Download
1 / 91
910 likes | 1.07k Views
The Dangers of Being a Teen in the New Millennium. Parents, this is not the childhood that you had…. Things parents didn’t have to worry about 20 years ago. Computers-video games and the internet Cyber Bullying Physical Bullying Dating Violence The Choking Game
E N D
Things parents didn’t have to worry about 20 years ago • Computers-video games and the internet • Cyber Bullying • Physical Bullying • Dating Violence • The Choking Game • Drug and alcohol abuse at younger ages • Teen Suicide
Watch… Maybe you can learn something to make your teen’s life a little safer.
Facts about Computer Usage • Teens with home internet access spend, on average, one hour and 45 minutes every day online.
Computer Usage • Some students spend up to four or more hours.
Computer Usage • Compare those hours to the average of 28 minutes daily most children spend talking with their parents.
Computer Usage • Teens tend to do the majority of their communicating to others via the computer…
Computer Usage • …to people they know… • …and to people they do not know.
Computer Usage • The single, most effective tool cited for keeping children safe on the computer: the quality and quantity of time spent with their parents.
Still concerned? • Look into parental controls and filters • Learn how to use the “history” feature on a computer (shows you where they’ve been)
Computer Usage • Limit the amount of time • Move the computer to a central location in the home
Cyber Bullying… • This is a new term that is specific to how some people are being hurt by what is displayed “publicly” via the internet • 32 percent of teenagers have experienced cyber bullying
Examples of Cyber Bullying: • Posting rude things about someone • 13 percent of teenagers claim that they have had rumors spread about them online
Cyber Bullying… • Not informing someone who you really are online
Cyber Bullying… • Changing an “away message” and designing it to hurt or scare someone • 13 percent of teenagers have received a threatening or aggressive email
Cyber Bullying… • Posting pictures without consent • 6 percent of teenagers have had embarrassing photos of themselves posted online without consent
Think about it--- • If you wouldn’t say it to someone’s face, you shouldn’t be writing it • Talk to your teen about cyber bullying
Bullying • Approximately half of middle school students reported that they were bullied in the past month.
Bullying • About 7% reported being bullied several times a week.
Bullying Facts: • School bullying has both immediate and long-term detrimental effects.
Bullying Facts Victimization results in: • Higher rates of absenteeism
Bullying Facts: • Significant negative affects to academic achievement
Bullying Facts: • Increases in social isolation
Bullying Facts: • Increases in internalization of problems, including depression and thoughts of suicide.
NHMS Plan: Lend a hand, Take a stand, STOP bullying.
Bullying Tell your child to … Tell a friend, Tell a teacher, Tell their parents, tell someone.
Bullying Bullying hurts. period.
Still concerned? • If you see a reluctance on your child to attend school, ask why.
Bullying • Consider speaking with a school guidance counselor or administrator.
Teen Dating Violence • In dating violence, one partner tries to dominate the other through power and control.
Teen Dating Violence • Statistics show that one in three teenagers has experienced violence in a dating relationship.
Teen Dating Violence Teen dating violence often goes undetected by parents because: • teenagers typically are inexperienced and don’t know the appropriate behavior • teenagers don’t tell parents because they want independence from their parents.
Teen Dating Violence • Young men may believe they have the right to “control” their girlfriend.
Teen Dating Violence • Young women may believe their boyfriend’s possessiveness is romantic.
Teen Dating Violence Fact: • Know that teen dating violence most often occurs in the home of one of the partners
Teen Dating Violence Early warning signs of a possible abusive relationship: • Extreme jealousy • Controlling behavior • Demands isolation from family & friends • Blames others for their problems
Still Concerned? Dating Safety: • Encourage your teen to double date • Know the exact plans and let others know • Teach your teen to be assertive • Remind them to trust their instincts
Teen Dating Violence The single, most effective tool cited for keeping children safe on their first dating ventures: the quality and quantity of time spent with their parents.
The Choking Game • What is the “Choking Game?”
The Choking Game • Far from being a game, it is seeking a brief, euphoric high that players report when oxygen-carrying blood is cut off from the brain and then rushes back as ligatures around the neck are released.
The Choking Game Facts • Loss of consciousness occurs in a few seconds and cardiac arrest can follow.
The Choking Game Facts • Even if the player regains consciousness, brain damage can occur.
The Choking Game Facts • The single, most effective tool cited for keeping children safe from this dangerous practice is to: talk to your children about the possible risks…
The Choking Game A parent, Beth Bixby, who lost her son three years ago to the Choking Game, said, “I talked to my son about drugs, about strangers, about guns…I had never heard about this ‘game’…”
The Choking Game “…if I had, I would have talked to him about it and maybe Joseph would still be here.”
The Choking Game • Unaware of the risks - Kids think The Choking Game is 'safe‘ andhave been heard saying "It's just passing out! No one ever dies from passing out.”
The Choking Game Only 25% of parents know about The Choking Game - 75% of CHILDREN do
The Choking Game by any other name is still bad… • Other names cited for this game include: 5 minutes of Heaven, Breath Play and The Tingling Game
The Choking Game Facts: • Also called the “Good Kids High,” it occurs most often with well adjusted, high achieving students…
