Archives for the 'Parents' Category
Make Chores Fun with ChoreMonster
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Many of us parents may recall the star charts we had when growing up. If I, say, made my bed in the morning I got a star; I’d get another star if I took my plate to the sink. After a certain accrual of stars then I’d get a price of some nature. Many parents [...]
Making Your Child an Active Viewer
Monday, April 16th, 2012
PBS has developed a kit for parents to help their kids become active viewers when watching TV, and you may find it helpful. Instead of zoning out in front of the set, your child can become an active viewer. How? By learning to ask questions about what he is seeing and hearing. Even if you [...]
Hey Parents! Most popular search terms by kids
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Sex, games and rock ‘n’ roll are some of the top search terms by kids including searches for some of the top social networking sites like Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace. Pretty interesting and just reinforces some previous studies and trends. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10306357-235.html
Tips for Parents Buying Cell Phones for Kids
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Tips for Parents Buying Cell Phones for their Kids from the safety booklet published by the Religious Alliance Against Pornography that the Archdiocese contributed to: 1) Circumvent access to pornography at the cell phone store: You must be 18 years or older to purchase a cell phone. Make sure that if you purchase a cell phone for [...]
Tackling Calvin Klein
Monday, July 6th, 2009
On Thursday, July 9, the Religious Alliance Againt Pornography will be having an emergency comference call to discuss the controversial Calvin Klein advertisement in NYC. This advertisement (warning explicit) was so provocative that it caused a stir, controversy, and had to be taken down. True to form, RAAP was ready with a strong letter to [...]
Porn infiltrates Twitter
Monday, July 6th, 2009
This weekend I posted several tweets on my Twitter feedabout the unreal amount of “followers” that were nothing but account fronts for porn. Well, today USA Today is running a story on this problem (USA Today article). From what I have read in the Twitter forums, several users have complained about this issue but unless [...]
Anti-Pornography Presentations
Monday, November 26th, 2007
Since 2005, I have had the privilege of representing the Greek Orthodox archdiocese on the executive committee on the Religious Alliance Against Pornography. Since the 2006 Clergy-Laity, we have been performing educational seminars across the United States on the topic of mobile pornography. Many have asked that I record this presentation so that it can [...]
When Bullying hits our Kids in Cyberspace
Friday, June 29th, 2007
We have all experienced bullying. It is never pleasant and for some victims, it can become a very serious problem. Unfortunately, the advent of the Internet has provided a venue for a new form of bullying, called “cyber bullying” where web sites, email, online video, chat rooms, etc. are all used as forms of intimidation. [...]
Some resources
Sunday, May 6th, 2007
To all my friends at the Metropolis of Denver, it was a joy and pleasure to be with you all at your Clergy-Laity. As promised, here are PDF’s of the three handouts: Child safety on the Internet, teen safety on the Internet, and a resource guide to iPods and mobile pornography. Child Safety – Legal [...]
Keeping our Kids Safe Online
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Divorce today’s wired teen from their computer or cell phone and you effectively cut them off from their social network.