CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS CARTOON CAMPAIGN

~My 2 cents. Part of Child Abuse Awareness is that parents need to take responsibility for the content that their children access on the internet. 

 Facebook is not for children. My sons don't have email or fb accounts......but they've been taught not to talk to strangers, go places alone, or interact with anyone unknown online that wants to engage with them.

~The computer is located in our main living space where they can be observed at all times, and I check the history and cookies to be sure they aren't seeing nasty porn or graphic content. I have installed programs to keep pop-ups and scripts from running.

Parents....do your job and your children have a better chance of being safe. I'd worry more about who they come in contact with while they're running around town, hanging around the town docks with tourists on boats, or hanging out at the beach, half dressed, with strangers all around.

People worry about someone stealing their child's photo. Well, uhm.....have you considered that everyone and their dog owns a digital cam or phone that takes pics and pedophiles can hang out in public places and take your child's photo while standing mere feet away from you!

You worry about your address and phone numbers.....but did you not realize that 411 makes all that info public and it has nothing to do with facebook security or spyware/malware or pedophiles ????

Mass hysteria......just what we need for the holidays.

I don't know about you, but I think this has been a huge success despite the negative attention given as we come to the end of the requested awareness project.

Everybody's talking----and there's strength in numbers.

Stress less about what is happening in your home,  under your nose---and worry about whether they know how to keep themselves protected.  Educate your children, check out websites to keep your children safe online and in your community.

http://www.protectchildren.ca/app/en/

http://www.thedoorthatsnotlocked.ca/app/en/ 

Happy Holidays everyone!