Cyber-Reputation: What Does it Mean For Your Child?
Cyber-Reputation: What Does it Mean For Your Child? It’s really important to talk to your child, tween or teen so they fully understand what their cyber-reputation is and what they can do to keep it positive so that it doesn’t come back to haunt them later. And because it’s simply the right way to behave online and offline. The Cyberworld is Not Private Explain to your child how easy and quickly things can spread and go viral online, from person to person and beyond. Even if a message or image sent confidentially can be shared or a screen shot can easily be taken of it....
Read MoreI wish I had more friends … online
I wish I had more friends … online Does your child, tween or teen say this? “I wish I had more friends?” Self esteem and self worth for kids today living the social media life take this question very seriously. There is so much focus on their social media lives via Facebook, Instagram and many more social networking sites that focus on selfies, the thrill of getting likes, the disappointment when they don’t get them can lead to a downward spiral to anxiety and perhaps depression. They may feel, “OMG, I’ve lost it! Or over analyze and notice that one friend said that “I look...
Read MoreTeen Suicide and Cyber-World Risks
Did you know that suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents according to the American Academy of Pediatrics? Bullying, Cyberbullying: There are many risk factors for adolescents committing suicide and one of them is bullying. A review of 31 studies found “a clear relationship between both bullying victimization and perpetration and suicidal ideation and behavior in children and adolescents. Females were at risk regardless of frequency.” Is your tween or teen being cyberbullied...
Read MoreSextortion, an Online Crime Harming Today’s Children, Tweens and Teens
Sextortion, a growing online crime Sextortion victims can be left with permanent scars. It’s important for parents to know what sextortion is in today’s digital world because of the impact it can have on children, tweens and teens. What is sextortion? According to the FBI, sextortion is a serious crime that is a growing concern. It’s “a crime exclusive to the digital age. Predators pretend to be teens on social media and gaming sites. They befriend young people, gain their trust and entice them to send lewd photos of themselves. Then they use the photos to extort more...
Read MoreWhen Children and Teens Go Online, Parents Need to Be Aware…
ISIS Recruitment Online Strangers Violent Video Games… Parents Need to Be Aware of Who Their Children and Teens are Engaging With Online and What Their Children and Teens are Doing and Seeing Online! ISIS, the radical Muslim terrorist group also known as the Islamic State, is recruiting vulnerable youth worldwide using social media. “By May 2015, hundreds of U.S. citizens had joined the fight on the side of the extremists.” Teens ranging in age from 13 to their early 20s are being deceived into leaving their homes in the U.S. and Western Europe to travel to the Iraq and Syria for indoctrination...
Read MoreDoes Encouraging Someone to Commit Suicide Cross the Line of Free Speech?
A girl allegedly repeatedly encouraged her boyfriend to kill himself via text messages. He died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. Now two years later the girlfriend is in court after being charged with manslaughter. Is a person that encourages someone to kill themselves protected under the constitution’s first amendment right of free speech? During the trial, Justice Robert Cory asked the big question, “When did this cross the line — when did these words cross the line?” Kids’ encouraging other kids to kill themselves is happening everyday via cyberbullying on social networking sites....
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