...Spyware? Harlan Coben’s article, “The Undercover Parent” , March 16,(2008), is about the advantages of having spyware on your children’s computer. Coben believes that the internet in a dangerous place. Therefore, a parent has the right to monitor you kid. She states that as a parent you have the responsibility to monitor your children and keeping them safe.”Trust is one thing, but surrendering parental responsibility to a machine that allows the entire world access to your home borders on negligence” this quote implies that parents who believe that the internet is a safe place they are neglecting their parental duties. In addition a agree with Coben’s argument that spyware is a way to protect your children. I believe that parents should use spyware on their children’s computer only for the sole purpose of keeping their children safe. There are many disadvantages that the internet can have on your children’s life. Also, there is no reason for your child to hide anything from you. Parents have the right to monitor their kids if they feel like they are in danger. If the parents action is in the right state of mind then they are doing what a responsible parent would do. For example, ”One friend of mine, using spyware to monitor his college-bound straight -A daughter, found out that not only was she using drugs but she was sleeping with her dealer.” The dad was aware of the situation his daughter has been in and confronted her to talk out the situation. The first reason why...
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...care value in depth. For the each care value I will emphasise on how a nursery manager and nursery use their communication skills to apply the care value, which will cause the children, staff and parents to feel valued and supported. The early years care values I will be focusing on are: • Fostering equality of opportunity • Working in partnership with families • Being a reflective practitioner • Keeping children safe • Working in partnership with other professionals • Encouraging children’s learning development • Maintaining confidentiality • Making welfare of child paramount • Valuing diversity • Ensuring anti-discrimination Care value 1 - Fostering equality of opportunity This suggests that all children should be offered equal access and opportunities to learn and develop, therefore children should be able to make progress with their time in the nursery. Equal opportunity can be achieved, through the fairness of the staff working with the children at the nursery, and also through communication skills which should be consistent so all children have an equal opportunity of advancing within learning. Tone of voice: The nursery nurse should speak at an appropriate pace (i.e. slowly) so the children can understand clearly and respond, talking at a slower pace would value those children who have any difficulties or those who cannot speak English properly. When communicating with a parent a nursery manager must use an informative tone and should speak clearly so...
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...2) To have 75% compliance rate of families consistently keeping a safe and clean home. Activities: 1) Families will be selected based on the criteria mentioned above. 2) Families will be assigned to an FSW upon meeting the criteria. Each FSW will have a maximum of 10 cases at a time. (10 cases per 6-month period) 3) The FSW will meet with the family in the home. The FSW will assess the needs of the family and what they know about keeping a safe home. 4) The FSW will create a schedule with the family on times and dates to come into the home and work with them on the basic skills of keeping a safe and healthy home. The FSW will teach skills based on the particular family needs. Skills include, but are not limited to vacuuming, sweeping, moping, cleaning bathroom, cleaning kitchens, washing dishes, washing laundry, cleaning windows, bathing children and selves, cooking, and shopping for items that contribute to safe and healthy homes and families. 5) The FSW will conduct final home check. If family has been compliant they have completed the program. If not further action will be...
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...respect between practitioner and client and it shows the practitioner cares and fully accepts the client. Promoting individual rights and beliefs – which includes the rights to; be different e.g. sexual orientation, freedom from discrimination e.g. not to be treated differently, confidentiality e.g. have all personal information kept private, choice e.g. make own decisions, dignity e.g. respected, effective communication e.g. have things explained and to be listened to, safety and security e.g. protection from harm and privacy e.g. having own space which isn’t invaded by others without consent. Maintaining confidentiality – This is an appropriate protection of personal and private information about clients and this is done by; keeping all records safe and secure, only passing information on to others if it is needed to do so and policies and procedures need to be followed. It is important that confidentiality is maintained as it is part of The Data Protection Act 1998[1] Codes of practise set out the...
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...nation for Safeguarding children and young people. (REF 1.1) The main current legislation for safeguarding children and young people are: - Children Act 1989 - The Children Act (Every child matters) 2004 - Protection of Children Act 1999 - Data protection Act 1998 - Safeguarding vunerable group Act 2006 - Sexual offences Act 2003 - Criminal justice and court services Act 2000 - Equalities Act 2010 - Data protection Act 1998 non-statutory guidance - United Nations Convention on the rights of the child The main current guidelines for safeguarding children and young people are: - Working together to safeguard children The main current policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people are: - Child Protection Policy Child protection is part of the wider work to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. It refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect specific children who are suffering from any form of abuse or neglect. It also involves protecting children and young people from maltreatment and preventing impairment of a child’s health and development by ensuring children are raised in positive circumstances by providing safe and caring environments. Parents or carers who fail to protect or care for their children could then be taken to court and the child be then removed from the home and placed into care. Wider forms of safeguarding also include; risk assessments such as providing a safe environment inside and...
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...teenager walking on the street, and then a loud horn blares throughout the city, a strange sound you have never heard in your life. The horn means that all children under 18 years of age are required to be indoors. No exceptions. You are over a mile away from your house, without a written note from your parents. If a police officer detects you out on the streets, you can be fined and taken to the police station. No exceptions. Curfew has been an issue in a mass of cities throughout the United States, which leads people to wonder: Are curfew laws that target teens unfair? A bunch of cities need it to prevent juvenile crime and to enhance safety. This has become a problem as a result of some people thinking that cities...
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...Examples of risks to children; It is important for any child in the care of the person looking after them to be looked after in a secure, happy and friendly environment. All children should be looked after and protected from harm like an accident and should not be at risk from other children or adults. There are polices and providers in place to look after the children’s safety in the work place and also in different places where different laws are in place to protect children and young adults. The parents of the children need to trust and have understanding of the people who are looking after their children daily if it is in a nursery or child minder. There are three polices in place to look after the children the first one is Child Protection keeping children safe from other children and carers and public members. Number two is Risk Assessments and Health and Safety to lower the risk in the place where they are and health and safety so the child does not hurt them self’s. Number Three, CRB check’s to check if you’re working with children that it is fine for the person having the CRB check to do so. Being first aid trained is...
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...makes this situation an ethical dilemma? If we choose to keep the book then we are violating P-1.1(Above all, we shall not harm children. We shall not participate in practices that are emotionally damaging, physically harmful, disrespectful, degrading, dangerous, exploitive or intimidating to children) and if we choose to not accept this book to our classroom it would violate I-1.10. (To ensure that each child’s culture, language, ethnicity, and family structure are recognized and valued in the program) They contradict each other and this makes it an ethical dilemma. 2. What values are involved? * Appreciate and support the bond between the child and the family. * Recognize that children are best understood and supported in the context of family, culture, community and society. * To ensure that each child’s culture, language, ethnicity, and family structure are recognized and valued in this program. * First and foremost: Above all, we shall not harm children. We shall not participate in practices that are emotionally damaging, physically harmful, disrespectful, degrading, dangerous, exploitive or intimidating to children. * We need to follow the rules and regulations that have been established to keep the children safe. 3. Who is involved and who will be influenced by the dilemma (for example, children, parents, staff, community, etc.)? Note that the agreed upon course of action in the end may require varying actions by more...
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...Home When it comes to gun safety, there are many concerns from homeowners with small children. Many laws dictate how guns should be secured, handling and used. According to The Nemours Foundation (1995-2015), Kids Health / Gun Safety; Guns are in more than one third of all U.S. households, so they're a very real danger to children, whether you own one or not. That's why it's important to talk with children about the dangers of guns, and what to do if they find one. While safety can be provided if locks and safe boxes are implemented, having quick access to a gun while providing overall safety is paramount (The Nemours Foundation; 2015). Gun safety in the home can be achieved by gun owners with children, by following all formal...
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...BIS/220 Version 1 April 9, 2010 Information Technology Acts Paper Many laws have been implemented by Congress to protect the integrity of United States citizens. With this fast technology growth. Several of these laws are not even ten years old, especially some Information Technology Acts. As the nation grows, our laws grow just as fast. Information Technology is the “acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of telecommunications and computing”. Includes various areas incluing, computer software and hardware, programming langueages and processes. After doing extensive research in a lot of the Technology Acts, the following acts are going to be discussed within this paper; Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, (CFAA) 1986 and Children’s Protection Act, 2000 (CIPA). CFAA was introduced to reduce cracking of computer systems and to address Federal computer related offenses. This act, which is codified as 18 U.S.C § 1030 covers most federal computer related offenses. California was the first state to legislate a reporting requirement for computer hackers. The CFAA mainly deals with people who have exceeded the scope of authorized access and computer hackers. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The CFAA knows that a cyber-attack can damage a business as well as incur substantial costs responding to unauthorized use or computer hacking. It would not surprise me...
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...Animal rights is an emotive issue to argue with. People have different views about keeping the animals in zoos. I believe that zoos are one of the ways to safe the instict of animals who are in danger. Opponents of constraint animals in zoos argue that it is against the nature to prison animals in small cages, which deters their natural capabilities, as a result they are emotionally weak as compared to the wild animals in jungles. It is also believed, that caged animals are presented as an entertainment to people who come to visit the zoos. Therefore, these animals have to be there all the time to entertain which can be the reason of their lack in sleep and diet and lead them to be sick. However, I am unconvinced that zoos should be banned....
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...At what age should people start having children? Teenage pregnancy is one of the many growing problems in our community today and is a serious matter that requires immediate attention. It is a subject often debated amongst doctors, psychologists, social workers, and ordinary citizens. A teenager is never equipped for the responsibility that comes with childbearing. Despite efforts to discourage teenagers from having babies, teenage pregnancy is a growing trend in our community. While a number of people might say that the community should embrace the idea of Teenage pregnancy, and accept the teenager having sex, it is evident that Teenage pregnancy is having a negative impact on our community. The effects of pregnancy on a teenager can be intense and long-lasting, not only physical but emotional and psychological; they are lifelong. Teenage pregnancy is one of the loudest problems in our community and the community should responds to such problem with creative solution such as birth control, providing more options to pregnant teenagers, educating both parent and teenagers about sex. First, Teenagers are engaging in sexually activities at a very high rate and they need a way to prevent unwanted pregnancy. The distribution of birth control amongst teens is a much-needed practice. Many adults do not agree with the idea of birth control, because they feel that their teenagers will be more sexually active. Providing birth control to teenagers only increases a teenager’s responsibility...
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...MAINTAIN A SAFE AND TIEALTTry H,ARNING ENVIRONMENT. In order to establish and maintain a safe and healthy learning environment for childreo certain elernents af,e necessary. Classroom equipment needs to be app,rop,riate for the childs age group. The space needs to provide adequate room for developrnental$ appropriate learning centsr$ and pfoper storage for equipment. Quiet af,eas are ssrential for re*t and as a personal ohoice for children whe,tr teeded- Children need to know where the fire exits are and have regular fire drills to ensure safe exit in case of an emergency. Children also need to be tauglrt about personal hygiene and good eating habits. In order to provide this for the children I teach them that it is important to bnrsh their teeth after meals and to wash their hands before meals and after toileting. IVe shown the ctrildren the basic food groups and discrxsed with thern the inrpo'rtance of each of these groups to their bodies. lVeVe discussed the nufritious value of the meals they are serued at the center. I also plan exercises to teach them about keeping fit physical$. While walking to the park I show them the proper way to cross the street using the stop, look and listen technique before they cross. I have taken them tc the fire deparfinent so they cau leam fire safety &om the fiiremen. The centers in my cla$sroom are cleaq tables and equipment is wiped offdaity with a water and bleac,h solution. The material is kept on tow shelfs allowing children, to...
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...and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment Functional area 1: Safe My goal in the functional 1 area safe is to make sure that I provide a safe environment for the children. This is important because the children in my age group are still learning about safety and the consequences if they aren't cautious. My class room is designed for child care purposes. I plan to make sure that everything in the room is at child level and ready for them to use. I will make sure that any broken toys or furniture will be thrown away and replaced. It is important to me that any cleaning supplies is put away up high and locked up out of their reach. When we are outside I plan to make sure that everything on the playground is age appropriate. Any broken toys or bikes outside will also be thrown out and replaced as well. I make sure that I am supervising children at all times. I am CPR first aid qualified and prepared to take action incase anything happens. Functional area 2: Healthy My goal in the functional 2 area of healthy is to maintain a healthy environment for the children. I also will make sure that I demonstrate healthy and proper ways of doing things. I intend on making sure the classroom is cleaned every night and sanitized. I also intend on washing any kind of clothes regularly such as cot sheets, dress up clothes, any kind of towels and rags. I will make sure that every child learns to wash their hands properly and regularly when needed. The children will have a healthy...
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...How does the XO computer provide learning opportunities for children in poor regions of the world? XO computer can help children in poor region of the world by providing more opportunities to study. By an ultra-bright screen readable in daylight; when flipped, it converts to an electronic book reader, children in poor regions where there is no light at night (lack of power) can study not only in the morning but also in the evening. With XO’s special networking, children can download or read more book that they like. What issues could these children encounter if they have an XO laptop? How will cloud computing play an important role in the XO laptop, especially in terms of keeping costs low and data safe? The cost will encourage people in poor countries to make purchase cause it low cost and data safe. In general, what people think about laptop is a fancy and uncontrollable technology divide. However, XO comes with low cost and data safe that even put parent in worries-free zone when they decide to make a purchase. What do you think the typical environment will be like where the XO laptop will be used? XO laptop will provide an environment that full of hunger for knowledge. Children who using XO laptop will try to learn how to use it to communicate with their friends and show up to each other what did they learn from the XO. What issues will users of the XO laptop encounter that are not common in the United States? Not enough information to do research. Hunger for...
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