09-Nov-2010
Racy Dating Website Parents Should Know About
A provocative dating site could be the perfect place for predators. MyYearbook.com is geared at teens and, unlike social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, the focus is sex and dating.
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02-Nov-2010
Facebook has just recently launched their safety page to complement the safety center they unveiled in April. This was welcomed news for parents with teens that use facebook and for users in general. They provide a good amount of safety educational information for members and specifically, parents, teachers and teens. They have also launched a global Safety Advisory Board consisting of a group of five major Internet safety organizations from Europe and North America. The members include Childnet International, The Family Online Safety Institute, Common Sense Media, ConnectSafely and WiredSafety.
This is a great step for the world’s largest social networking site but how much do users, especially teens realize what information is public and what can be kept private? The default settings for facebook are public which means if you do not go into your account settings and change this option the information you share will be available to the public. While some users do not mind making certain information public a good portion of them felt their privacy was invaded recently when Ron Bowes of Skullsecurity.org compiled public data on about 100 million facebook users, including user ID’s, names, URLs and other information and then released the statistics in a nicely formatted 2.8 GB torrent file from his website. The file can be downloaded by anyone with a peer to peer file sharing program.
While Mr. Bowles was accused by many of hacking facebook what he did was legal and he was just compiling publicly available information using a scraping program to gather the data and then make it available to anyone from his website. The question now is how can online predators or strangers use this information to their advantage? Can this information be used to profile a facebook user? How many young teens on facebook had thought about this possibility when making their information public?
This is why it is very important to practice sound Internet safety rules, keep personal information private and do not share it online. News stories announce websites being hacked almost every week. Public and private data being exposed and the best way to keep personal information from being compromised is not to reveal it in the first place. If this seems to extreme at least make facebook information private. To remove public information from facebook and its search results open the privacy settings page and then click on “View Settings” under the “Basic Directory Information” header. Then change the “Search for me on Facebook” to “friends” and information will only be visible to people on your friends list.
Teens, parents or anyone using Facebook should be asking the question “Am I comfortable with the information I am sharing and placing online?” Users must be aware of the conversations and information they are posting to other members. This public information can help an Internet stalker create a profile or could be used for identity theft. By taking the time to become aware of the potential use of public information on the Internet a more informed decision can be made before posting.
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11-Oct-2010
09-Sep-2010
Today’s generation is pretty fast, be it technological progression or driving…everything just zooms in their minds and hands. When it comes to such fast track mode at driving, it is threatening lives altogether. With reasons being the hormone by name “Teen Exuberance”, the youngsters at times go hay wire in their thoughts and actions.
As the proverb says, “As you sow…So you reap”! It implies exactly with the teens, hence it is primary responsibility of the parents and guardians to instill the right habits in the right age!
Co-relating this theme with the driving habits, as you notice that your teenager is anxious to drive your car, take out some time for him or her to guide them. This on-time mentoring can not only save your child’s life but as well safe guards the other road users.
Here are some handy tips for you to foster the sense of driving safety in your teen kids.
Enroll @ teen driving school.
Enroll your teen at any of the teen driving schools. These schools impart the essential education on the concepts of driving safety & driving laws. These schools can be availed in two ways. One is of a traditional kind, secondly an online school. Which ever school you opt, you can be assured of your teen learning the safe driving habits along with earning his/her driving permit.
Drive away
Let your child become a “Road Savvy”! Give away your car to your teen and ask him/her drive, every time “you” want to go out. This emphasis on “You” meant for your mandatory presence in the passenger seat in the car. Let your teen drive away where ever possible but obviously with you beside him/her.
Parallel guidance
As quoted earlier, if you let your child drive your vehicle, your presence is of utmost importance as you are required to guide him/her parallely during the drive. This simultaneous guidance by a parent has proven positive results with respect to teen driving. You can impart few driving tips you’ve learnt in your driving experiences. Hence forth, as you guys accompany your teen, make sure you elicit them the right ways in understandable ways.
Frequent, drive-alongs is the best way to keep track of a teen driver’s progress. Remember that the beginning years of driving are important in building strong and right driving habits, which can then lead to a lifetime of safe driving.
Patience is virtue
Err is human, and it’s quite apparent that your child may commit many mistakes while driving. Do remember the fact that he/she is not a professional in this and is very new for him/her to drive behind the wheel. It is very important to pay patience and never ever yell or scream for any misdemeanor at the instance. You can always explain after getting back home, so chill and be patient for their driving mistakes.
Befriend your teen
As gently and calmly as possible, discuss potential problems and solutions, dangers you encountered on the road and things to pay attention to in future trips. Continue to ride with your teen driver from time to time, reviewing safety tips and monitoring his driving skills. Remind your child frequently of the inherent dangers of operating a motor vehicle. Along these same lines, do review the day’s driving once you return home.
Watchful eye -companions
Did you know that more number of mishaps result when a teenager drives other teenagers than when he drives non teenagers. As a parent / guardian, you need to keep track of your child’s movements and the companions. Generally, when teens meet up, the energy & thrill levels boost up leading them to consume drugs and alcohol, other issues, such as speeding and failure to wear seatbelts are evident frequently. In order to rectify on these areas, it is better to be watchful of the company in which he/she is and accordingly take the soft and safety measures to tune them.
Gift a car – Get it insured
Choose a car equipped with the latest protective tools like airbags, ABS, traction control and the like. This makes them less vulnerable in accidents. Your job doesn’t end here; you need to get it insured in your teen’s name. Let him/her realize the fact that risky driving habits might cause heavy financial burden. This instills a sense of responsibility to take care of the driving and the vehicle maintenance.
Defensive Teen
Teach them drive defensively from the beginning itself. This special form of driving strategy prepares them for the potential dangers on roads and highways. In fact, DMV has prescribed the aspects of defensive driving as a part of the teen driver education curriculum. To get updated with the DMV happenings, keep visiting the http://www.cateendriver.com .
The above mentioned have proved out to be highly useful and result oriented. These have been published in the interest of teen driving & road safety.
Crystal White is one of most renowned traffic school instructors in California with an experience of more than 10 years in the same arena. Though retired, she prefers to share her knowledge through her freelancing. You can browse her site http://www.cateendriver.com for more details.
28-Aug-2010
As a parent of a teenager, how would you describe your relationship with your teenager last year? Did it go as well as you had hoped? Are there any areas you would like to improve in the New Year? If honesty was required, than I bet every parent of a teenager would agree there is room for growth in their parenting relationship. Whether you are a veteran parent of a teenager or a newbie, here are some practical suggestions of how to improve your relationship with your teenager in the New Year.
1. Make a weekly time to have breakfast
The great thing about breakfast is it is usually the only time of the day when it is easy to be on time. No prior meetings can cause delays. No prolonged prior appointments will necessitate a need to reschedule or cancel. Some families find it helpful to find a morning during the week because they are already at home together. Others find a weekend morning better. Why not use this time to catch up on your teenager’s activities for the day?
2. Make it a point to eat 3-5 meals together
I’ve heard there are studies that suggest eating meals together as a family decreases at risk behaviors in teens. I would attribute this to it provides a time for parents to stay consistently involved in your teenager’s life happenings, more than just once a week. Use this time talk about what is taking place in their daily lives, not to lecture them. Out of 21 meals in a week, what 3 meals will you set aside to eat together with your teenager?
3. Improve communication with your teenager
Use your ears more than your mouth. If you are unsure what to talk about, find something to get your teenager’s opinion on. If there is one thing a teenager likes to give, it’s his/her opinion. Check out the popular culture blogs for some conversation starters. You do not have to necessarily agree, just have a dialogue with them.
4. Combine mutual hobbies and quality time
In today’s overly scheduled society, both parents and teenagers can find it difficult to find some time to spend together. Why not combine the two. Does your teenager like be outside, and you like to exercise? Why not learn a sport together? Get your creative juices flowing!
5. Implement a Family Night once a month
A Family Night is simply a scheduled time where everyone in the family will be together. Even with hurried schedules, it is still possible to gather together once a month to spend time together. A Family Night has just one agenda: Fun, fun, fun – no lectures, no handling any conflict or discipline problems. Just some time to relax and be with one another. It can be as lavish as a dinner and play, or as relaxed as ordering pizza and watching pay per view.
6. Plan a family vacation
I know this sounds simple, and for some it even seems crazy given the difficult relationship you may have with your teenager. However, family vacations can also be healing for some parents and teenagers. A lot of conflict arises from miscommunication, short tempers, and just being exhausted. Family vacations allow parents and teenagers to relax and recharge. Involve your teenager in some of the vacation planning to give him/her a sense of ownership. This can decrease the amount of conflict and self reported claims of boredom on your family vacation
If last year did not seem to go as you had dreamed, then do not get discouraged! You now have over 300 days to strengthen your parenting relationship.
Are you interested in finding out more about how to improve the relationship with your teenager? I invite you to check out http://www.parentingyourteenager.com where you will find common sense advice on how parents and teens can become better friends when they feel like enemies.
25-Aug-2010
Teens ask serious questions on adult sites and get a variety of answers that may be inappropriate for their age group. Example: suggestion for fasting diet that would be absolutely inappropriate for an unfinished growth process… Your thoughts?
Another example: A tweenie asks if she is fat. 6 out of 10 answers respond that yes she’s obese. If your child uses Yahoo, wouldn’t you want him/her respected as a young person and answered by people who actually would give appropriate information?
Dave! I’m copying the best (in my opinion) part of your answer here:
I personally believe that people should really behave better when it comes to others health! specially teenagers
24-Aug-2010
Most parents can not bare the thought of their children having boyfriends or girlfriends and you can not entirely blame them. Teenage relationship are coming up very fast and some of them as not as innocent as we would like to believe. You ask a teenager if they have ever had sex and you will be surprised at the kind of answers you will get. There are children who have had sex at a very early age. As early as seven years. It is a no wonder that parents are scared by the idea of their teenage daughter or son having a relationship. They can not trust them enough to think that their love is genuine and innocent. With the increased rate of sexually transmitted diseases, more and more parents are worrying about their teenagers.
At this age most teenagers are getting to know who they are and discovering what they can do. Unfortunately, they also want to experiment with their bodies to see what they can do. As much as there are teenagers who love each other truly there are some who want to experiment on teenage relationship. This could be to satisfy the feeling they have started feeling that was not there before or simply because they read some material on love and sex and they want to know if it will really work. With the coming of computers and with it the Internet, it has become even more difficult for parents to control what their children see. Sometimes restricting them only pushes them to want to know why you do not want them to watch or read some material. There are many magazines that are sold in the streets and supermarkets that have very many articles on sex and love.
However parents should not worry so much about their teenage relationship. If you bring your child right and you are not shy about talking about matters that affect their sexuality, a teenager should be able to differentiate between what is right and wrong. Parents should get material about love and sex from the Internet or buy books that talk about love and sex. Encourage your children to read to know what to do in case they feel they would like to experiment with their bodies. You can also enroll them for sports to get their minds of relationships at an early age.
Encouraging your child to talk to you about teenage relationship and what disturbs them is also another way of preventing them from entering into relationships and doing things to please their mates. Whenever you talk to your teenage you get to know what they are thinking and what they want to do. Just listening to them will tell you if you can be able to trust him or her to do the right thing. With the right attitude and talking to them constantly you should be able to convince them not to do most of those things. But at the end of it all, you should let them make their own decisions and if they make a wrong choice, let them know you do not approve. Remember it is at this age that they become defiant, do not push them further away.
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13-Aug-2010
Category : TEEN NEWSPAPER
There are many numbers of parents who are suffering from troubled teen. There are many organizations they help for teens who are in troubled. But firstly we should know in which troubled is our teen. There are many symptoms and sign are possibilities of:
Negative peer association
Depression,
Anger Issues
Drug Abuse,
Criminal Activity
Suicidal Tendencies
If you see any one activity in your teen then it is sure they are in troubled and as soon as possible we should do helped for him/her. For Troubled Teens focuses on the special needs of parents who are struggling with an adolescent, particularly those parents who have teenagers who are at high risk for behavioral, emotional, and academic problems that can affect their ability to succeed in school. Parents often find it difficult to identify when a child is at risk for dropping out of school, failing classes, violence, drug or alcohol use, suicide, and other dangerous or self-defeating behaviors they need to quickly identify risk factors and take appropriate action to help their adolescents.
With so many different treatment options available, it can be difficult for parents who are searching on their own to find the right adolescent treatment program for their troubled teen. Programs in the eProgramsearch.com database are organized for parents to quickly gather important information about the many different schools available. Once parents have narrowed down their search to several different programs, it is best to further refine their search by calling and speaking with admissions counselors, program directors, and parents who have had experience with the programs themselves
With the many troubled teen programs available, how do you choose the right one for your child? Firstly take information by all organization as time period, fees and many more as you wish. Then think which one is best for your teen then take decision.
Finding help for troubled teens is not a simple decision your troubled teen’s success begins when you take the first steps towards treatment. Three springs is here to help that takes patience, compassion, discipline and understanding. It also takes a diligent parent. With you, your child and Three Springs working together, there is hope for your troubled teen.
Is your teen troubled? Or just a normal adolescent going through the growing pains of becoming an adult? There a re some tell-tale signs of a truly troubled teenager. Parents should be on the look out for these signs and take a closer look should they recognize a number of them in their child. Parents who take an honest look at their child should trust their instincts; if you think your child is in trouble, take action.
The home treatment is the best option firstly parents should keep positive attitude with their teen that is must for teen if we want to see their in good manner otherwise there are many option is available in market many organization do work specially for troubled teen as:
Boarding School
Military School
Boot Camp
Residential Treatment Centre
They are surely doing help for troubled teens.They are able to take care of our teen and definitely doing help for our troubled teen, and parents should keep always positively attitude that our teen as soon as possible they are be a good man.
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It offers a wide variety of information pertaining to parenting teens in today’s society. They hope that the information presented on this site will be of some use to parents everywhere.
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