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| Child Saftey - Internet / Cell phones |
Hi, everybody. My name is Donna. I’m a working mother. My husband, Gerry, is a teacher. Lately, it seems that everywhere there is news of horrible things happening to kids. Whether it’s depression, bad social environments, or techno terrorism - the effects are staggering. Children as young as elementary school are taking their own lives and all too often it seems that parents had no idea why until it was too late. I’ve found, with a little research, that a large majority of kids are subject to these things through technology especially cell phones. Not only can they access inappropriate and scary websites at anytime and anywhere but they are being bullied by text messages. Plus, sexual predators are everywhere contacting our kids. Kids are texting in school, while driving, and even doing something called “Sex-ting.” We give our children these devices in the hopes that they are safer because of it but with so much freedom at their fingertips it may actually be putting them in more danger. I wondered if there was a way to have it both ways and then I caught this segment on “Good Morning America” about a software called WEB SAFETY. It seems to be the answer. It stops texting from any specific locations parents choose like school and the car. It sends alerts to parents when any dangerous communication occurs. It even gives parents a continuous location on their child through the phone. I found that the software is backed by prominent people nationwide and will soon to be available for our use in the Nashville area – where my family wants to relocate – as well as other locations nationwide. Also that I could personally help other people become involved in this worthwhile cause and we all could make a nice income just by introducing it to others. I truly believe that this program will make a difference. Everyone can be involved in making this world a safer place for our children.
Email me for further info on how you can join this very urgent and important cause.
donnabrownlow815@yahoo.com |
| See also: child safety, cyber bullying, texting, cyber predators, sexting, internet safety, email safety, cell phone safety, parenting, parents, child, teens |
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| I recently got involved with Web Safety and agree with you that it's a wonderful product - best of luck to you in spreading the word!! |
| posted by Elissa on 03/19/2010 |
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| I'm so glad I read you post my children aren't old enough to own a cell phone yet but that day isn't far away.. I'm a mother of 3 my oldest son is almost 9 and he's already asking for one.. he sees his school friends have one and now he wants one. But it scares me to death when I see on the news about what happens when kids are caught sexting.. and lured by pedophiles, cyber bullying and kids committing suicide.. it breaks my heart that parents have to bury their child because of some one harassing and belittling them to the point that they feel their life is not worth living. I think this software is an excellent idea and will protect alot of kids and give parents a peace of mind know that their children are safe. I will definitely tell my husband about this software for future use for when our children are older.. Thank you again for posting this information for us parents who haven't heard of Web Safety so that we can be prepared. |
| posted by Kristi on 03/20/2010 |
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My husband rule for getting a cell phone for my oldest daughter was for her to keep it on and be reach him or a friend in case of emergency. (It is a reality, predators live in neighborhoods) I was living away from home back then.. Any other emergencies during school hours are handled by the school officials and cell phones are not allowed during school hours. Then the telephone was strictly for her use as previously determined when school is over. Now, having a phone does not insure that they are going to ask or wait for your help when they need it or use it to contact you after school hours when they have problems. Do not be in shock if you are the last one fo find out your son or daughter have a problem Nevertheless for peace of mind it was better to provided it since the option was affordable. (Monetarily but not emotionally. There were and still are a lot of complaints about the phone calls going to voice mail etc……and texting over the limit). Very frequently the phone tag game is played while business needs to be taking care in real life. Since we are a one household income, I am in charge of all the emergencies, change in resolving issues with change in plans and have to be available “24/7” for calls. After carefully consideration of the matter, I came up with in-coming and out-going phone calls rules and procedures that cover her safety(or what I believed was the physical safety of our daughter. Reality invalidated this point on the weekend. Please keep reading) , her needs for the use of the phone, phone expenses, and priorities. She is a very good listener and it was very helpful to her the re-definition of the phone use. Now, the only thing that was a challenge until recently was her way of treating her phone. We had a phone replaced over Christmas Break due to water damaged. She is not the destructive type so I believed her when she told me that it was an accident. We replaced it. This past weekend, she lost her 6 wk replacement phone. She says she can find it when she goes back to school but meanwhile she is without a phone. I asked my self: Now, with this new phone, if she uses it extensively for school work why then she did not take care of her 2nd. phone? Was there something that she saw while texting?... Last weekend, she came home in pain, she broke her finger out of frustration. She hit a padded wall with her hand. Now, as you can see the phone issues are not ithe problems but the indicators. Now bulling( in person and in ciber)is in question. Events escalating have to be stopped. This is the first time she talked about it since the beginning of the current school year. But seems that we have a problem in the background that we did not take into consideration. Now, we have to solve the problem with the intervention of school officials due to physical harm and the issues of managing daily chores with a broken bone, issues of anger and property handling (because of the first damaged phone), one missing phone to find and safety to provide while she find hen phone, a broken finger (that will take 6 weeks to heal) and the managing issues during the time of healing 6 weeks. (missing activities, limited activities, etc...). One last thought. We give the phones to our kids for their exclusive use. But that does not mean that they have it. Very frequently and base on how close a relationship is, they let friends use it. So we have to keep in mind that while we are using them to track our kids and keep them safe, we can be tracking somebody else’s kid, not that is a bad thing but is not our intention, well if you can afford it, go a head. I wish you the best of lucks. Please, wish me the same. I am on my way to look for a job to make money to help paying for my primary needs and a par time job so I can pay the cell-phone bills and continue being a frustrated ciBer mom. I have to more sons with ciBer needs on the way.
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