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Pedophiles Hunt Kids in Popular Gaming Chat Rooms
Police who specialize in internet crimes against children are warning parents about the dangers of gaming chat rooms. Pedophiles know children can easily be lured into a chat room, where they can begin...
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5 Back to School Dangers: Arm Your Kids Now!
Back to school can be exciting for kids (and parents)! And of course we want to believe our children will be in a completely safe environment. But the unpleasant truth is that kids, even very young...
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Kids Under 10 Make Up 10% of Porn Site Visitors
We keep repeating an old number. Most experts claim that 11 is the average age for exposure to pornography, but that number is obsolete. A recent report by the internet security company Bitdefender...
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Kids at Growing Risk of “Sextortion” Warns Department of Justice
Last year the U.S. Department of Justice warned that sextortion is by far the fastest growing threat to children. They learned this shocking info by surveying investigators, prosecutors, and victim...
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“Will I Rob My Child’s Innocence If I Start Talking about the Dangers of Porn?”
Have you ever agonized over how early to start talking to your young children about pornography? Have you wondered how you can protect their innocence while at the same time warning them about online...
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How to Talk to Kids about Porn: Research Reveals 5 Obstacles to Overcome
Do you feel stuck when it comes to beginning sensitive conversations with your children? Specifically, are you blocked with fear about how to talk to kids about porn? If so —you’re in the majority! In...
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Pediatricians Speak Out on Health Risks of Porn
Would you ever consider talking about the risks of porn with your pediatrician? Do you think pornography is a kid’s health issue? Asking the doctor I was curious if parents do talk to their doctor...
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Addiction Alert! 3 Facts Every Parent Needs to Know
(3-5 minute read) Are you ever worried that your kids are getting addicted to electronic devices and games? You’re not alone! Video games, apps and social media exploit our natural brain processes and...
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Hugh Hefner, Playboy and Sexual Exploitation: 5 Powerful Lessons to Teach...
By now you’ve heard that Hugh Hefner, the creator of Playboy magazine, has died. We can only hope that his legacy of sexual exploitation of women dies with him. However, you can use his passing as a...
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Feelings 101: A Simple Exercise to Build Emotional Wellness in Kids
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. As parents, we might accept the idea that curiosity could lead a child to look at porn once. —Shame on the porn industry. But what if a child...
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Safe Playdates: 3 Strategies for Setting Media Ground Rules
Playdates are really important for young children. Why? Because play combined with early socialization is a natural way for kids develop essential life skills. As kids play, they learn to empathize,...
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#MeToo — 10 Ways Predators Are Grooming Kids
Is your child being groomed right in front of you? The #MeToo social media tsunami has revealed the mind-blowing scope of sexual exploitation. I’ve been shocked to discover just how many of my friends...
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Filtering 101: Protect Kids From Porn on New Devices
So your kid got a new tech device this year —cool! If you’ve already set up the parental controls and installed WiFi filtering in your home, well done! If not, don’t panic–this post is especially for...
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New Habits for a New Year! 5 Step Formula for Replacing Bad Behavior with...
You can try to demand good behavior from your kids. Or you can inspire good habits–by design. This post teaches the ultimate parenting hack: How to help your kids replace bad habits with good habits....
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Keep Kids Safe: 9 Ways Porn and Predators will Target Kids in 2018
By default, every device that connects kids to the internet also connects kids to porn. It’s that simple —and it’s that infuriating! To keep kids safe in the digital age, parents need to stay one step...
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5 Reasons Why Social Media is Not Smart for Middle School Kids
It was disheartening when I read the stats: 7.5 million Facebook users in the U.S. are under 13! I may have even shed tears when I discovered that 5 million of those kids are under the age of 10!...
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Police Mom Reveals Secret Weapon to Protect Kids from Porn
Police see the tragic fallout of pornography everyday as they investigate sex crimes against children. But what happens when one of their own children are caught looking at porn? In this post a police...
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New Facebook Group for Parents! Finally a Safe Place to Discuss Sensitive Topics
Finally! A safe place for parents to discuss protecting kids from pornography (and its difficult effects). We created the Protect Young Minds Parent Discussion Group on Facebook as a safe place for...
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Fifty Shades of Abuse: 5 Lies Every Girl Needs to Recognize and Reject
It’s no secret that the Fifty Shades franchise has capitalized on the trend to push porn into mainstream media. When Fifty Shades Freed opens in theatres this month, it’s estimated that Universal...
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7 Things Your Seven-Year-Old Should Know about Love and Sex
We live in the age of information. We also live in a hyper-sexualized era. Put those two together and you quickly realize there are ideas filtering through our cultural climate that you wouldn’t expect...
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