Kids, the Internet and Predators

Attached is a link to a series of videos on YouTube. This is a panel of experts and their findings of Kids and Predators on the Internet.

I shouldn’t be surprised that the media distorts reality. Teenagers, not small children, are more likely to be victims. And of those that are approached, only 5% hide their real identity; which mans 95% of the contacts, the teenagers know the other person is older.

If you have kids online, you’ll want to know what this Panel has to say.

I’d love to hear your comments.

Just The Facts About Online Youth Victimization

Dawn-Marie Cook
Parent Coach and Speaker
www.Parent.Family-Rx.com

Keeping Our Kids Safe From Drugs

Just in case you haven’t seen this in the news lately . . .

http://parent.family-rx.com/Keeping_Our_Kids_Safe.pdf

I've always talked to my eldest about "bad" drugs and medicine. I showed him the picture in the link above; he said it looked like candy.

"That's exactly what the drug runners want you to think. It's a dangerous drug that you get hooked on immediately. . . ." I continued to tell him what happens to meth addicts. And that I expect him to stay away from this and to keep his friends, his sister and his sister's friends away from this.

As I've said before, the more our kids know what we expect, then they know how to win.

How have you approached telling your kids about drugs? I'd love to hear your story. Tell me below.

Yours Truly,
Dawn-Marie

www.Parent.Family-Rx.com