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It is amazing, and horrifying, the degree of psychological control that an online predator can wield over a young person. The process of implementing this control is called “grooming”, and I have found no better example of what it does to a child, and a family, than the article below. The article was originally published […] There is a dangerous game being widely reported on the Internet that parents need to be aware of: The Blue Whale Game. The Blue Whale Game is a sick suicide challenge that appears to goad vulnerable teens into killing themselves. This game, allegedly invented by Russian Phillip Budeikin, 22, came to the attention of the […] WOW! Halloween is past and the early Black Friday sales are in play! Time to start planning! As parents are shopping they have to consider how they will keep their kids safe from inappropriate materials and media, and from predators. What should parents be aware of, and what actions are needed to protect kids from […] HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope you had a great 2014 and have 2015 in your sights to be even better! For Blogging The Knights’ Quest, this past year was a RECORD YEAR!!! Our readership in 2014 was up 70% over 2013 to nearly 40,000 readers! And 2014 was up more than 610% over 2012. Since […] Knights’ Quest is pleased to announce a new Internet/technology safety program for parents: THE TECH-SAFE HOME™! THE TECH-SAFE HOME™ is a new program to educate and equip families on the dangers posed by pornography and predators. These no longer enter the home only through the family desktop computer but arrive through: Laptops Tablets eReaders Smartphones Streaming […] WOW! Praise the LORD! We survived BLACK FRIDAY!!! (At least, I hope you did!) This time of year folks buy LOTS of technology for the kids. That’s great, but only if you understand the safety issues these gadgets and devices bring into the home. So, here is a quick list of past blog posts that […] When I answered the phone I heard the fear in her voice. It was a mother (in another city) whose child had a “nosy friend” on the Internet and she was scared to death that the “friend” was a predator. She called, needing direction and advice. We soon got the proper authorities involved. The last […] They were playing MASS EFFECT 2 online. Three young men and a young lady. Hooked up via audio headsets, there was a lot of smack talk going around. The young lady was not that good at the game, so she became the target of a lot of the barbs going around, and a lot of […] Many of my posts have dealt with issues surrounding the Internet, pornography, and Christian sexuality. These are all related. Another related topic is that of ONLINE PREDATORS. When parents consider predator threats they often make a few dangerous assumptions: It’s not in my community, Predators are male, and If I monitor my computers I’m covering […]
Updated for 2013 “We don’t need to install filters, we trust our kids.” “Our kids wouldn’t be interested in that, and know that it is wrong, so we trust them with their computers in their rooms.” Those are two common sentiments that I encounter as I do seminars […] |
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