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Teens and Internet Danger

Teens and Internet Danger . Dale R. Doty, Ph.D. William B. Berman, Ph.D. Christian Family Institute www.christianfamilyinstitute.com.

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Teens and Internet Danger

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  1. Teens and Internet Danger Dale R. Doty, Ph.D. William B. Berman, Ph.D. Christian Family Institute www.christianfamilyinstitute.com

  2. Traditionally when we think of the problems people get into on the internet, we think of internet pornography.  New technologies have opened up new ways for people to get into trouble.  From Facebook to “sexting,’ clients are getting caught up in habits and compulsions that are destructive to their lives and relationships.  This workshop will outline the technologies and habits, and treatment strategies for dealing with these new problems.

  3. CES – 1.7 million square feet of exhibits – 30 football fields 3000 exhibitors, 150,000 attendees Portable Phone 1968 (19 lbs. costing $2000.) VCR 1970 Camcorder 1981 CD Player 1981 Commodore 64 1982 Beginning of the Personal Affordable Computer Public Access to the internet in the early to mid 1990’s First Text Messaging Cell Phone 1993 DVD 1996 Cell Phones with built in camera 1997 DVR 1999 XBox 2001 iPhone 2007 Not surprisingly the Adult Entertainment Expo has overlapped with CES in LV for the last 10 years or more We live in a world where technology develops at a staggering rate, far faster than our society can predict it’s implications

  4. As each of these products are released, it sometimes takes years to measure their impact on our culture, and our families. Who would have guessed that the cell phone with a camera would lead to the eventual arrest of teenagers for distributing child pornography of themselves? How have these technologies changed our lives, for better or worse?

  5. Social Media sites For Better or for Worse?

  6. Obsessive / Excessive Texting • More than 4 in 5 teens with cell phones sleep with the phone on or near the bed • One in three teens sends more than 100 text messages a day, or 3000 texts a month • 15% of teens who are texters send more than 200 texts a day, or morethan 6,000 texts a month.

  7. Cell-phone-centric lives • Interruption of normal family activity • Increased family conflict • Life out of balance • Obsession • Falling school achievement

  8. Teens viewing pornography • The average age at which a child first sees porn online is 11 • 12% of websites on the internet are pornographic = 26,644,172 • At any moment 28.3% of internet users are viewing porn • 1 in 3 viewers of porn are female

  9. Teens making and posting pornography • “sexting” • 4% of teens say they have sent a sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude image of themselves to someone via text message. • 15% of teens say they have received a sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude image of someone they know by text. • cyber-sex

  10. Computer addiction • Game addiction

  11. Texting and cell phone use while driving • One in three (34%) texting teens ages 16-17 say they have texted while driving

  12. Cyber-bullying • 26% have been bullied or harassed through text messages and phone calls.

  13. What makes people vulnerable to technological obsessions • Curiosity • Lack of clear boundaries • Lack of clear rules of Etiquette • in families • in society • Parents who do not understand the dangers or risks of technology • Parents who are naïve and overly trusting

  14. Danger associated with technological obsessions • Depression, anxiety • Hypervigilance • Impulse control problems • Falling grades, decreased motivation to succeed • Family conflict • Lack of spiritual passion • Addiction

  15. Adolescent Brain • Human brain is fully grown in size by age 12 • But, not fully developed until mid 20's • Pre-frontal cortex is the last area to develop • responsible for advanced reasoning and impulse control

  16. Adult hormones and adult desires fully develop long before the ability to effectively manage them • "Ready...Fire...Aim"

  17. Traits of Healthy Parenting • Clearly defined roles, rules and boundaries • Teens do not grant wishes            Rules      -     Relationship            Rebellion

  18. Hebrews 12    11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

  19. Resources • http://cox.com/takecharge/ • https://onlinefamily.norton.com

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