers about their mobile phones in its 2004 Teens and Parents project when a survey showed that 45% of teens had a cell phone. Since that time, mobile phone use has climbed steadily among teens ages 12 to 17 – to 63% in fall of 2006 to 71% in early 2008.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Teen Social Media | Common Sense Media
Social networking is now a major force in your teen’s daily social life.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Online Youth Around the World
Children around the globe are online, accessing the World Wide Web and everything it holds at home, at school, at friend's houses, and by mobile device. Commissioned by Symantec, Harris Interactive conducted an international survey aimed at generating conversation and awareness centering on the activities of online youth. In this month's issue of Trends & Tudes, we take a look at some of the results of The Norton Online Living Report 2009, and the role the Internet plays in young people's lives, globally.
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters_k12.asp
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Digital Education: Administrator in Sexting Case Wins Legal Fees
Administrator in Sexting Case Wins Legal Fees
Ting-Yi Oei, who was initially charged for possession of child pornography in a sexting case at Freedom High School in Loudoun County, Va., where he is an administrator, called to update us on his situation. The charges against him were eventually dropped and the county school board voted last month to repay legal expenses—some $167,000—that Oei racked up throughout the ordeal. The charges came after he collected inappropriate cellphone images from a student.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2009/07/administrator_in_sexting_case.html
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Cell Phones: Neccesity or Luxury? [Teen Article]
Cell Phones: Neccesity or Luxury? [Teen Article]
http://www.radicalparenting.com/2009/07/07/cell-phones-neccesity-or-luxury-teen-article/
Friday, July 3, 2009
New Bully Prevention Recommendations Released
New Bully Prevention Recommendations Released
By WINK News
Story Created: Jul 2, 2009 at 2:44 PM EDT
Story Updated: Jul 2, 2009 at 7:47 PM EDT
At a middle school in Wisconsin, students perform in front of a class - in what is called ‘social improvisation’. In the performance, one student is bullied, while others stand around and watch, or giggle…
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Sexting, Cyberbullying, Online Predators...
- Eye-catching graphics and images to aid comprehension
- Tween and Teen presentations timed for their attention span
- Long and short versions of the Parent/Community presentation to fit any schedule
- Coverage of the latest tech trends
- More conversational speaker notes
- Increased audience engagement
- Augmented presenter’s notes, including new FAQs and glossary
Thursday, June 25, 2009
The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence,
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
OJJDP Promotes Internet Safety
| OJJDP Promotes Internet Safety
Online safety is everyone's responsibility. Parents need to be vigilant about their children's use of the computer and cell phone. Teachers need to promote responsible Internet usage by students. Internet safety organizations need to help youth develop the decision-making skills needed to use the Web safely. Only through such coordinated efforts can we maximize the benefits of the Internet, while minimizing its dangers. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) supports a number of programs and activities designed to raise awareness about the importance of online safety and to help protect children and youth from online exploitation and victimization. Resources: To obtain further information about OJJDP supported initiatives to promote Internet safety, visit:
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