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July 20, 2010

Enough is Enough

 

Enough is Enough understands that Internet safety is a shared responsibility between the public, the Internet industry, and the legal community. However, parents remain the 'first line of defense' in protecting their children against Internet safety dangers. Unfortunately, parents, educators and other caring adults are ill-equipped, uninformed and often overwhelmed when it comes to Internet safety issues, and they need credible outside help.  As the nation's leading Internet safety organization since 1994, EIE has responded to this call for action by creating Internet Safety 101SM, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Internet Safety 101SM is a widely-renowned resource and teaching series that paints a comprehensive picture of the dangers children encounter online. Read On

   
   
   
   

During my childhood I was abused sexually, emotionally, verbally and physically. Many of you have also been abused, or you deal with someone in your life who comes from an abusive, dysfunctional background.

What does abuse mean? It means “to misuse, to use improperly, to use up or to injure by maltreatment.” The effects of abuse can be devastating and long-lasting. Many people never recover from it. Let me give you a brief definition of the four types of abuse.

Sexual abuse: considered to be the most degrading and offensive; consists of rape, molestation, incest, exhibitionism, voyeurism and obscene phone calls.


Emotional abuse: consists of withholding attention, loving touches and words of acceptance. Love is only given based on acceptable performance. Abandonment is a type of emotional abuse and can occur when one or both parents leave the child physically or mentally. Read On

   
   
   
   
   
Founder/Chairman, The Medical Institute Given the impact that adolescent births and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have on individuals and society at large, it is important for adolescents to be given the knowledge, skills, and motivation to make healthy decisions. Previous research has shown that positive youth development (PYD) is effective for reducing teen pregnancy and STIs.1 PYD programs aim to provide adolescents with knowledge and skills to make healthy decisions and develop their natural strengths, teaching them that a hopeful future can result from good choices. Connectedness or "bonding"- i.e., stronger relationships between adolescents and their parents, peers, schools, and community groups- has been identified as one of the key elements in PYD programs. However, it is not completely understood how these different types of connectedness affect risky sexual behavior among youth. Read On
 
 
 

Ga. softens once lauded strict sex offender law ATLANTA — Georgia was lauded four years ago by conservatives for passing one of the nation's toughest sex offender laws. But the state has had to significantly — and without fanfare — scale back its once-intense restrictions.

Georgia's old law was challenged by civil liberties groups even before it took effect. After losing court battle after court battle, state legislators were forced to make a change or a federal judge was going to throw out the entire law. Now that the restrictions have been eased, about 13,000 registered sex offenders — more than 70 percent of all Georgia sex offenders — can live and work wherever they want.

Previously, all registered sex offenders were banned from living within 1,000 feet of schools, parks and other places where children gather, essentially driving them either to desolate areas or out of state. At one point, a tent city of homeless sex offenders was discovered in the woods behind a suburban office park. Read On

 
 
 

PROMISCUITY LEADS TO ACADEMIC FAILURE London, January 26 (ANI): A new survey of the sex lives of students at Cambridge University has revealed that promiscuity adversely effects a persons ability to score good grades. More than 1,000 undergraduates were questioned during the survey, and it was found that those at poorly performing colleges had the most number of sexual partners. Peterhouse came near the bottom of the 2007 Tompkins Table, which ranks Cambridge colleges in order of their students academic performance, but third in the promiscuity list.

The survey revealed that its students had an average of five sexual partners as compared to three at Christs College, which came second in last years academic table. It was also found that Christs had the highest number of virgins, with more than a quarter of respondents saying that they had never had sex. Read On

 
 
 
 

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