As you introduce your children to the Internet and to social media, it won’t be long before they encounter cyberbullying. While your child might not be involved directly, he will see it. Whether the bully and victim are friends, acquaintances, or strangers, here’s what you can teach your child to do when she sees cyberbullying. …
Too many parents, when picturing talking to kids about pornography, imagine gathering teenagers around them for a conversation about sexuality, addiction, and violence. However, statistics indicate that that the average age of initial exposure to pornography is eleven years old. Other anecdotal evidence reports that many children see pornography as young as second grade. Clearly, …
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The internet may seem scary, but it does not have to be. Surfing the internet can be unsafe, but so can rock climbing, skiing, driving, and many other worthwhile activities. All risky activities can be enjoyable and life-enhancing given the proper instruction and tools. As a parent, it is your job to provide your children …
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Tomorrow is October 21, 2015! If that date does not look familiar to you, it may be time to re-watch “Back to the Future.” In the second installment of the series, Dr. Emmett Brown, Marty McFly, and Jennifer Parker travel forward in time to save Marty and Jennifer’s future kids. The date they arrive, of …
A new study in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics found that two year olds who watched more television were more likely to be bullied at twelve years old. Researchers followed about two thousand two year olds for ten years. For every extra hour more than average of television (1.5 hours per day), …
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released a video to help parents and children talk about pornography. With statistics indicating that almost all children will be exposed to pornography eventually, the video, titled “What Should I Do When I See Pornography?” teaches children what to do when they see pornography– label …
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Welcome to our first installment of the “Why Block Porn” series. Every so often, we want to remind why it’s so important to keep pornography out of your home. Involvement with pornography has many insidious consequences, both short term and longterm. But, this week we want to focus one particularly sad consequence of a son or …
A new survey found that 51% of adults rank internet safety as a major health concern for children. This percentage makes internet safety the fourth biggest health concern cited by white adults. This data released by C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health also ranked sexting as the sixth biggest health concern. …
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Facebook is going the way of MySpace, at least with the teen and tween crowd. While only 45% of teens use Facebook now, 76% are on Instagram! For those of you who feel a little out of the loop, Instagram is a social media website and app used for sharing pictures and short videos …
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