http://blog.kidsemail.org Protecting children is our priority Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:28:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to a study done by Dateline in 2006, law enforcement officials say that there are nearly 50,000 sexual predators online at any given moment. Doesn’t sound like a good place for your children to spend time does it? It is a pretty risky thing to send them online in ... http://blog.kidsemail.org/2010/07/keeping-kids-safe-from-online-predators/ Internet Pornography is a huge issue in today’s society. Most parents already know that there is no quick fix to pornography. There is almost no way to completely eliminate this information from being uploaded onto the web. A study done by the United States Research Council entitled: Youth, Pornography, and ... http://blog.kidsemail.org/2010/06/keep-your-children-safe-from-internet-pornography/ It's been on the cover of People this week and was featured on the Today Show. Parents are growing more and more concerned about Internet bullying. We are concerned about it too. That's why were are here--to protect children from all types of dangers online. Feel free to ask us a ... http://blog.kidsemail.org/2010/04/the-hot-topic-internet-bullying/ People Magazine ditched it's coverage of gossip this week to talk about a real problem--Internet bullying. The story focuses on a Massachusetts teen who killed herself after she was bullied online. The story has been featured in many other publications. This should be a wake-up call to parents to monitor their ... http://blog.kidsemail.org/2010/04/internet-bullying-makes-the-cover-of-people/ Raising money is challenging. And how many chocolate bars can you eat and how much wrapping paper do you need? Parents, grandparents and co-workers get tired of the same items year after year. KidsEmail.org has a fundraiser that will not only help earn money for your organizations but educate the public ... http://blog.kidsemail.org/2010/04/make-money-for-your-school-church-group-or-organization/ Over the weekend someone left a poll on our Facebook page about "Internet Mobbing." I was not familiar with that term and I had to look it up. Internet Mobbing is what we often call "cyberbullying." Kids get together and pick on other kids online. While a lot of this ... http://blog.kidsemail.org/2010/04/concerns-from-overseas-internet-mobbing/ As if parents did not have enough to worry with, Google announced a new form of social media in February--Buzz. Immediatly internet safety experts expressed concerns about Buzz including one feature that allowed GPS to disclose a person's location. Google took action this week and has launched some safety videos aimed ... http://blog.kidsemail.org/2010/04/whats-the-buzz-around-google/ We are always looking for ways to serve you better. In the past few weeks, we have been upgrading our servers (pun intended!). Some of you may have noticed some glitches during this upgrade and we apologize. Most of you should not notice any changes at all. We have a ... http://blog.kidsemail.org/2010/04/exciting-news-at-kidsemail-org/ Many state legislatures meet during the first few months of the year and most are now winding down. Every year a new crop of laws are introduced regarding online sexual predators. This year Wisconsin is taking the lead in penalizing online predators. Their proposed law would double the penalty for ... http://blog.kidsemail.org/2010/04/new-laws-targeting-predators/ Let's face it--all parent are busy. Busyness is just a part of family life. And when you are busy, Internet safety may not be the first thing on your mind. If you have older kids who are basically able to care for themselves you may not be standing over them when ... http://blog.kidsemail.org/2010/03/busyness-parenting-and-internet-safety/