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YouAreHere
- In our virtual mall, you can play games, design ads,
chat with customers and store owners, and much more. You'll learn
key consumer concepts, such as how advertising affects you, how
you benefit when businesses compete, how (and why) to protect
your information, and how to spot scams. What better place to
do it than at the mall! Each area of the mall focuses on a different
topic.
To enter, choose an area. In the mall, scroll over a store to
find out more about it, then click to go inside. You can also
use the Mall Map or the options at the bottom of the screen to
navigate.
Visit the West Terrace to learn about advertising techniques,
target marketing, suspicious claims, and more. Visit the Food
Court to learn about business competition, supply and demand,
the history of the FTC, and mergers and monopolies.
Visit the Security Plaza to learn about protecting your privacy
(online and off), and protect the citizens of Earth against identity-stealing
invaders.
Visit the East Terrace to learn about bogus modeling offers, free
vacations, miracle products, and tip-offs to rip-offs.
You are Here is the premier life-stage destination for a new generation
of active grandparents who want fresh ways to interact, stay connected,
and strengthen family bonds.
With an esteemed editorial staff, the site offers content tailored
exclusively for grandparents, including kid- and grandparent-friendly
activities, family travel ideas, compelling lifestyle features,
expert advice, product reviews for toys and technology, gift ideas
for all ages, and much more.
To facilitate deeper connections among grandparents, children,
and their parents, members have access to a range of safe online
communications tools from blogs and forums to photo and video
sharing. |
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Welcome
to LMK, the newest interactive Web site for teens
from Girl Scouts and Windows. Created with help from teens like
you and from industry experts, LMK will provide you with the know-how
to safely navigate your online life and even help your parents
to understand it. We know how important this is to you! Go ahead:
explore the site, create a profile, and make an impact. From privacy
settings to passwords, we'll show you how to keep your private
info private. Includes topics such as using mobile devices safely,
posting images and text to social networking sites, and sexting.
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Social
Media and Sexting -- The American Academy of Pediatrics
put together an excellent page of tips about how to teach your
children about social media and the hazards of sexting.
Today’s teens and “tweens” are connected to one another, and to
the world, via digital technology more than any previous generation.
Recent data suggests that social media (SM) venues like Facebook
and MySpace have surpassed e-mail as the preferred method of communication
in all age groups. While today’s tweens and teens may be more
digitally savvy than their parents, their lack of maturity and
life experience can quickly get them into trouble with these new
social venues.
For this reason, it is imperative that parents talk with their
children of all ages about social media and monitor their online
SM use to help them navigate this new online social world. How
parents talk with their kids and teens will vary slightly by age
depending on the topic being discussed. These
tips will help you start that journey with your family.
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Safety
Clicks - an AOL blog, helps you keep up to date
on the ever changing issues of internet security. |
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Tips
for Protecting Personal Privacy Online is a Web
site developed by Common Sense Media to help parents explain key
issues, such as the fact that nothing is really private and privacy
settings are not infallible.
You'll find tips for keeping personal information private, tips
for setting up privacy settings on social network pages, tips
for setting up rules about posting on the internet and tips about
how to help your child understand the dangers of rumors. You also
need to remind your kids that everything they post leaves a digital
footprint and could come back to haunt them one day.
You can download handouts, sign up for newsletters, see research,
etc. |
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CleanHotels.com
is a network of lodging facilities that - based on some of the
best research available - do not offer in-room, "adult" (pornographic)
pay-per-view movies. |
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"Grandparents.com
is the premier life-stage destination for a new generation of
active grandparents who want fresh ways to interact, stay connected,
and strengthen family bonds. With an esteemed editorial staff,
the site offers content tailored exclusively for grandparents,
including kid- and grandparent-friendly activities, family travel
ideas, compelling lifestyle features, expert advice, product reviews
for toys and technology, gift ideas for all ages, and much more.
To facilitate deeper connections among grandparents, children,
and their parents, members have access to a range of safe online
communications tools from blogs and forums to photo and video
sharing." |
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TwinsMagazine.com
- The Magazine for Parents of Multiples - Online Resources,
Facts and Stats, Experiences Shared, Archived Articles and Information.
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Receive
guidance and inspiration a couple of times a week in your inbox.
Free
parenting tips give practical suggestions to help you relate better
to your kids and help your kids change their hearts, not just
their behavior. The tips are gleaned from the tapes, CDs, videos,
books, and articles of Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN,
BSN. Here's what parents are saying about these short words of
encouragement.
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Weekly
Meditation for Parents
- HomeFaith.com
Who's
Looking Out for Your Spiritual Welfare? Would you like a free
weekly spiritual boost? In just 60 seconds you can sign up to
have a weekly spiritual reflection for busy parents sent automatically
to your e-mail address. Here's a spiritual practice that can fit
into even the most hectic week. A fresh meditation by parents
for parents will be sent to you each Monday morning; read it whenever
you find the time. If you do not wish to have the Meditation sent
to you, check this location each week for a new Meditation.
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Please
visit www.CASAFamilyDay.org
Help
CASA and our sponsors and partners reach our goal of having one
million families dining together on Family Day! Research by The
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA*) at Columbia
University consistently finds that the more often children eat
dinner with their families, the less likely they are to smoke,
drink or use illegal drugs. The symbolic act of regular family
meals should be promoted and celebrated inside and outside the
home throughout the year. |
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ChildWatch.org
- Kidguard Safety Program - CW provides parents with
FREE Photo / Fingerprint ID cards of their children. CW provides
safety information to children, parent, teachers and communities.
Our program teaches children how to recognize and react to potentially
dangerous situations. Safety rules are distributed with each of
ur ID card programs. CW also speaks to parent's clubs and organizations
as well as to civic and community groups. We teach child safety
and how communities can get behind our cause. Visit ChildWatch.org
and go to Kidguard Safety Program to Download printable copies
of our Kidguard Safety Program Rules. They are available in both
English y en Espanol. |
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Christian
Family Movement - Christian Family Movement is
a national network of parish/neighborhood small groups of families.
Parents meet regularly in one another's homes. Through the use
of programming available from the CFM USA Office and the dynamics
of small group interaction, Christian values are reinforced and
families are encouraged to reach out in action to others. To find
out more, click on the button to the left. |
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Zero
to Three Parents
Parenting information for parents of newborns through age
three |
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Don't
Buy It - Get Media Smart
- Don't Buy It Guide for Parents and Caregivers
Media have a tremendous influence on family life. Consider that
99 percent of U.S. homes have a television. Ninety-eight percent
have radios, and 69 percent have computers. It's hard to imagine
life without these media, and it's important to consider the messages
they send. The messages educate, but what do they teach our children?
This guide helps families explore the effects of media in their
lives, and stimulates family discussion on media. Talking points
and activity suggestions help families understand differences
between media entertainment and real-life values. |
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Family
IQ - Strengthening Families One Relationship at a Time
- FamilyIQ gives you the resources to improve your relationships,
your marriage, your family, your life! FamilyIQ is founded on
a single mission; to educate, train and support families seeking
to improve relationships. To subscribe to the FREE Newsletter
Click
HERE and enter your email in the box provided on
the left side of the screen. To access FREE Articles Click
HERE. |
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Focus
on the Family's - Focus On Your Child - The Secret to Your Child's
Academic Success
Research tells us that the key to academic achievement is
engagement. This means that regardless of intelligence, economic
status or other social factors, students who are involved, active
participants do better in school than students ho are uninterested.
Oh yeah, and their parents are engaged too! |
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Focus
on the Family - A Website of Focus on the Family with
Dr. James Dobson |
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The
Word Among Us - Formerly Together in Christ
The Word Among Us features daily meditations based on the Mass
readings, articles on the saints and personal stories of faith.
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NewDream.org
- Center for a New American Dream - Caring for Our World, Our
Families, Ourselves - The Center for a New American
Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment,
enhance quality of life and promote social justice. We work with
individuals, institutions, communities and businesses to conserve
natural reources, counter the commercialization of our culture
and promote positive changes in the way goods are produced and
consumed. Great Resources and free downloads. |
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Fathers'
Forum OnLine - The Online Resource For Expectant and New
Fathers - The Fathers' Forum is my experiment in
trying to help fathers connect with each other and reflect on
what it means to become a parent. At the Fathers' Forum my specific
focus is on expectant and new fathers; I feel committed to those
early years of parenting in which so much is changing and forming
in our lives as men. Thank you for stopping by! - Bruce Linton,
Ph.D.
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Father
Matters - Father's Mentoring Fathers - Father
Matters is a non-profit organization with the sole purpose of
helping fathers become the best fathers they can be. Our main
goal is to commit dads to encouragement, support, and accountability
with other fathers, as well as themselves. By mentoring other
fathers through our positive actions and examples, we will not
only become better fathers, but more importantly, our children
will have better dads.
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Ten
Ways to be a Better Dad - National Fatherhood Initiative
- NFI's mission is to improve the well-being of children by
increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved,
responsible, and committed fathers. |
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Catholic
Mom - Celebrating Catholic Motherhood! - Welcome
to CatholicMom.com, a web site for sharing and learning about
parenting and faith issues. |
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