COALITION AGAINST INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD ABUSE
HEADLINE NEWS                                                                                                                                                                                                             CAICA EN FRANÇAIS
 

CAICA     HOME   │   NEWS    PROGRAM NEWS   STORIES  DEATHS  │   WWASPS   │  PARENTS' CORNER  │  MISSION   SITE MAP   LINKS & RESOURCES
 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

              AUTISM  │ LITIGATION  │  LEGISLATION  JUVENILE JUSTICE  MENTAL HEALTH LIGHTER SIDE   EN FRANCAIS  COMMENTS  │ LIST SERVE  │  BLOGS  
 

 


Teen Internet Addiction
(Two sides to every issue - click here for another viewpoint)

Dateline recently aired a series "To Catch a Predator", warning parents of the potential dangers that lurk on the Internet. Those highest at risk are children and teens. The website, www.myspace.com, is a good example. It has become a place to make friends, share information, and feel connected. Children share very personal information on that site, including pictures of themselves, their family, and their friends. Predators prey upon these children and the results can be dangerous and deadly, as seen on Dateline.

We would like to share Internet safety websites and articles on Internet addiction in hopes to help parents better understand this new and growing attraction to children and teens.

National Sex Offender Registry

Internet Safety Websites

SafeKids.com

Wired Safety

I-Safe

I Keep Safe

Articles

ANOTHER VIEWPOINT

Myspace Restrictions

There is a new bill pending in Congress that would cut government funding to any school or library that permits people under the age of 18 to access social networking websites such as Myspace. In addition, many schools are starting to punish students for pictures on their Myspace accounts.

On May 22, reporters from ABC’s World News Tonight interviewed Alex Koroknay-Palicz, NYRA’s executive director. While the news did not air Koroknay-Palicz’s segment, he was quoted in an online news article.  You can read the full article here. A longtime ally of NYRA, Mobilizing America’s Youth is working with other organizations in the youth rights movement to oppose the House bill that would place prohibitions on Myspace. In a statement issued on May 18, Koroknay-Palicz said, “The National Youth Rights Association strongly condemns schools that use online information about a student as grounds for punishment… Unless a student’s behavior directly and tangibly disrupts learning at school, it is simply none of the school’s business. Schools are not a massive unrestrained police force for all individuals under 18." Write Congress to help Defend MySpace

 

 

DISCLAIMER, WARNINGS, AND NOTICE TO READERS: This website does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the information, content collectively, the "Materials") contained on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded or accessed from any of the services contained on this website (the "Service"). None of the contributors, sponsors, administrators or anyone else connected with this website in any way whatsoever can be responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate or libelous information or for your use of the information contained in these web pages. All information provided using this website is only intended to be general summary information to the public.

FAIR USE NOTICE: These pages may contain copyrighted (© ) material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is made available to advance understanding of ecological, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior general interest in receiving similar information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

REFERRALS: CAICA is not a referral agency. CAICA does not refer to or promote facilities or transport companies for children or teens. CAICA warns parents that the parent pay / parent choice programs ie. Residential Treatment Centers, Therapeutic Boarding Schools, Behavior Modification Programs, Christian Programs, Positive Peer Culture Programs, etc., are not regulated by the Federal Government and that it is a "Buyer Beware" industry. CAICA provides the following for parents: Message to Parents, Help for Distraught and Desperate Parents, and Questions to Ask and Warning Signs.

© 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008