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Final Page in Nigerian Internet Scam

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I noticed this news item this morning: "Woman Gets Two Years for Aiding Nigerian Internet Check Scam (PC World)" When we think of problems online most of us think about the sensational headlines regarding kids in chat rooms and seucal predators.

I'm here ttoday to let you know that most of us, yes adults, have no idea how to keep ourselves safe on the Internet, wither. Your kids and teenagers need to have you be safe and know the basics along with them. Some adults, in onl [...]

Net Providers Finally Agree to Block Sites With Child Sex

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

A friend of mine sent me a nifty link to the latest from the New York Times on Internet safety.

It seems these very responsible companies, Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block access to Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography.

I mixed with emotion. Joyous and stupefied. “Oh Boy!” is the joy part and, “Gee, It only took 30 years and the threat of a class action suit for these guys to act t [...]

Internet Safety For Children

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I think perhaps the hottest topic today is internet safety for children. I’m not one to sugar coat the truth. It is hot because it is a safety issue that nobody can control.

Yes, there are a lot of preventative things that can be done and should be done by parents, kids and teenagers while online. There are many great online safety experts and dedicated people working very hard to control the criminals and predators and slow the problem. There is even a bold individual or two t [...]

Summer Water Safety

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

It’s summer here and time to head to the pool,lake or just set out the sprinkler!

Time for an extra parent check on water safety.

To make sure your kids stay safe, the best thing for water safety is Swim lessons. Make sure your child can swim. It's a life skill. It's as important as reading.

Reaching your child to swim is the best way to prevent tragedy in the water. If they get pushed in or fall in or something like thatthen they are able and prepared t [...]

Internet Safety For Kids

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Internet safety for kids is hot. Why? Kids have to be safer online today, right now, immediately.

I want to share a gem with you today that will help you keep you child safer from cyberbullying.

There’s a conference today in New York called the International Stop Cyberbullying Conference on Tuesday, June 3, at the Schimmel Theatre on Pace University's downtown campus. There are some 200,000 teenagers who have pledged to help stop cyberbullying led by Teenangels' 'M [...]

Teenagers and Abuse

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Who really knows what teenagers want? Here's waht I found out today that is fascinating.

The #1 concern for teenagers is abuse. How do I stop it. How do I respond to it. What would I do if it happened to me? I know I'm a child safety expert but I never would have thought that.

I also found out the #2 concern for them is, how to handle abuse that happens to someone they know. I found this out from extensive research completed by a couple of my favorite authors.

I [...]

Memorial Day Weekend Driving Tips

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

It’s the “official” start of summer! This is Memorial Day weekend! Traditionally American Families hit the Road for a 3 day family vacation. Even with the high gas prices you may head out – even if its closer to home. Here’re our safe driving tips:

Buckle up, slow down, and not drive under the influence, day and night.

Adults and larger kids: use the entire belt system, lap belt across hips, and shoulder belt over collarbone and crossing cente [...]

Sexual Predators Stopped In Oregon

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Sexual predatorsthreaten children of all ages, online and offline. Here is some great, disturbing yet positive news out of Oregon.

Oregon this week: a law enforcement task force, quietly launched this past October, has developed 53 cases against suspected online predators seeking sex with children, authorities announced Thursday. There have been many arrests of suspected sexual predators.

We know most parents are not interested in reading about this, even finishing this sh [...]

Child Internet Safety Software

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Child Internet Safety Software. I received another request to look at some “child safety internet software.” Sheesh!

Call me old fashioned. OK. Call me old. I don’t care. I run marathons still, so keep up.

Anyway, I keep getting a lot of requests to give backlinks to quite a few products and specifically product reps that label themselves as “child safety software experts.”

I got one the other day whose website states, “The [...]

Sexual Predators In My Area

info@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

There are sexual predators in my area right now, here, today, as you read this. They are in your neighborhoods, too.

The FBI states that there are sexual offenders in every square mile of the country.

We’re going to show you how to protect you child from sexual predators by finding them in your area.

Next, we’ll show you what to do if any live by you.

Then, we’ll show you a long term solution and added measure of safety for yo [...]

New Internet Safety Rules For MySpace

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Online safety gets a boost this month. MySpace, "the place for friends" is working hard to distance itself from being identified as a place for pedophiles and pornography. While we know dangers to children online lurk everywhere, the new legislation in the U.S. targets MySpace in particular.

We think it will help. Here’s what happened. On January 14 all 50 Attorneys General signed a document under which MySpace agrees to make several changes. The changes are primarily [...]

MySpace Predator Caught

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Hey! The MySpace Predator Has Been Caught!

Now we'll see just how the justice system works with this creep. In the meantime, the reporters in the news and papers are pretty top notch! Today the papers have it all over TV. Whose keeping track of the score?

Anyway, following up my post yesterday on the latest MySpace predator, Joel Marino, the reporter from the South Flordia Sun-Sentinel dropped me an email back!

He said the predator was arrested in South Carolina! [...]

Myspace In The News Again

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Google keeps me in the loop. Seems like Myspace pops up in the news, again and, you guessed it, online safety and internet security. The words “child predator” comes up big today ans search engine winners, undortunately.

Major headlines on another predator pretending to be who he is not. Story is the same: young girl falls into trap, meets fake pal face-to-face, gets molested. It's a well written and great story by Joel Marino of the South Florida Sun-Senti [...]

Lost Kids - What Would You Do?

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

A good friend of mine sent me an email Thursday. I knew what it was about. I intentionally ignored it for as long as I could.

Its late afternoon Sunday, on a gorgeous Bay Area day. My husband’s upstairs struggling to get out of the Third Grade with our son and I’m checking email before we start to settle in for the evening.

And, its time to read the article…….

It’s the “Lost Child Experiment.” I knew the results. Ther [...]

The Parenting and Teaching Dilemma

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The Parenting and Teaching Dilemma

I read a really entertaining post this morning!

It was called "Parking the suitcase" from Keri Wyatt Kent of Boomer Babes Rock.

She was musing, '"The trick of parenting is figuring out how to communicate two truths that seem contradictory:

1. “You are not the center of the universe; I do not exist simply to take care of you.”

And

2. “You are precious, treasured and important to me; I love [...]

Bosses' Power To Check Email

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Bosses' Power To Check Email!

I found this in the news today....you may have seen it. We've been through this in the US and now from Sydney, Australia.

There's a story in the The Sydney Morning Herald about how the Australian government is backing legal rights to businesses to spy on their employees. Companies will be able to intercept the emails and internet communications of their employees without their consent under the new proposed laws.

The idea is that t [...]

Schools Mandating Online Safety Education

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Schools Mandating Online Safety Education?

Parents are responsible for their kids safety. Once again, people who are delegating that right to the schools, instead of handling it themselves, are in the news.

In Virginia, the schools are teaching mandatory Internet safety for all students in all grades. Virginia is not the only state doing this, either. Texas and Illinois are also teaching online safety to students, although as of this school year, Virginia is the only state [...]

Online Safety

info@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Is there Internet Safety for anyone online today?

Ah! The wonderful World Wide Web! A whole new door of information and possibilities has opened in our lifetimes.
And, it is still in its infancy. It is expanding everyday. By the time our children are grown, some estimates
project the Internet will be ten times larger and more expansive than it is today.

Whether you allow your child online or not, the fact is, they will be there at one time or another, even if it [...]

Internet Safety

info@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Child Interent safety. A great concept. Want to be shocked? I am and I'm a child safety expert. Here's what I learned today. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has a new report out today that says as many as one in twenty people stumble across child sexual abuse images while surfing the Internet. This is absolutely crazy and unacceptable.

Do you have any idea what this does for folks like you and I? Online eCommerce and just good people surfing [...]

How To Teach Your Older Child To be Safe

info@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Safe Kids Child Safety Child Protection

Keeping our kids safe is always a big job for parents. Luckily, there is a lot of information out today about child safety in today's dangerous world. Most of this information is for parents with elementary school age kids. For parents with kids of ages 12 to 18, there is also some great information for you, too, to keep you older child safe. Safe kids are all ages!

What do parents of older children, like Middle School age and High Sch [...]