...children today than in the past. Through the internet Sexual offenders can connect with children more discreetly. Today, children are just as likely to socialize online as they are to meet in the mall or by going to other public places like the movies. Predators use the anonymity of the internet to their advantage since it allows them to become whoever they want. They target both girls and boys of all ages. "Child predators are migrating from traditional methods to alternate media," says Detective Lt. Thomas Kish of the Michigan State Police. "They are going to places where children are.” (Wendy, K) Many children are not aware of these dangers. Online predators are good manipulators, they look for children that are emotionally vulnerable. They use issues the child may have to befriend and empathize with them while building a false friendship and trust. Since many naïve children list personal information online , it is easy for predators to find information about their victims. Some examples of information that should be kept private are schools attended, phone numbers, home addresses, first and last names. Children need to be guarded from online predators. Both parents and children have to be made more aware of online predators and how to avoid them. Parents can set limitations to how and when a child plays on online “the Xbox has password-protected "family settings" that allow parents to turn off Internet access or track content and contacts. PlayStation and Wii also have such...
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...PRunning Head: PROCTECTING CHILDREN ONLINE Protecting Children Online Abstract Protecting children online is becoming an all hands effort. Online predators are the new way for individuals to plan, fantasize, and full fill their needs. Just telling your child to not talk to strangers will not cut it in today’s internet world. Protecting children online takes planning, coaching and internet rules setup to hopefully provide that barrier. Anybody can be anybody behind a computer. Providing this vital information to children could be the one thing that saves that child’s life. What is a sexual predator online? A sexual predator is better known as pedophile. We have all checked those websites to find out and to see if we have a sex offender living near our homes. How many people have actually checked out the websites children are visiting? The children today are more technological then their parents and the parents need to be aware of the dangers that lurk behind every computer. The most common means by which sexual predators contact children over the Internet is through chat rooms, instant messages and email. In fact, 89% of sexual solicitations were made in either chat rooms or instant messages and 1 in 5 youth (ages 10-17 years) has been sexually solicited online (JAMA, 2001). Considering that 25% of kids online participate in real time chat and 13 million use instant messaging, the risks of such children, either knowingly or unknowingly, interacting with...
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...information about child development, and how each area of development supports other areas. It also explains a range of factors that might influence a child’s development. The final section gives some information about supporting speech, language and communication through play, information about phonics and an article about supporting emergent literacy. You will need to be prepared to link your planned activities back to the theorists covered in Unit 1 Part 1. Child Development from birth to 8years DEVELOPMENT is a description of the sequences, patterns and pathways that almost everyone follows as they grow. Development refers to the way in which a child functions and is usually spontaneous e.g. a young...
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...appropriate responses when child maltreatment or abuse is suspected – There are a variety of different responses of which would be considered appropriate when you believe that a child or young person is being abused or facing maltreatment. You can observe the child over a period of time. Any and all information collected should be written or logged and should be considered carefully, for example listening to the child when he/she is at play. You can also observe the child’s relationship with their parents, carers or guardians and look out for any poor interaction between them. Things that may be said by the child: Mummy hit me Daddy touched me Daddy did this to me last night, but he told me not to tell anyone or he will hurt me again My aunt pulled my hair If you suspect that the child is receiving abuse or is being maltreated, (depending on whether the child is of developmental stage), speak to the child along with their parents/guardians in order to seek out some form of explanation. If you are going to speak to the child, make sure that he/she is comfortable. By feeling uncomfortable this may stop the child from disclosing any further information. By setting up various games for the child to play with, you will therefore be able to interact with them and allow you to speak directly to the child. However you must let the child know beforehand that you cannot promise confidentiality. Take the child seriously. If you do not take the child seriously this may...
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...As a parent, you may not realize that your child is being bullied. It is important to maintain open communication on a daily basis with your student, and discuss as much as your student will share. Sometimes a parent can share stories from their own past, and relive a bullying circumstance complete with a resolution or regret. This can open the door for your child to share his own problems and rely on you as his moral compass. When a parent steps in, their strength can bring hope to this predator/prey scenario. The child should learn how to handle the bully themselves, and learn how to take back their own power. Depending on the brutality of the bully, this can be as simple as standing up for oneself and saying “no”. Handling a bully can be tricky, especially when the intimidation or insults occur online. Social media has become a platform for cruelty not seen in generations past. Cyberbullying has become a popular way to attack other children and the psychological damage to the victims can be devastating. Rumors are easily spread, and often believed when published online. Maybe a cyber bullying essay can help. When a parent becomes aware of online abuse, it is important to not retaliate or become directly involved. It is advisable to document the behavior by printing out everything, and keeping a log. In a notebook, record all displays of abuse; this will prove a pattern of cruel behavior whether it be rumors, name-calling, or sexually inappropriate comments. Going to the...
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...couple of years, “Forty-two percent of kids have been bullied while online and one in four has had it happen more than once” (End to Cyber Bullying).Whether it’s a Facebook account, or Twitter account, it seems like anyone can make an account and automatically start communicating with other people, and because of our technology today cyber bullying is easy for others to do. Cyber bullying happens world-wide twenty four hours a day seven days a week. Because of this, it is hard to keep specific statistics of how and when cyber bullying occurs. One million children and teens were harassed, threatened or subjected to other forms of cyber bullying on Facebook during the past year (Internet Safety). According to a survey conducted by i-Safe America, the statistics are as follows: thirty-five percent of kids have been threatened online, and one in five had it happen more than once. Twenty-one percent of kids have received mean or threatening e-mail or other messages. Fifty-eight percent of kids admitted that someone said mean or hurtful things to them online. Four out of ten say it happened more than once. Fifty-three percent of kids admitted to having said something mean or hurtful to another person online. One in three has done so more than once. Fifty-eight percent have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online. Unfortunately, cyber bullies do not care of your age or race or anything for that matter. Adults have also been victims...
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...have positive features for children like it allows for the development of “social capital,” or the amount of friends he/she has, can make the child feel important and loved, and it also can give the child the opportunity to get involved in social events and charities in their community (Smith, 2011). Even though there are positives for minors, there are also severe negatives that go along with it; for example, using Facebook wastes a lot of the child’s time, they truly have no privacy, and it acts as a moral disconnect. First, being one who uses a lot of technology and studying in the technology field, I know how much time can be spent in front of a monitor for countless hours doing absolutely nothing. An article written by Fodeman & Monroe (2009) states, “We have concerns for children and teens today growing up in a world where they are wired 24/7 without a break.” This means that because the Facebook website is live at any given time and day; therefore, without parents controlling their kids’ time for computer usage, they can be on the website for numerous hours at a time. The authors also write in their article, “For some, it even raises their anxiety level to be without their cell phones for even a few hours!” I know, from my personal experience, that I cannot leave my house without my cell phone. With this being said, the child may not maintain his/her ability to consciously use the necessary time to take care of the “human needs” and can become ill or start fail school...
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...Buy your video games used. Video games are expensive. Even so, many people insist on buying them new. The reasoning behind this is that used games will be damaged or faulty. Most retailers check their used games before bringing them into their stock. Buy used and save your receipts, just in case. The savings is well worth the minor risk. It is always best to try out a game demo for a little bit before you purchase it. This can help you decide if the game is right for you. Be careful, though, where you download the game from. To avoid any potential problems on your computer, download only from reputable sources. If you are playing a sporting game, and you don't have any experience with it, set the difficulty level to rookie. This will help you pick up on the unique features of the game and learn your way...
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...Josh to monitor Megan online. The mother became friends with Megan, but Megan only thought it was just a boy that she knew from school. After a while, everything went from sweet talk to verbal abuse. Terms such as" Megan is a slut. Megan is Fat" were being posted all over the social network by the mother. Devastated by all this bullying, Megan was found hung in her bedroom closet a few days before her fourteenth birthday. After the death of Megan, they found out it was the mother of her former friend who was behind this cyber bullying. Megan's Father, Ron Meir stated, "That's the biggest tragedy of this whole thing. An adult did this." Living in the 19th century, everything we do is revolved around the Internet. Nowadays more than 50% of people can’t go a few hours without going on the internet since they have developed smartphones that bring it right into the palm of our hands which makes it harder for parents to monitor their kid’s internet behaviors. Basically whatever you do is connected to the Internet, from talking on the phone, video chatting and texting. But most people do not realize that there are consequences, which relates to all of the above if not taken certain measures and precautions that would lessen the risk of such threats that might arise while using Internet. Don’t get me wrong, the Internet is a wonderful tool that benefits everyone but others who are the rotten apples in the bunch use it to take advantage of the innocent users online. In this paper, I will...
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...connection to foster children because she was a foster child until the age of 10 when her grandmother took her and her three siblings in. Ashlyn is doing very well in school, and maintains a close communication relationship with all of her instructors, and student advisor. She is a likable person, and has many friends to whom she can turn to in a time of need. Ashlyn is an outgoing person that loves life. She is also a very outspoken person, who always tells it like it is. Ashlyn is not married, but does have a boyfriend. Ashyln and her boyfriend have recently found out that they are expecting their first child. Her boyfriend is very involved and supportive of her pregnancy, and any decision that she has made regarding this pregnancy. This presentation will document her physical, cognitive, and psychosocial domains. Prior to having Ashlyn take the tests for each domain I asked her 6 questions. 1. How many weeks is your pregnancy? Ashlyn: I am currently 14 weeks pregnant. 2. Was the pregnancy planned? If so, what factors were involved in your decision to have this child? Ashlyn: No the pregnancy was not planned, but we had planned on having children later in life, like after I graduated college and we both had better paying jobs. I guess our plan has changed a bit, but things will work out the way we want them to, I’m sure of that. 3. Are you aware of any possible genetic problems in your or the father’s family, and what are you doing about them? Ashlyn: As far as I know there are...
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...Cello tape paper down to tables | Dinner time | Chocking on foodSharp utensils | 31 | 35 | Make sure food is cut up small enough for child not to choke on itDon’t leave utensils out or misplace sharp ones | Reading to children | Fall asleep and suffocateTry eating books | 11 | 35 | Make sure child doesn’t fall asleep sitting upDo not let children read books unsupervised | Taking children to toilets | Not cleaning child properlySlip on water | 32 | 34 | Making sure the child has been cleaned properly to prevent cross contaminationMake sure children are supervised | Playtime | Eat sand Weather | 23 | 43 | Make sure child is supervised at all timesMake sure child is correctly dressed at all times | P3: Carry out a risk assessment in a health or social care setting. M2: Assess the hazards identified in the health and social care setting. D1: Make recommendations in relation to the identified hazards to minimise the risks to the service user group. In this assignment I will be talking about the risk assessment that I carried out in a nursery. I will be talking about the risks that could take place and how likely it would be of the risk to take place, also I will be talking about the severity of the risk. A risk assessment is simply a careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people, so that you can weigh up whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more to prevent harm. Workers and service users have the right to be protected from harm...
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...by fake profiles or fake people who would do harm to them. Computer crimes are on the rise. Law enforcements and agencies are doing everything they can to prevent the spread of these crimes. They have created special task divisions to protect our society better. New laws have been put to place to protect U.S citizens better. The four categories of crime: the computer as a target, the computer as an instrument, the computer as incidental to a crime, and crimes associated with prevalence of computer show that everyone can fall victim to some cybercrime. The computer as a target The computer as a target in cybercrime is what today’s society fears. Examples that are considered the computer being a target are denial of service attack, data alteration, and intrusion. Denial of service is when cyber criminals deny users to access to a machine or network. An example of this is when Yahoo was hacked into, and users could not open the website for a couple of hours until Yahoo had fixed the issue. Yahoo’s denial of service attack is a great example because it showed society that even big names are susceptible to being attacked. I believe intrusion is what fears most of today’s society. Hackers try to locate sensitive information on other computers. Over the years, technology has evolved, and there are so many different ways to pay for items. Online shopping is a big hit, but many people have concerns to whether the site that they are paying is secured. There has been an instance...
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...Child Health, Safety and Nutrition CDCG 110 5-8-2012 What did I learn from this course? Health, safety and nutrition are three of the most important factors to consider when raising a child. In other words, every child should be raised with proper nutrition, good health and safety as possible, allowing him or her to grow with a great well-being. Something that I've learned about this class is that in today’s fast-paced world where the child’s safety and health issues are rapidly growing, more than fifty sites online present health and safety guidelines for the public to consider. These websites given to us has really opened up a door for me to look into my own life as well as my child's development. Another thing I've learned about this course is that the interrelationship between health, safety, and nutrition regarding children is very important. Understanding certain guidelines, and potential hazardous conditions can help prevent physical and emotional incidents. I never really thought all three of these subjects were all correlated, of course I thought they all meant something important but together they really do emphasize the importance of a child well-being as a whole. Through the projects and online discussions I've also found that even though we all talk about a different subject we all have a common goal and that is to further understand that health, safety and nutrition starts with the family and how it all can affect one's life as they get older. Some of...
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...Tina Rios Business Law I Position Paper Should Internet Activity be Monitored? There has been an ongoing debate over many years on whether or not internet activity should be legally monitored by Internet Service Providers or the government. Obviously there many pros and cons to both sides of this issue. There is not only a valid need for internet monitoring of private networks in addition to government systems, but there is also a valid concern for the privacy of our country’s citizens. Both sides of this issue will be addressed as well as my own analysis of this topic. There is quite a bit of history regarding monitoring public internet communications. Some forms of electronic surveillance have been around since the Civil War. The 4th Amendment is a citizen’s primary protection against unreasonable government searches and seizures. As technologies advance the meaning of unreasonable becomes more and more unclear; meaning when private information is transmitted through wire over a long distance is it still considered private information? During the 1920’s, as phone calls were being place through switchboards, it was noticed that more and more conversations regarding illegal activities were being talked through those phone calls. It was then that police asked for clarification from the Supreme Court on whether or not wiretaps went against the 4th Amendment. It was decided that the 4th Amendment did not restrict wiretaps since there was no search not seizure. ...
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...conducted online and offline. Some of the content is reflected from personal experiences. This paper will discuss some characteristics of Emotional Disorders, how the parents can help their child grow, the best ways for the child to learn, and some suggestions for teachers that may have a child with this disability in their classroom. Emotional Disorders and its Impact in a Child’s Life The day you find out you are going to become a parent is a very emotional time. You have certain expectations, dreams, hope, fear, and an overwhelming feeling of being a protector. As a parent you want the very best for your child and you vow to never let anyone or anything hurt them. When that new baby is placed in your arms you are filled with love, excitement, and joy. You pray that your child will be happy and healthy. You have dreams that your child will live a very full, exciting, happy life. But when you are told that your child has a disability your world changes, your hopes and dreams are suddenly replaced with fear and uncertainty. You are now the parent of a child that will need special care and attention for the rest of their life. You are confused and scared, and one of the biggest fears is that you do not know what the future holds. A child with an emotional disorder can cause profound effects on the family. With constant outburst, crying, aggressive behavior, withdrawal, depression, and learning difficulties a family will spend a lot of time taking care of the child. The parents...
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