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July 21, 2010

Protecting Children With Mental Health Problems

Who are the predators? Predators are Cyber Stalkers, serial killers/rapists, rapists, paedophiles, women beaters, child abusers, thieves et cetera. Predators often have mental disorders that prevent them from behaving properly in normal society. Children with mental disorders are often the victims of these predators, and sometimes children with mental illnesses are the predators themselves. In fact, the creator of one of the most dangerous viruses online came from an eighteen-year old from England.

Dangers mental illnesses: Not everyone with a mental illness is a danger to society. Generally, predators with mental disorders are the victims of sociopathic, psychopathic and anti-social disorders, oppositional defiance, conduct control disorders, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorders (BPD), and psychosis. While there are a few other mental disorders that pose a threat to our society, this is a list of the most common potential dangers that lurk on the streets and on the Internet.

How to save a child with mental disorders from dangers : Never treat your child as if he/she has a mental illness. Treat your child as special, yet avoid treating the child as if he/she is mentally ill, since a lot of mentally ill patients are extremely intelligent. Teach your child the same rules that other children must live by and stick to those rules. Do not leave room for doubt when danger is present. Teach your child respect by showing respect yourself.

Children with dangerous mental illnesses will often engage in pornography, violent images, content, and so forth. This makes it difficult as a parent to protect your child. It is important that you enforce the laws. Never put yourself in danger while enforcing these laws, since some children with dangerous problems may cause you harm.

If the child refuses to listen to you, bring the police in and make sure that they do their job to help you enforce the rules. You may pay court fees and go through headaches, but I promise you it will benefit you in the end. As a mother raising two boys with dangerous mental illnesses, I can tell you it won’t be simple, but it can be done.

Children with mental illnesses often have brilliant minds that can often get round any parental controls and will do so without you even knowing. Take more time than normal to monitor your child’s activity online. Teach your child that giving out personal information is restricted and encourage them to ask your permission when considering divulging name, phone number or other information online.

Leave room for your child to take some responsibility and always encourage your child to participate in family discussions that concern them. Encourage the child to protect their safety by encouraging them to report any wrong committed against them.

One of the hardest things you’ll ever have to do while raising a child with mental health problems is teaching him/her to stay away from violent images and pornography. It is next to impossible to keep them clear of this trash. Still, it can be done if you set a good example for the child to follow.

It is important that you keep talking and listening to your child. Allow your child to express concerns, opinions, ideals, theories and so forth without demeaning the child. You will be astounded at the wisdom children with certain mental illnesses have, if you will only listen to them.

The best advice I can offer you for dealing with children with major mental disorders, such as psychopathy, is to seek help and stand firm. For more child safety advice for children with mental disorders ask advice from a qualified professional.

Remember: Children learn what they see and hear.

If you are concerned about protecting Children with Mental Disorders or Child Safety in general, please go along to our website.

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June 2, 2010

Child Safety Online

What is there to say about the world children live in these days? Sexed-up television, pornographic Internet sites and videos and violent board games. A world that is lowering its standards, values, and morals every day, surrounds our children.

What makes it even worse is that we cannot use Parental Controls any more to prevent our children from accessing websites of an adult nature. These days children are knowledgeable about technology and often more so than their parents. How can we keep our children safe from online dangers? How can we as parents provide safety for our children, while still fighting the corruption that goes on in the world?

Parental Controls are available on most types of Internet software, yet today, children are skilled at by-passing these Parental Controls. So, what can we do? We can protect our children by monitoring their time spent on the Internet closely.

How to use parental controls: It depends on which Internet provider you have, however, I will speak only of the Internet providers I know about, since all programs are different. To use AOL Parental Controls, you will need to go to Safety at the Toolbar and click on Parental Controls.

Once you arrive there, you will see a list of usernames available. Search for your child’s username and click on it. You will see a popup window appear. Click on ‘Edit Web Control’ and then click ‘Kids Only’, and close. Now your child is guarded against dangerous sites.

Chat rooms can be serious threats to children, since anyone can go into these rooms. Often predators frequent these areas, so as to entice children into a web of danger. In the AOL program, click on ‘Safety’ and then click on ‘Parental Controls’.

In the same way, click on the ‘Edit IM Controls’, ‘Edit E-mail Controls’, and ‘Edit Chat Control’ and complete the same steps as you did to establish the ‘Parental Controls’.

It is wise to set up passwords. Passwords will offer additional protection and safety to your child. Do not give the child the passwords, because this will give the child control over the Internet connection, and the child might even reset the controls.

It is also wise to use your ‘Popup Controllers’ too, since if you do not turn on the controls, pop ups could carry something that will corrupt your system or popup adult content, which your child will see when online. You can go into ‘AOL Safety’ at the toolbar to start these popup controls.

If you are using Internet Explorer, open a page. Click on ‘Tools’ at the top menu, click ‘Popup Blocker’ and then click ‘Popup Blocker Settings’. Read the information carefully and set the program at medium. Medium is standard and will block most pop ups. If you put the settings higher than medium you might find it difficult to open websites for browsing.

Some of the dangers presented to children online include: Internet Porn; Child Porn; Child Sexual Abuse; Mobile Porn; and more. As you can see, your child is in danger, and if you want to master safety, you will have to monitor, and take steps to safeguard your child against online dangers.

According to recent studies, students have met sexual malpractices through webcams, instant messengers, and mobile phones. Additional studies reveal that pornographic websites are making more profit than each of CBS, ABC, and NBC television channels in a year. The studies say that the largest group that views porn sites are children and that these children are typically between the ages of twelve and seventeen.

The statistics showed that around 74% of the porn sites had unmonitored banners, while another 66% of the sites did not issue adult content warnings. Another 11% of the sites did not have sexually explicit content warnings, and 25% mousetrapped the visitors, by not allowing them to leave the sites. Only 3% of the websites out of more than 14 millions adult sites requested adult permission for minors. Protect your child now!

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May 22, 2010

Pool Safety For Children

Having a swimming pool on your property can be a fantastic way to have fun for yourself and your entire family. However, despite that, it can also be very dangerous if you have children around. If you have the patience, you should wait until your kids are at least five years old or more before you put a swimming pool on your property. On the other hand, if you already have a swimming pool, there are ways that you can protect your children.

You should always bear in mind to never, ever, permit your children to be on their own, unsupervised near your pool. Children tend to be attracted to water and it only takes is a slip for them to fall into the swimming pool. If you and your children are at your pool side and you need to leave the area even for a second, you must always take your children with you.

To be completely safe, you must always make sure that you have plenty of safety gear around your pool at all times. Safety items are essential to have around, as they could save the life of a child or in fact, anyone else who can’t swim.

You should invest in a shepherd’s crook as well, as you can use it to pull someone out of the water. Having a phone at your pool is also a wise investment, as you can easily ring for help in the event of an emergency.

If you don’t already have a fence around your pool you should look into getting one right away. A fence is a great way to keep children away from your swimming pool. If you have a protective fence up, you won’t have to worry about small children falling into it, while you are away from the pool. When you put your fence up, you should always ensure that it’s at least six feet high with a locking gate. In this way, no one can get into the pool without a key, which you should keep with you at all times.

You could also learn CPR. Even though you may not ever have to use it. However, it is always great to know in the event of someone falling in your pool that is unable to swim. Whenever you have children or people you know can’t swim at your pool, you should always stay within reach of them, so you can react instantly if they fall in. A minute is all it takes to save someone’s life.

Always bear in mind that swimming is fun, although you have to always think in terms of safety first. Once you have finished using your pool for the day, make sure that you secure the poolside well – and padlock the gate tight so no one can get in too.

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