Cyber Space forum reveals dangers

Students at Pioneer State Higher College learnt concerning the dangers from the cyber room globe such as bullying on the internet at a current Cyber Room forum.

Olivia Rich, from the Federal Government Cybersafety Outreach, talks about web security to parents at Pioneer State Higher College.

THE cyber globe plays a major component in most teenagers' day-to-day lives but numerous don't know the hidden dangers.

Students at Pioneer State Higher College, teachers, parents and also the wider community learnt concerning the dangers from the cyber room globe such as bullying on the internet at a current Cyber Room forum.

The term two forum was component of Pioneer State Higher College deputy principal Cath Jeffrey's Parenting 2010 – Creating a Culture of Community Engagement program.

“This topic was truly informative and individuals who attended, from all age groups, left with a lot a lot more knowledge about what can occur and does occur on the net particularly with social web sites for example facebook and twitter,” Ms Jeffrey mentioned.

“Students learnt the significance of privacy control and also the forum truly hammered house security on the net for example asking questions: ‘Do you truly know who are speaking to?' ‘Are they truly who they say they're?'.

“They also learnt the significance of not giving away any individual details for example telephone numbers and email addresses. Sadly you will find predators available and the web is really a haven for them.

“There was a really essential message provided to students, particularly individuals leaving college at the end from the year and entering into the workforce, as soon as they've posted some thing or put photos up they will usually be available in cyber room even as soon as they've closed down the website.

“Employers are now hiring individuals to go via these websites prior to they employee individuals. This definitely will make kids believe twice prior to posting some thing.

“Parents were provided statics about the improve in web crime... ,” she mentioned.

Cyber globe security ideas

Maintain the pc within the family room or an additional open area of your house rather than their bedroom

Make certain your child makes their on the internet profile private

Pay attention towards the individuals your kids are communicating with on the internet

Discuss with your child what is okay to disclose on the internet (screen name, hobbies, etc) and what isn't.

What to do about meal times

For a long time I was just so grateful for the peace that I was happy to accommodate whatever whims they had. Then this week after an exceptionally grueling morning I saw that this has gone past just meeting their needs.

Much of the desperation has been met and they are calmer happier children. Good job by me! But there does come a time when we need to move on to the next step. Thank you for the advice of how to get there. I have just placed breakfast on the kitchen counter and lovingly led them to it.

I have a blanket handy for the cold one and I am right there to get more of what ever, heat up or cool down. This was morning three and so far so good. I can sit between them and give them smooches on their heads and behind their ears. So far no real resistance… I think they were ready to move up too..

Teenage child calls you a liar

We received a question about a child calling you a liar, here is our response…

Have you thought of contacting the CF worker and have that person sit down with your child and discuss the rules and regulations of what your child can and cannot do.

If there is something  where she cannot go to the mall alone, then if it is in your schedule or another adults schedule who CF okays to set one day a week for you to take this child and supervise her at the mall.

I know how frustrating that can be when you are called a liar because the other person is frustrated and doesn’t understand what is going on or what their actions cause.

How would you handle problem with child constantly stealing, lying

Dishonest behavior, the mouthiness i can handle but this one keeps stealing
from my youngest son who is newly disabled and he says oh he doesn’t know
anyway.

My son had some special things from around his transplant time and
they are all gone.  Just about every week i catch my other son stealing from
one of the other kids here, he brings other peoples thing home from school i
collect them in bag and return to school. he no longer has a backpack
because he hid the other kids things in it to take to school to sell or give
away or trade

Swearing in public places

My son has picked up the word “f***” and while he has no idea what it means he sometimes likes to use it interchangeably with “shut” with the unfortunate outcome that he has of late been saying/shouting “f*** your mouth” which is, needless to say, pretty awful to hear from a 4 year old.

When we’re by ourselves it’s one thing; when he says or shouts it say, on an airplane (as he did recently) or at the playground (as he did last night), I don’t know what to do. I really don’t want him to be the kid who exposes other children to swear words, and of course when confined on a plane you can’t simply go home. I haven’t really seen anything in the books about handling outbursts in public as opposed to when you’re in your own home.