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Diane Griffin is a security expert who knows all about what our kids get up to online, and believe you me, you will be shocked if you just knew the half of it.
Diane Griffin is the founder and President of
Security First & Associates. Ms. Griffin works with a variety of clients
throughout the Security industry. Ms. Griffin has also worked in a wide array
of fields to include training, facilitation, communications, human resources
and industrial security management and Ms. Griffin is the current Chapter Chair
for National Classification Management Society (NCMS), Chapter 26.
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Diane's expertise in the security field and
her experience as an author of books on Security Clearances helped her make a
natural transition to security issues for teens and their parents. According to Ms. Griffin, Social Media is the
way to communicate with teenagers today. Parents have a lot to learn when it
comes to the behaviors of their children
online. To help parents and teachers
understand today's teenager, Diane Griffin has written several books on the
topic of Social Media and your teens.
She also has a helpful blog that gives good advice about the subject and
valuable resources for parentsand teens on the subject of internet and phone safety on her site http://www.protectyourteens.com. Take advantage of a security expert to help you manage this important process in your child's life. Diane Griffin shares her knowledge about sexting.
Let’s Talk About ‘Sexting”
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As a parent, you have probably
already had the “sex talk” with your teenage son or daughter, but have you had
the “sexting” talk? ‘Sexting’ is the practice of sending sexually explicit
messages or images electronically, primarily via mobile phone. These messages
and images can spread like wildfire through schools or even across the country
and can even get posted on public websites—turning what may have seemed like a
harmless act into one with severe consequences.
If you don’t think this is a problem
with teens, think again. According to CommonSenseMedia.org, 22% of teen girls
and 20% of teen boys have sent nude or semi-nude photos of themselves and 38%
of all teens believe that exchanging such sexy content makes dating or hooking up
with others more likely. Wow, those are sobering statistics.
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As a security expert, I want to help
parents deal with this growing problem and keep their children (and themselves)
out of harm’s way. Here are some tips from my new ebook, Safe Text: Protecting
Your Teens from the Dangers of Texting: www.securityfirstassociates.comand help small to mid size companies and individuals with their security clearance requirements.
• Give your teen clear rules on what
they can and can’t do with their mobile phone.
• Learn how to use and monitor your teen’s mobile phones.
• Talk about pressures to send revealing photos. Let teens know that you understand that they can be pushed or dared into sending something. Tell them that no matter how big the social pressure is,the potential social humiliation will be hundreds of times worse.
• Remind them that once an image is sent, it can never be retrieved – and they will lose control of it.
• The buck stops with them. If someone sends them a photo, have them delete it immediately.
• Learn how to use and monitor your teen’s mobile phones.
• Talk about pressures to send revealing photos. Let teens know that you understand that they can be pushed or dared into sending something. Tell them that no matter how big the social pressure is,the potential social humiliation will be hundreds of times worse.
• Remind them that once an image is sent, it can never be retrieved – and they will lose control of it.
• The buck stops with them. If someone sends them a photo, have them delete it immediately.
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3 comments:
I"m stopping by from Taking Time For Mommy's Blog. I remember we got the internet when I was about 15 or 16 . The old dial up. Chat rooms on AOL were the thing then. Now I don't even know if they exist. To make a long story short I remember talking to this guy who said he was from Massachusetts or somewhere. Much older and he wanted to meet me. Asking me about my size including my bra size. That was it, I blocked that guy but he still tried to cyber stalk me. It's scary what could happen in a seemingly innocent conversation online. People aren't even always who they say they are.
I can see how sexting has taken over from regular flirting with the evolution of the internet and social media. Its something that most won't think of and the safety that is provided by not doing it face to face, there is annonomity. No one realizes that it all follows you. Worse, the celebrities they follow don't make it into something really negative, just outrageous.
Angie unfortunately the internet attracts a lot of creeps who thrive in the anonymity of it all.
I agree Biki, you say things in a text you'd never say face to face.
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