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- On-Demand Programme Link - https://mailchi.mp/bb2a7b851246/kairos-centrePorn-Blockers won't stop those who are determined to act out. Their use is, however, essential for those serious about achieving sobriety. It buys you time. It might get you through that day and enable you to add one more day to your sobriety count. Here are some Porn-Blockers:Chrome BlockX/Blocker X,Safe Surfer,Covenant Eyes,Qustodio,Famisafe Ourpast,Norton Online Family,Xblock,AdGuard,Tech LockdownPluckeye,Accountable2you,Focus.me,Antidopamine,Adultblocker,X3WatchBark,Net Nanny,AVG Family Safety,McAfee Family Protection,Canopy, Canopy,Kidslox,PureSight Owl2011,Safe Eyes,Websafety PC,CyberpurifyWould you help fund someone else's Recovery? Go on - give back a little and help make a significant difference in someones life - changing the trajectory of the quality of their life - where they cannot afford the help needed. Give a little to my fund raising page here: https://igg.me/at/ThekairosCentreWant to know more? Click the link and come get me.Get the help you need: bit.ly/pornaddictionhelpThe Kairos Centre created one of the world's first comprehensive Online Webinar Sex, Porn, Love Addiction video-on-demand Recovery Programme; discover the real, authentic you. www.kairos-centre.com or email info@kairos-centre.comNow launched: A Video-on-Demand Online Course (for Singles, Couples/Marrieds/Partners) Access here - https://www.kairos-centre.com/changement-on-demand/Gary McFarlane (BA, LLM, Dip, Certs), Accredited EMDR Practitioner.Support Our Show Linktree - https://linktr.ee/garymcfarlaneEpisode Keywords: Sex Addiction | Porn Addiction | Love Addiction | Root Causes | Brain Impact | Self-Soothing Behaviors | Family Conflict | Emotional Neglect | Peer Pressure | Performance Pressure | Separation | Divorce | Fear | Anxiety | Stress | Pain | Dissociation| Recovery Program | EMDR Therapy | Emotional Event | Trauma Healing | Neuroplasticity | Online Therapy | Sex Addiction Recovery Program | Compulsive Behaviors | Intimacy Issues | Sexual Dysfunction | Obsessive Thoughts | Guilt | Infidelity | Traumatic Bonding | Objectification | Hypersexualization | Pornography Industry | Love Addiction Patterns | Attachment Styles | Sexual Compulsivity | Behavioral Therapy | Relapse Prevention | Emotional Regulation | Healing Journeys | Intimacy Building |
Mentioned in this Episode: The Parenting Reset Show podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-parenting-reset-show/id1582710717 Sign up for the Tech Reset Masterclass here (you'll also access the Tech Reset Agreement):https://mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/tech-reset-masterclass Screen Time ControlsBark, Canopy, Net Nanny, Circle For more on Therese Connolly, you can follow her on Instagram @mindfulkidsandfamilies, on Facebook: Mindful Kids and Families page and through her website www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com.For more on Argavan Nilforoush, be sure to follow her on Instagram @babystepsnutrition, on Facebook: Baby Steps Nutrition page, on Twitter @argavanRDN, on LinkedIn @ArgavanNilforoush and through her website www.babystepsnutrition.com.
This episode features David Savage, who was recently appointed as Executive Director of the Papal Foundation. Prior to this position, he was Co-Founder of and Chief Marketing Officer at Content Watch Holdings, Inc., the makers of the "Net Nanny,” which earned the award as Tom's Guide's "Best Parental Control App" for 2020, and Mashable's "Best Bet" for Parental Controls for iPhones, so social media and technology will be one of the areas discussed. Passionate about his Catholic faith, David has also been heavily involved, in a volunteer capacity, in a number of Catholic ministries and organizations, such as the Catholic Leadership Institute, Theology of the Body Institute Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), Sisters of Life and Generation Life.
This is part III of a 4-episode comprehensive series on understanding and overcoming porn and sex addictions. In this episode, we examine together the withdrawal period, potential pitfalls and mind games on the journey of healing and recovery, as well as practical tips and tools that we can use on our journey. We also talk about helpful apps, websites and support systems, how to deal with periods of difficulty, and how to disclose to people close to you, should you choose to do so.What would I expect to happen when I choose to quit my compulsive sexual behaviors? How do I handle the withdrawal period? What are some games that my mind can play on me during this period? What are some screen control apps, website blockers, online counseling venues and other helpful resources and support groups that can help me maintain my recovery and offer me support on my journey? These and other questions are explored in this episode.References used and resources mentioned in this episode:- Breaking the Cycle: Free Yourself from Sex Addiction, Porn Obsession, and Shame by George Collins- The Porn Pandemic: A Simple Guide To Understanding And Ending Pornography Addiction For Men by Andrew Ferebee- The Easy Peasy Way to Quit Porn- TED talk “How to Make Stress Your Friend” by Kelly McGonigalParental (and personal) screen control/monitoring apps: Bark, Boomerang, Clean Browsing, Net Nanny, Qustodio Parental Control, OurPactWebsite blockers: Cold Turkey, Covenant Eyes, Stay Focused (Google Chrome extension, app on Google Store)Helpful apps on the journey of sexual recovery: Fortify, Brain Buddy, Quit Masturbation Calendar, rTribe, 12-step appsOnline counseling for overcoming porn and sexual compulsive behaviors: Sexual Recovery Institute, Purify Your Gaze (Muslim organization)Other helpful resources: Sexaholics Anonymous (SA), NoFap (main website, Reddit “NoFap” forum, Reddit "Muslim NoFap" forum), Reddit “Porn Free” forum, Reboot Nation, Muslim PMO Central Discord server
This week we're joined by sketch comic, musician, and TikTok sensation, Mr. Beard! We cover everything from his homeschool co-op, waiting tables for LA's stuffiest rich pricks, and the long road to social media prominence. This might be the most we've laughed during an episode, and I think you're going to, too! Subscribe to Mr. Beard on TikTok (@mrbeard), Instagram (@mrbeardofficial), and YouTube for all sorts of hilarious videos! Here is one of our favorites to get you started: https://youtu.be/grxbo7W3NR4
Many Parents view Technology as one big frustration because they can only see the trouble it brings, whether it is the smart phone or internet. But technology can actually make a parent's job easier and become the "bad guy" when technology is used to enforce a family policy. Many companies use technology to enforce corporate polices and security. Families can do this as well to enforce family IT polices in the IT Challenge. This will provide some level of peace and security while creating an IT Family culture.Hello, everyone. Today's episode is about going over some technology that Parents should be aware of that can help with parenting and enforcing their family IT policies. We will also go over some technology, such as smart phones and social media, that have some troubling effects on children. We will discuss what the effects are and how to mitigate them. As Parents we can become saints by simply growing in virtue and holiness in this technology challenge. Not Theoretical, but practical; Real life Catholic advice from Practical Catholic. 10-Dec-2020
Health Check Ep 49: Porn is not real; how to recognise an addiction 16:20 mins Synopsis: This is a fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays by The Straits Times. Online porn use has reportedly gone up during the Covid-19 pandemic as reported by The Economist in May. However, there's a dark side to porn. Excessive consumption of porn affects the viewer, his or her relationships and society. Viewing pornography can become a lifelong addiction. In this episode, ST senior health correspondent Joyce Teo hosts Andrew da Roza, an addictions psychotherapist who specialises in sex addiction at Promises Healthcare. They discuss how a predatory porn industry is out there trying to get to children, how harmful online porn addiction can be, and what you can do about it. Why parents need to buy porn-blocking and activity tracking software with the most popular version used here, being Net Nanny (3:45) Parents should know how porn can be damaging for a child's brain development (5:23) Why porn addiction is recognised in other countries as a serious mental health crisis; its impact on fear of real relationships and how scientifically, it hijacks healthy sexual development in youth (6:03) Treatment options for youth and adults and the various types of patients with varying levels of porn addiction (9:39) Produced by: Joyce Teo (joyceteo@sph.com.sg), Penelope Lee and Ernest Luis Edited by: Penelope Lee Subscribe to Health Check Podcast channel, hear the latest episodes every first and third Wednesday of the month and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWaN Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWRX Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaQ Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/J6Wv Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Joyce Teo's stories: https://str.sg/JbxN --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider Podcast: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaf ST Sports Talk Podcast: https://str.sg/JWRE Life Weekend Picks Podcast: https://str.sg/JWa2 #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: http://bt.sg/podcasts Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Health Check Ep 49: Porn is not real; how to recognise an addiction 16:20 mins Synopsis: This is a fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays by The Straits Times. Online porn use has reportedly gone up during the Covid-19 pandemic as reported by The Economist in May. However, there's a dark side to porn. Excessive consumption of porn affects the viewer, his or her relationships and society. Viewing pornography can become a lifelong addiction. In this episode, ST senior health correspondent Joyce Teo hosts Andrew da Roza, an addictions psychotherapist who specialises in sex addiction at Promises Healthcare. They discuss how a predatory porn industry is out there trying to get to children, how harmful online porn addiction can be, and what you can do about it. Why parents need to buy porn-blocking and activity tracking software with the most popular version used here, being Net Nanny (3:45) Parents should know how porn can be damaging for a child's brain development (5:23) Why porn addiction is recognised in other countries as a serious mental health crisis; its impact on fear of real relationships and how scientifically, it hijacks healthy sexual development in youth (6:03) Treatment options for youth and adults and the various types of patients with varying levels of porn addiction (9:39) Produced by: Joyce Teo (joyceteo@sph.com.sg), Penelope Lee and Ernest Luis Edited by: Penelope Lee Subscribe to Health Check Podcast channel, hear the latest episodes fortnightly on Wednesdays and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWaN Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWRX Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaQ Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/J6Wv Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read her stories: https://str.sg/JbxN See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ty Martin is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and athlete. Currently, he is the Co-Founder & CEO of Athletes United, a lacrosse training & performance company that works with blue chip lacrosse prospects from middle school to college. In addition to Athletes United, Ty is also a long time expert in real estate and has hosted two podcasts over the past half decade. Key Links From Our Conversation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_Wind#:~:text=%22Stellar%20Wind%22%20(or%20%22,President's%20Surveillance%20Program%20(PSP). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_China_2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Size_Me (Full Links List is in the Shownotes on https://www.trendifier.com) ***TIMESTAMPS*** 2:53 - 18:09 ~ Julian talks about how he limited his phone and social use; AIM, the RAZR phone, & the iRocker, iPhones & phone interventions 18:09 - 29:01 ~ How you can't put the genie back in the bottle with tech; iPhone vs. Blackberry; Facebook/Napster's Sean Parker's comment on social media and oxytocin; Ty talks about the two types of social media users 29:01 - 39:48 ~ People have different priorities because they have different personalities; Ty talks about chasing "freedom" in business & life; How Ty balances running his company and leaving time for himself 39:48 - 49:14 ~ Company cultures; "Bull**** meters"; How there are a lot of leaders who aren't really "leaders"; Putting people first in a company culture (Holman story from Ty) 49:14 - 1:05:01 ~ Groupthink & Echo Chambers; How companies like Facebook started in garages but "lost" that culture at some point in favor of the corporate mentality; The significance of how the word, "Culture," starts with "Cult"; The 90's Bulls, Michael Jordan, and the cohesive culture highlighted in "The Last Dance"; Ty & Julian discuss Brady, Belichick & "The Patriot Way" 1:05:01 - 1:18:59 ~ The US Military & "The Slippery Slope" with their Chain-of-Command; Edward Snowden, Stellar Wind, & the fight to stop "kicking the can down the road"; The intersection of National Security & Civil Rights (and Ty talks about "The Operator" by Robert O'Neill) 1:18:59 - 1:30:15 ~ The conundrum of giving up civil liberties for the national security; Governments that take power don't give it back; The development of technology & the unknowns it presents; How Former Vice President Dick Cheney sold Former President George W. Bush on the Iraq War (The 1% Doctrine); "FEAR" and how it's the most powerful argument tactic in the world; Checks-and-Balances & former empires of the past like Rome 1:30:15 - 1:43:31 ~ Why CHINA is in danger of becoming a problem on the world stage; The WeChat App; The Chinese Communist Party's "Made In China 2025 Campaign"; How China is all about tech dominance for global power; The problem of the Chinese government's understanding of machine intelligence and Artificial Intelligence (AI); TikTok, Bytedance, and a story about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden (for data context) 1:43:31 - 2:03:13 ~ Ty & Julian recount TikTok's rise; The addictiveness of the TikTok app; the problem with Bytedance (a Chinese company) owning TikTok and collecting data; the API capabilities of TikTok compared to Instagram; How TikTok solved for the sins of Vine & Instagram; Ty's discusses his daily average phone time; Educating kids in the TikTok Age 2:03:13 - 2:08:13 ~ Ty brings up an old "learning song" from grade school 2:08:13 - 2:15:48 - How Foreign governments like China can utilize apps to undermine our youth and therefore our country's progress; Ty remembers "Net Nanny"; Ty & Julian discuss how you can't fight against the proliferation of information 2:15:48 - 2:28:27 ~ The Social Dilemma and how it represents a downside of Capitalism; Ty ties social media to fast food, McDonald's, & Morgan Spurlock's famous "Super Size Me" Documentary 2:28:27 - 2:35:33 ~ Socials are the modern day "public square"; Kids and their practically-since-birth addiction to phones: Ty discusses his company's Amazon partnership 2:35:33 - 2:42:38 ~ How the youngest generations have always (and always will) drive both culture and pop culture; How parents recommending things to kids doesn't have nearly the effect of the kids recommending to the parents; Why Zuckerberg has a problem with Instagram; Andrew Schultz and his Kanye West Theory 2:42:38 - END ~ What Ty's seeing the Commercial & Residential Real Estate Markets; NYC Real Estate Problems; The relationship of Real Estate Prices and "Time," Why the last Podcast Episode Julian & Ty did together was important ~ YouTube FULL EPISODES: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ Show Notes: https://www.trendifier.com/podcastnotes TRENDIFIER Website: https://www.trendifier.com Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey ~ Beat provided by: https://freebeats.io Music Produced by White Hot
In this episode, Jim is joined by Dave Savage, the founder of ContentWatch Holdings and Chief Marketing Officer of Net Nanny to discuss the physical, spiritual and technological ways we can take back control of what comes into our families and protect those we love from the pornified culture surrounding us.
Last year we started to dig into the idea of what it’s like to be an IT professional with a strong religious, ethical, or moral point of view, who is also a parent. In that episode we discussed some of the concerns we have with technology, and how we get around those concerns. But like most topics in tech, there is a lot more to say. So today we’re revisiting this topic to extend and deepen the information we shared. In this podcast, Leon Adato, Keith Townsend, Al Rasheed, and Destiny Bertucci about parenting with a bible in one hand and a packet sniffer in the other. Listen or read the transcript for part 2, below. Leon: 00:06 Wlcome to our podcast where we talk about the interesting, frustrating and inspiring experiences we have as people with strongly held religious views working in corporate IT. We're not here to preach or teach you our religion. We're here to explore ways we make our career as IT professionals mesh or at least not conflict with our religious life. This is Technically Religious.Leon: 00:53 This is a continuation of the discussion we started last week. Thank you for coming back to join our conversation.Leon: 00:59 Okay, so I'll, I'll run down, uh, my setup, I'm using what, what I officially call pro-sumer. It's not really consumer. It's, it's in between professional and consumer equipment. Qustodio uh, sorry, Ubiquity, uh, network year, which, um, the, the security gateway that they provide, which you don't have to buy if you don't want to, you can actually run it - okay. really geeky - on a container. You can run it in a container or you can run it on a raspberry pi. Uh, that's what I'm doing. Or you can run it in a virtual machine or you can buy the security key and put it on your network. And that gives you actually NetFlow data. So you can not only tell how much bandwidth you're using, but you can tell by, uh, by source and destination. And so you can tell which device was accessing which targets at any given moment and see a breakdown, and see a breakdown by categories. You can see how much social media traffic, how much video, you know, YouTube or Netflix or Hulu traffic, et cetera. So that lets me see that. Um, it has allows me to create multiple networks so I can segregate my IOT devices. Again, Destiny, going back to the whole Ring and Wise camera thing, I can put those on a completely separate network, which doesn't fix the problems we were talking about, about them being hacked. But it does allow me to lock down those devices a lot more than I would my cell phones or the tablets in the house. I can have separate, you know, lockdowns and controls. Um, and unless you create filters, uh, whether they are access control lists or other kinds of filtering that you can do. Uh, I also have Qustodio on every device in the house. So every Tuesday.Destiny: 02:44 I used to use that.Leon: 02:44 Well you're the one that told me about it. Uh, so that's the one I'm using. Yeah. Qustodio on every cell phone, every tablet, every laptop. It even runs on Linux. Yay Linux! So I run that on everything. And that allows you to have per-user controls. It also lets you have really granular settings. Like I can say that my son is able to watch YouTube videos from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. And that's it. But he can watch, you know, Netflix or Hulu at different times. And the overall device usage is up to four hours a day and after four hours it shuts down. And you know, on Saturdays there's absolutely no usage until after sundown because obviously he shouldn't be using it. But Keith, to your point, temptation is temptation. You never know. So it lets you have really granular controls about the who, the what and the where that devices and that follows my kids everywhere they go that use the device. So it doesn't matter if they're inside my house or outside my house. Qustodio goes with them. And it does give you some other really nice benefits, like Destiny you told me about, uh, your daughter was in, uh, an accident and you knew immediately she couldn't tell you where she was, but her phone was able to tell you where it was and you were able to get there really quickly because you know, your daughter who was already sort of in crisis and not able to process the information, wasn't able to give over that information. So it has a lot of,Destiny: 04:16 Yeah, I got an alert immediately that something had happened and I had a kid see her GPS location, knew everything that was going on and I was already on my way to get her before she even found her phone.Leon: 04:27 So yeah, it's really, really good stuff. So Qustodio goes on every device. Ubiquity is the network gear. I have a little app called pi-hole, which will, uh, run on a Linux machine or you can run it again on a raspberry pi. It was meant for raspberry pi, hence the name pie hole. And what that does, it's, it's security, but it's also almost an internet speed up. It filters out, uh, spam ads that come into your house. They just never come into your house. The pie hole captures them. So you'll see a page and there's gonna be three ads you can see. And two, you can't because the two, you can't were span ads. So that speeds up the webpage. But it also means that there's a whole bunch of garbage that me and my kids are not even seeing. And that's on a element by element basis on every website.Destiny: 05:16 Which also protects you from the cyber attack. So...Leon: 05:19 okay, there you go. And, and finally, uh, OpenDNS or a Cisco Umbrella, depending what you would call it. And the benefit of Cisco umbrella. It's not just that it's a DNS protector, it's crowdsourced everybody who's using it. Every corporation, when, when the Umbrella system sees a bunch of attacks coming in from a particular IP address, Umbrella blacklists, it automatically, and nobody who is using Umbrella can get to that site. So if an enterprise is suddenly seeing a new cyber attack, you're not going to even get it because that IP address, that destination is automatically puts, you know, black holed, so you're never going to get there. So...Destiny: 06:01 And the cool thing about that, if you remember right when I was talking about this in Australia was the main thing that I loved about Cisco Umbrella is like SD-Wan, especially like the way that they're running their network and the way that they're testing and getting things done. Like you were saying on the blacklist and everything, you are getting that enterprise level new technology and new hacks that are coming to SD-Wan that you are getting prevented from as well.Leon: 06:25 And I will say that for the basic level it's free.Destiny: 06:28 Yup. And then you can get, you know, a little crazy with it, with your little cloud access, security blockers and everything.Leon: 06:33 I will say for those people who are interested in it, um, and again, you know, thinking about the Orthodox Jewish community which tends to go with whitelist only. So I can't get to any site that I haven't purposely white listed that, um, you're only, you can only have a certain number of white list items before you have to pay for it. But anyway, that's my setup. Um, what does everyone else have?Al: 06:52 I actually have something similar to what you just described. I'm just getting into Ubiquity, so I'm curious to learn more about it. Everybody speaks very highly of their products and their services, but I want to filter the content that's coming in or trying to go out. I want to be able to see what, uh, is being viewed online. And this way this can provide me with something to go back to whoever the guilty party is and say, look, this is why I'm here. This is why we implement this and this is why we're going to prevent it moving forward.Destiny: 07:23 So some of the things that I've also implemented, because obviously you know the Qustodio and everything in which that that I've set up before, but I've helped a lot of people use the Mobisip as well. But it also depends on what devices you like. Right? Like like if you have Kindles versus you know, iOS updates or if you have Android versus... There's different things that you can grab. But mobi, sip is one of the ones that I like for like a Windows / Apple kind of a household that you have. And I like setting that up, especially for teenagers because they can request like when they're like trying to do homework, like for health and it has to do with sex or something like that, it'll automatically go to my phone and I can look at the link, bring it up, see if I approve it and approve it from my phone. And it automatically allows them to start engaging with that content. So it's not like, you know something that's not very like quick, if that makes sense. Cause if they're in school using their laptop, cause here they get to use their own laptop or iPads or Kindles or things like that at school then it's something that I can easily like switch on and off. So much so to where even the school now is trying to implement that on their tablets because they were like "how did you do that?" But um, same thing is another product is Net Nanny. I don't know if you guys have heard of that, but net nanny as well. Those are some of the things that I've helped a lot of families set up on with those. A NetGear, they also have NetGear Armor. So here around in New Mexico, a lot of the free wear of which they give people. So a lot of the times, you know a lot of the people that are going to be on the internet will have NetGear. Right? It's usually a Nighthawk in this area and like you can get extenders and things of that nature. But it comes with something called NetArmor that can help you visually like be able to, to track and to do things and to block things at the actual router itself. Something that I do like about that product in the way that they have it set up though is that it's very user driven, if that makes sense. So like if you are new to it, as we were talking about earlier, protect your networks. It'll say "guest network: enable or not?", You just click the box and it'll disable it, right? So disabled that guest network if you're not using it and it'll ha so you can set up reminders, you can do dynamic QoS, like you can block people, you can do scheduling when you can shut down your network, shut it down per device, you know, things like that. But it's very user, um, uh, has a lot of user accessibility to it that I like because it's one of those things where if you're new to it and you're going to be given a router and you're going to be giving everything out of the box and "Here, welcome to the internet." Right? It's very step-by-step on how do I protect myself. And that's something that they've actually started doing in the past six months when they engage that NetArmor. So I think that NetGear is coming around and understanding that Hey there's people out there that don't know what they're doing per se to secure themselves in their home network. So let's see if we could make it wizard driven. Right? Cause anytime it's wizard driven it's fun. So those are some of the things and it comes with the device, right? So I think that it's one of those things that if you are listening and you have NetGear or if you have something that your provider, your ISP has given you to connect to the internet, make the phone call the tech support. Right? Like ask them "What's my username and password ?"if you don't already know it. Cause I know several people who have no idea and ask them, what did you set this up for? How do I log in? Okay cool. Let me turn off my guest network. Let me change my password, let me see what I have going on here. And they will walk you through those, but you can also Google it and figure it out just as much. But you, you have to be the proactive one to protect your fort, right? Like you have to want to protect yourself, which means you're going to have to understand and use the GUI, use the actual website, like dial into it, see what it's doing, look at those logs, set up your alerts, update it, right? Like set it to automatic updates so you get those security updates. So just so that you're implementing that basic cyber hygiene.Leon: 11:28 Right. And there's a few other points of, of that basic cyber hygiene I think that are worth talking about. Um, Al, you hinted at it earlier, but I want to hit it again. Uh, password managers: Period. End of sentence. Whether regardless of what device, regardless of what environment we're talking about, use a password manager for two reasons. First of all, that way you don't have to have everything set to the same password because your password manager will remember it. And two, closely to related. It will generate strong, secure passwords that you don't have to remember. And it will automatically input those passwords into all of your apps. And that is the number one attack vector for people who are trying to get your information is they'll just, you know... When you see in the news, Oh, there was a Amazon S3 bucket that had 2 million usernames and password hashes that were in there. What that means is they now have a library of 2 million people and their password that they say, "Oh, this person uses this password. They probably use it in a few places. Let me try it against this site, this site, this site." And suddenly they have their bank or they have your Facebook or they have your Instagram. And from there they can get into your this and your that and your other thing. And that's how people build an a, you know, an attack against a particular individual. And by the way, these things can all be automated. I think sometimes we think of hackers as "Well, who's really gonna worry about little old me." Nobody's going to worry about little old you. There's a bot for that. There's a, there's a machine that is automatically walking through those 2 million accounts and just running a whole set of predefined processes. And when it finally gets a hit and goes through every other possibility, it sends a report back to somebody and then they start digging.Al: 13:12 Right. And if I could add to it, a lot of people underestimate two factor authentication. It literally takes two minutes to set up and it saves you hours upon hours moving forward.Leon: 13:24 Yes. Everything. They can have two factor authentication, turn it on.Destiny: 13:29 And here's the thing, you have more information and this is statistically shown on your phone than you do in your home. Think about that. Used to, we used to keep files or mortgages or information or bank accounts or statements and everything in our house. You're all accessible from your phone and an application or a website. So if you have stored passwords, things like that and you're not changing them, you're kind of at a disadvantage anyway. And some of the things that me and you have talked about, Leon, especially, ESPECIALLY at conferences, is securing your line, encrypt your phone. I was like, we literally... me in Leon. We're in a conversation one day when the lady was like, "Oh, I don't care if they get my phone, who cares?" I was like, "Oh, I don't know. But if you pay attention over there, they're like literally going through everybody's photos and putting them on display because they can. And they're displaying your bank account that's overdrawn. So I don't know what to tell you right now. Feel like you should probably secure that." And it's those little things like, I mean, I use Avast Secure Line. I mean, it's like cheap for a year to use it. I can constantly connect it and it's encrypted the whole time. It constantly keeps me protected. My kids are that way as well because they're going to school and I'm sorry, but their school does not even have an IT person and like they're in an open network. I'm like, "no." This just isn't gonna work for me. So I, but it's one of those things where it's like you teach them to protect themselves and now they do it on their own. Like my kids will tell you if they see something that doesn't make sense, right? Cause you see something, you say something. And like if they get sent something from their teachers or like, cause now they're using third party applications are using Google drives, they're using all this stuff and people are sharing passwords and my daughter's like "you really shouldn't do that." Well then they found out that one of their friends got all their homework deleted, right? Like it's like they're seeing it in their daily transactions of school to where they are more ahead of changing passwords, not giving your information. Make sure you have more than a four digit code on your phone because they're have friends who break into them like they are figuring out the cyber waters way faster than most parents are right now. And that's, that's okay. But if you have that open forum or if you're having those conversations, you can actually help each other.Roddie: 15:47 Thank you for making time for us this week to hear more of technically religious visit our website at http://technicallyreligious.com where you can find our other episodes. Leave us ideas for future discussions or connect with us on social media.
Eric and Briana teach us about hope, about trust, and about complete transparency in a marriage. They tell us about their dreams for their future and how they plan to stay in recovery, one day at a time. Join us for the incredible finale of the pornography addiction series.Further Resources for Sexual Addiction and Recovery-The 12 Steps - Addiction Recovery Program (ARP)-https://addictionrecovery.lds.org/steps/-Addiction Recovery Meetings in the Area (sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)- https://addictionrecovery.lds.org/find-a-meeting?lang=eng-Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) https://www.sa.org/-SA Meeting Finder: https://www.sa.org/meetings/-Anonymous Support Person: request a sponsor to work the ARP program: www.arpsupport.orgArticleshttps://www.lds.org/addressing-pornography/?lang=eng– many AWESOME faith based resources for overcoming pornography addiction and supporting those struggling with addictionwww.rowboatandmarbles.org - hope and healing from sex addiction from a Christian perspective, good resources to help understand addiction for husbands and wiveshttp://www.danoakeslpc.com/home/ Dan Oakes, MeD, LPC is a sexual addiction therapist in Arizona. His website has several awesome videos and articles ranging from talking to your kids about sex to information on pornography and addiction. He also has links to several great TED Talks on similar subjects (under the "videos" tab).https://www.addorecovery.com/ Addo Recovery: Utah based therapy group that provides free videos, articles, etc. addressing sexual addiction and betrayal traumaBooksHe Restoreth My Soul by Dr. Donald L. Hilton - EXCELLENT resource for understanding addiction and recovery written by a Latter Day Saint author and neurosurgeon. If you read one book, read this one! Dr. Hilton studies brain chemistry and the effects of pornography addiction on the brain. This book discusses the total problem of addiction – Spiritual, Chemical, Behavioral, Emotional, etc and the solutions.Addicted to Adultery by Douglas Weiss, PhDHope After Betrayal by Meg WilsonWhat Can I Do About Him Me? by Rhyll Anne CroshawMusic(because music speaks to our souls in a way nothing else can)"Come As You Are" by Nathan Pacheco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKE4zYT-q6E"If We're Honest" by Fransesca Battistelli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDcTvtuuVU8Protecting Your Home*Multiple Levels of Filtration-At the router-OpenDNS (free) or Pandora’s Hope ($)At the computer/device-NetNanny ($), McAfee SafeEyes ($), Covenant Eyes ($)Ad Blocking-adblockplus.org (free) – blocks banner/popups on websites including facebook and youtube.Related Conference Talks (from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)"The Great Plan of Redemption" - By Linda S. Reeves (October 2016)*** "The Master Healer" - By Carole M. Stephens (October 2016)"Protection from Pornography—a Christ-Focused Home" - By Linda S. Reeves*** "Personal Strength through the Atonement of Jesus Christ" - By Elder Richard G. Scott (October 2013)Picture Source
In part 2 of this pornography addiction series, Eric takes us on his humbling journey to recovery. While keeping his addiction a secret, his life was thrown curve-ball after curve-ball, which finally forced him into the sunlight and eventually down the path of recovery. Check out the many resources listed below, for anyone whose life has pornography been affected by addiction, which is almost all of us.Julie's challenge to listeners: Share this specific episode with 5 people. Share it on your Facebook, your Twitter Account, your Instagram. Let's save lives.Further Resources for Sexual Addiction and Recovery-The 12 Steps - Addiction Recovery Program (ARP)-https://addictionrecovery.lds.org/steps/-Addiction Recovery Meetings in the Area (sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)- https://addictionrecovery.lds.org/find-a-meeting?lang=eng-Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) https://www.sa.org/-SA Meeting Finder: https://www.sa.org/meetings/-Anonymous Support Person: request a sponsor to work the ARP program: www.arpsupport.orgArticleshttps://www.lds.org/addressing-pornography/?lang=eng– many AWESOME faith based resources for overcoming pornography addiction and supporting those struggling with addictionwww.rowboatandmarbles.org - hope and healing from sex addiction from a Christian perspective, good resources to help understand addiction for husbands and wiveshttp://www.danoakeslpc.com/home/ Dan Oakes, MeD, LPC is a sexual addiction therapist in Arizona. His website has several awesome videos and articles ranging from talking to your kids about sex to information on pornography and addiction. He also has links to several great TED Talks on similar subjects (under the "videos" tab).https://www.addorecovery.com/ Addo Recovery: Utah based therapy group that provides free videos, articles, etc. addressing sexual addiction and betrayal traumaBooksHe Restoreth My Soul by Dr. Donald L. Hilton - EXCELLENT resource for understanding addiction and recovery written by a Latter Day Saint author and neurosurgeon. If you read one book, read this one! Dr. Hilton studies brain chemistry and the effects of pornography addiction on the brain. This book discusses the total problem of addiction – Spiritual, Chemical, Behavioral, Emotional, etc and the solutions.Addicted to Adultery by Douglas Weiss, PhDHope After Betrayal by Meg WilsonWhat Can I Do About Him Me? by Rhyll Anne CroshawMusic(because music speaks to our souls in a way nothing else can)"Come As You Are" by Nathan Pacheco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKE4zYT-q6E"If We're Honest" by Fransesca Battistelli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDcTvtuuVU8Protecting Your Home*Multiple Levels of Filtration-At the router-OpenDNS (free) or Pandora’s Hope ($)At the computer/device-NetNanny ($), McAfee SafeEyes ($), Covenant Eyes ($)Ad Blocking-adblockplus.org (free) – blocks banner/popups on websites including facebook and youtube.Related Conference Talks (from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)"The Great Plan of Redemption" - By Linda S. Reeves (October 2016)*** "The Master Healer" - By Carole M. Stephens (October 2016)"Protection from Pornography—a Christ-Focused Home" - By Linda S. Reeves*** "Personal Strength through the Atonement of Jesus Christ" - By Elder Richard G. Scott (October 2013)Picture Source
My brother and sister in law bravely share their journey of recovery from Eric's pornography addiction. In part 1 of this POWERFUL three part series, Briana describes her experience with betrayal trauma, the shower floor, and true healing.Julie’s Video Interview on Reconnect PodcastFurther Resources for Sexual Addiction and Recovery-The 12 Steps - Addiction Recovery Program (ARP)-https://addictionrecovery.lds.org/steps/-Addiction Recovery Meetings in the Area (sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)- https://addictionrecovery.lds.org/find-a-meeting?lang=eng-Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) https://www.sa.org/-SA Meeting Finder: https://www.sa.org/meetings/-Anonymous Support Person: request a sponsor to work the ARP program: www.arpsupport.orgArticleshttps://www.lds.org/addressing-pornography/?lang=eng– many AWESOME faith based resources for overcoming pornography addiction and supporting those struggling with addictionwww.rowboatandmarbles.org - hope and healing from sex addiction from a Christian perspective, good resources to help understand addiction for husbands and wiveshttp://www.danoakeslpc.com/home/ Dan Oakes, MeD, LPC is a sexual addiction therapist in Arizona. His website has several awesome videos and articles ranging from talking to your kids about sex to information on pornography and addiction. He also has links to several great TED Talks on similar subjects (under the "videos" tab).https://www.addorecovery.com/ Addo Recovery: Utah based therapy group that provides free videos, articles, etc. addressing sexual addiction and betrayal traumaBooksHe Restoreth My Soul by Dr. Donald L. Hilton - EXCELLENT resource for understanding addiction and recovery written by a Latter Day Saint author and neurosurgeon. If you read one book, read this one! Dr. Hilton studies brain chemistry and the effects of pornography addiction on the brain. This book discusses the total problem of addiction – Spiritual, Chemical, Behavioral, Emotional, etc and the solutions.Addicted to Adultery by Douglas Weiss, PhDHope After Betrayal by Meg WilsonWhat Can I Do About Him Me? by Rhyll Anne CroshawMusic(because music speaks to our souls in a way nothing else can)"Come As You Are" by Nathan Pacheco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKE4zYT-q6E"If We're Honest" by Fransesca Battistelli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDcTvtuuVU8Protecting Your Home*Multiple Levels of Filtration-At the router-OpenDNS (free) or Pandora’s Hope ($)At the computer/device-NetNanny ($), McAfee SafeEyes ($), Covenant Eyes ($)Ad Blocking-adblockplus.org (free) – blocks banner/popups on websites including facebook and youtube.Related Conference Talks (from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)"The Great Plan of Redemption" - By Linda S. Reeves (October 2016)*** "The Master Healer" - By Carole M. Stephens (October 2016)"Protection from Pornography—a Christ-Focused Home" - By Linda S. Reeves*** "Personal Strength through the Atonement of Jesus Christ" - By Elder Richard G. Scott (October 2013)Picture Source
Smart Social Podcast: Learn how to shine online with Josh Ochs
This podcast episode is from Smart Social Week: An Online Parent Conference To Get Your Kids Off Their Screens. Learn the 70+ apps your kids might use: https://smartsocial.com/social-media-webinar/ Learn from 70+ safety experts in our Smart Social Week Conference: https://smartsocial.com/smart-social-week/ Unlock 70+ videos your kids watch to learn how to shine online in Parent University: https://smartsocial.com/parent-university/ Read this episode on our blog Subscribe to our podcast on: iTunes – Google Play – Stitcher Radio – Spotify – Web Player Hire Josh Ochs to speak at your organization. Next Steps for Podcast Listeners: --> Register for our new free social media safety webinar. Join Parent University to get videos to watch with your kids so they can better understand WHY they need to be smart online. Please share this episode with a friend and subscribe so we can help more parents. Thanks for all your support. Join our next webinar to learn the 30 worst apps your students should never use: https://smartsocial.com/social-media-webinar/ Join Parent University to get videos to watch with your kids so they can better understand WHY they need to be smart online. View the top 70+ good and bad teen apps in our Popular App Guide page for Parents and Educators. Sometimes, monitoring your student online can make you feel overprotective, but according to a recent statistic from GuardChild, 43% of teens say they would change their online behavior if they knew that their parents were watching them. Therefore, it’s important for parents to monitor their students’ online activity. The best way for parents to monitor kids online is to be on the social media platforms that they use and have regular discussions about their activity. If you need help navigating the apps that your student loves, visit our Parent App Guide page and learn how you can keep them safe on each specific platform. Once you’ve become familiar with the platforms that your teen is on, start monitoring their activity. If you’re wondering where to start, check out the advice below. We asked 3 experts to share their best tips on how parents can monitor and interact with their teens on social media without feeling like an intruder. 1. Using the same apps as your teens is the best way to learn Angela Roeber, Director of Communications at Project Harmony, @ProjectHarmony2 You get a new phone for your teen, or your child asks to play Minecraft for the first time – what do you do? The first thing you want to do is learn about the app or the website your kids want to use (or are already using). What is it? How does it work? What are the risks? This can be done in several ways. Using the apps in question is the best way to learn. Parents need to get on the app/game/website that their student is using and use it too. This can give you an idea of what the app does and how your child or teen may use it. It can also alert you to possible risks. However, trying it out may not give you the whole picture, so there are a few other ways to learn about the online resources your child wants to use. Google (or any search engine) can lead you to a wealth of information about any tools or apps. Instead of just searching for the name of the app or website, consider adding search terms like, risks, teen use, child use, or problems. This will lead you to issues that others may have identified about the app or website. Setting rules and expectations for app, cell phone, computer, and internet use is key to keeping kids safe online. Use a social media or technology contract and go over it with your children to make sure expectations are clear. Make sure to have a conversation so your kids can understand the rules and can ask you questions. Rules can be general (e.g., no video games on weeknights) or very specific (e.g., you can only play YouTube videos on the living room computer when other family members are present). Make sure your screen time rules apply to other people’s houses and be clear with other parents about what your rules are. It’s also very important to make sure that if your children encounter bullying, attempts at trafficking or sextortion, or inappropriate content, they will not lose their device privileges if they report to you. It’s been found that when children think THEY will be punished for being cyberbullied or sextorted, they are much less likely to report the incident. Have regular, ongoing conversations about online safety – a one-time discussion is not enough. Talk to your kids about what they like to do online and what apps their friends are using. This way you can address issues as they arise, rather than being surprised by them. Monitoring can look different for every family, every kid, and certainly every age group. Parents should consider keeping computers in a central location and requiring or encouraging media use in public spaces (like living rooms vs. bedrooms). Different age levels may have different levels of monitoring. Monitoring kids online helps keep track of their activities on a website, game, app, etc. That may mean reviewing the apps they download on their phone, following them on Instagram, or even doing spot checks of their computers. Sometimes, you may need to monitor more heavily than at other times. If you feel that you want to install in-depth monitoring on your family’s computer(s) or other devices, there are a lot of options out there. Some popular options that we’ve found consistently rated highly by experts include Phone Sheriff, ContentWatch’s Net Nanny 7, the Symantec Norton Family Premier, and Qustodio Parental Control (read SmartSocial’s review of each monitoring app on our Parent Control Software page). Note that these options are not perfect, each offer different levels of monitoring, such as how parents can control settings and be alerted to issues. Keep in mind that even with these monitoring solutions, parents still need to stay on top of children’s online use. Online safety should remain a part of your family’s regular discussions. If you create a social media or technology contract with your children, keep up your end of the bargain. Make sure to enforce things like phones off by 10pm or no texting during dinner. If you tell your children not to be on a certain app, you’ll want to check their phone to make sure they haven’t been on that app. In addition, it is important that you also follow the rules in order to lead by example. We all are guilty of telling our children that we shouldn’t have phones at the table during dinner, but then we answer a text or work email as it pops up. New research is showing the cell phone use by parents – particularly during times they are interacting with their children – can impair learning and behavior. Therefore, it is important to model the behavior you want to see your children engage in. 2. Work with your kids to develop a purpose on social media Josh Ochs, Author and Founder of Smart Social, @JoshOchs Instead of using social media as a pastime, work with your kids to develop a purpose on social media. Before your student is ready to be public online, help them to determine what kind of content they want to be known for online. Teach them to contemplate how their digital footprint will be seen by future employers and college admissions officers. Consider creating a cell phone contract that clearly outlines the rules of having a phone before giving your student their first device. Following these steps can help your student self-regulate the content they post on social media and help them build a positive digital footprint. To learn more, buy one of Josh Ochs’ books on Amazon. To monitor your teen at home, use Google in “incognito mode” and search the phrases below (be sure to review these search results regularly): First Name + Last Name “First Name + Last Name” (in quotes) “First + Last” + City “First + Last” + School First, Middle, and Last Name Social Media Usernames Image Results 3. Help your student develop a healthy relationship with social media through discussion Leila Sales, author, @LeilaSalesBooks While the basics of internet safety are obvious to most children and parents (e.g. “don’t give out your address to strangers”), it’s easier to overlook the detrimental psychological effects that social media can have on us. Below are some talking points parents can use to help their student develop a healthier relationship with social media: Imagine your post being seen by the person you least want to see it. For example, if you’re posting a mean joke about a teacher, imagine that teacher reading it. If you excluded a friend from a party, imagine her response to those party photos before you upload them. Just because you want to put something in writing, doesn’t mean you need a limitless audience for it. If you just write something in your journal, or in a text to one friend, that may scratch the same itch without leaving you open to public scrutiny. Don’t put anything on the internet that you wouldn’t be willing to say in person. For example, if you wouldn’t tell a friend to her face that you’re angry with her, you shouldn’t be aggressively hinting about it on Snapchat. Remember that people’s portrayals of their lives on social media are curated. Nobody is as effortlessly happy and beautiful as they appear on Instagram. Avoid comparing yourself to fiction. Remember that everyone on the internet is a real person, with hardships and feelings every bit as real as your own. It’s easy to lash out at somebody online when they are just an avatar or a screen name. It becomes more difficult when you remember that they are a fully-formed individual, just like you. 4. Have your own accounts on the same social platforms that your children use Emily Mendez, M.S. EdS, published writer and mental health expert Find out what social media sites your kids and teens are using — Snapchat, Instagram, and YouTube, for example – and have accounts of your own. Follow your kids’ accounts and monitor what they share with others. Check the privacy settings on your kid’s social media sites and talk to them about what they (and their friends) post. Also, use tools like Apple’s Family Sharing feature. This feature allows your tween and teen to use social media and provides you with a way to monitor what they are doing online. Tweens and teens should understand that you will have access to all of their passwords and user IDs as a condition of having these accounts. Conclusion Yes, it can be tricky to monitor your teen’s online activity. Teens know how to hide their behavior on social media (usually within a private messaging feature), they are constantly downloading new apps, and they learn new platforms incredibly quickly. The more parents monitor their students’ online activity, the safer they will be. It doesn’t mean that you’re being intrusive if you monitor your teen on social media. By following the advice above, you will have a better chance of keeping your family safe online. Register today for Smart Social Week: An Online Parent Conference To Get Your Kids Off Their Screens.
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With school starting back up and parents working to get their kids back on schedule, Dr. Meg thought it would be a great idea to revisit a conversation she had with Dr. Joshua Straub about technology and your kids. Dr. Josh serves as Marriage and Family Strategist for LifeWay Christian Resources and has a Ph.D. in psychology, and he gives some great advice on safe and healthy interaction with technology for your kids. Also in this episode Dr. Meg gives you her three points to ponder to begin using right away and answers a question from a mother who is her family’s primary bread-winner, while her husband is a stay-at-home dad, and what effect their situation has on their 12 year-old daughter. Do you have a question for Dr. Meg? If so, email them to askmeg@megmeekermd.com and she could answer your question in an upcoming episode! 0:00 – AD – NET NANNY Keeping your kids safe online can be a challenge, thankfully Net Nanny is here to help! Net Nanny scans and analyzes each page to determine if it’s appropriate for you child. Go to NetNanny.com today and use the coupon code MEG to receive a special 40% on their Family Protection Pass. 0:53 – WELCOME Dr. Meg introduces the topic “The Text Generation”. She also teases her conversation with Dr. Joshua Straub, her three points to ponder, and a question from a mother who is her family’s primary bread-winner, while her husband is a stay-at-home dad, and what effect their situation has on their 12 year-old daughter. 3:41 – PARENTING RESOURCES Dr. Meg understands that talking to your kids about sex is uncomfortable and wants you to have the tools you need to make this conversation easier and more effective. Check out Dr. Meg’s digital toolkit, “How To Have The Talk With Your Child” to get ready for the initial conversation. Go to megmeekermd.com and click on “Parenting Resources” to find out more! 6:06 – POINTS TO PONDER Dr. Meg gives you three points to ponder as you learn more about how electronics, technology, texting, and screen time affects your kids. 17:01 – A CONVERSATION WITH DR. JOSHUA STRAUB (PART 1) Dr. Meg welcomes Dr. Joshua Straub, psychology Ph.D. and Marriage and Family Strategist for LifeWay Christian Resources, and he gives some great advice on safe and healthy interaction with technology for your kids. 21:34 – AD – GO GO SQUEEZE Tastiness is the number 1 reason kids choose a snack. With GoGo squeeZ, you get an all-natural, 100% fruit with no artificial anything! GoGo squeeZ comes in a squeezable pouch so kids can enjoy it anywhere. There are many fruit blends to enjoy, and even some that have Fruit and Veggiez, you’re kids are going to love it!! 22:22 – AD – THIRDLOVE Stop tugging at your bra straps and second-guessing your size. It’s time to put fit first with ThirdLove. ThirdLove uses women’s actual measurements and memory foam to create bras that fit better and are more comfortable. They offer sizes from double-A to G. Go to ThirdLove.com/MEG now to get your perfect ThirdLove bra and try it for 30 days for free, just pay $2.99 shipping! 23:28 – A CONVERSATION WITH DR. JOSHUA STRAUB (PART 2) Dr. Meg welcomes Dr. Joshua Straub, psychology Ph.D. and Marriage and Family Strategist for LifeWay Christian Resources, and he gives some great advice on safe and healthy interaction with technology for your kids. 36:23 – LET’S GET SOCIAL Email Dr. Meg at askmeg@megmeekermd.com or tweet your question to her @MegMeekerMD. In this segment, Dr. Meg answers a question from Heather who is her family’s primary bread-winner, while her husband is a stay-at-home dad, and what effect their situation has on their 12 year-old daughter. 40:47 – PARENT PEP RALLY 42:26 – FROM THE PRODUCER Thanks for listening to Episode 35, The Text Generation and for helping Dr. Meg’s parenting revolution reach more than ONE MILLION downloads! Get Social with Dr. Meg on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @MegMeekerMD Have a parenting question? Write Dr. Meg at askmeg@megmeekermd.com and your question could be featured in a future episode! Dr. Meg’s parenting resources and tools are available at www.megmeekermd.com and click on “Parenting Resources”. Enjoying the Parenting Great Kids podcast? Subscribe, rate, and leave a review for us on iTunes!
Raising kids and dealing with the roller-coaster of emotions that comes along with that is why this week’s episode features Dr. Joshua Straub, Marriage and Family Strategist for LifeWay Christian Resources. Dr. Josh gives you practical advice for your marriage that translates into teaching your kids to express their emotions in a healthy way. Along with this great conversation with Dr. Josh, Dr. Meg will give you three points to ponder that you don’t want to miss and she answers a listener question about toddlers and sleep. Do you have a question for Dr. Meg? If so, email them to askmeg@megmeekermd.com and she could answer your question in an upcoming episode! 0:00 – AD – NET NANNY If you’re a parent that cares about keeping your kids safe online, look no further than Net Nanny! Unlike other parental controls, Net Nanny’s dynamic filter scans and analyzes each web page to determine if it’s appropriate. Go to NetNanny.com today and use the coupon code MEG to receive 40% off the Family Protection Pass! 1:06 – WELCOME Dr. Meg introduces the topic “Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids”. She teases her conversation with Dr. Joshua Straub, her three points to ponder, and a social question from a mom about her toddler and sleep. 2:11 – POINTS TO PONDER Dr. Meg gives you three points to ponder as you learn more about improving your marriage in order to raise emotionally healthy kids! 6:54 – PARENTING RESOURCES Dr. Meg’s new book, HERO: Becoming The Strong Father Your Children Need is available NOW! Many of us know that Dr. Meg has a passion about the relationship between children and their fathers. Regardless of your situation in life, whether you’re married, divorced, widowed, or a step-father, the book HERO: Becoming The Strong Father Your Children Need will show you how and why you should strive to be a hero father and the impact your presence and involvement has on your children. Go to HeroDadBook.com and order your copy today along with a great gift bundle perfect for Father’s Day, birthdays, or any occasion. 8:10 – A CONVERSATION WITH DR. JOSHUA STRAUB (PART 1) Dr. Meg welcomes Dr. Joshua Straub, Marriage and Family Strategist for LifeWay Christian Resources, to the show to talk about taking care of your marriage in order to raise emotionally healthy kids. Dr. Josh teaches you healthy ways to express your emotions as a parent so that your kids know how to express theirs appropriately as well. 22:44 – AD – THIRDLOVE Stop tugging at your bra straps and second-guessing your size. It’s time to put fit first with ThirdLove. ThirdLove uses women’s actual measurements and memory foam to create bras that fit better and are more comfortable. They offer sizes from double-A to G. Go to ThirdLove.com/MEG now to get your perfect ThirdLove bra and try it for 30 days for free, just pay $2.99 shipping! 23:51 – AD – SUN BASKET Summer is here and that means two things: the kids are out of school and you’re now in charge of all their meals! It used to be a challenge to find healthy, kid-friendly meals, but now there’s Sun Basket! Sun Basket’s new Family Menu makes it easy to cook recipes the whole family will love! Go to SunBasket.com/MEG and get 50% off your first order! 25:06 – A CONVERSATION WITH DR. JOSHUA STRAUB (PART 2) Dr. Meg welcomes Dr. Joshua Straub, Marriage and Family Strategist for LifeWay Christian Resources, to the show to talk about taking care of your marriage in order to raise emotionally healthy kids. Dr. Josh teaches you healthy ways to express your emotions as a parent so that your kids know how to express theirs appropriately as well. 32:59 – LET’S GET SOCIAL Email Dr. Meg at askmeg@megmeekermd.com or tweet your question to her @MegMeekerMD. In this segment, Dr. Meg answers a question from Tiffany about some sleep issues she’s having with her toddler. 37:05 – PARENT PEP RALLY 37:57 – FROM THE PRODUCER Thanks for listening to Episode 32, Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids! Get Social with Dr. Meg on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @MegMeekerMD Have a parenting question? Write Dr. Meg at askmeg@megmeekermd.com and your question could be featured in a future episode! Dr. Meg’s parenting resources and tools are available at www.megmeekermd.com and click on “Parenting Resources”. Enjoying the Parenting Great Kids podcast? Subscribe, rate, and leave a review for us on iTunes!
Do you have a teen in your family? This podcast is for you! We will be discussing a serious threat facing our youth in the digital world – teen sexting. This dangerous practice is causing serious legal and social consequences that will negatively impact our kids' future. It is our job as parents to help change this dialogue. But how can you keep your kids from being exposed to obscene material and sharing it with others? We’ll look at all of these issues and more in this Komando on Demand podcast.
This week’s episode is the second in a two-part series on raising great girls and boys with guest Dr. Leonard Sax. Dr. Sax is the author of Girls On The Edge, Boys Adrift, Why Gender Matters, and most recently The Collapse Of Parenting. Dr. Meg talks with Dr. Sax about the challenges boys face and how you can raise strong, self-confident young men. Along with this great conversation with Dr. Sax, Dr. Meg will give you three points to ponder that you don’t want to miss and she answers a question from a mother worried about her son that is easily distracted and doesn’t complete work on time. Do you have a question for Dr. Meg? If so, email them to askmeg@megmeekermd.com and she could answer your question in an upcoming episode! 0:00 – WELCOME Dr. Meg introduces the topic “Raising Great Boys”. She teases her conversation with Dr. Leonard Sax, her three points to ponder, and a social question from a mom worried about her son being easily distracted in school. 1:47 – PARENTING RESOURCES Many of us know that Dr. Meg has a passion about the relationship between children and their fathers. Regardless of your situation in life, whether you’re married, divorced, widowed, or a step-father, the book HERO: Becoming The Strong Father Your Children Need will show you how and why you should strive to be a hero father and the impact your presence and involvement has on your children. Go to HeroDadBook.com and pre-order today and receive a bundle of digital resources created especially for you. HERO: Becoming The Strong Father Your Children Need releases May 15, 2017. 3:18 – POINTS TO PONDER (Part 1) Dr. Meg gives you three points to ponder that you can use right away as you learn more about raising a great boy! 12:42 – A CONVERSATION WITH DR. LEONARD SAX (PART 1) Dr. Meg welcomes Dr. Leonard Sax for the next two episodes to give you information about how to raise great girls and boys. This episode focuses on the challenges boys face and how you can raise strong, self-confident young men. 28:16 – AD – SUN BASKET Do you remember the last time you cooked a meal you were proud of? Start with Sun Basket and create meals that are healthy and your kids will love! Family menu recipes are created with busy families in mind. Each week features a recipe co-created with Chef Tyler Florence of the Food Network. Get 3 meals free when you go to sunbasket.com/meg 29:35 – AD – NET NANNY Did you know that 82% of children are exposed to dangerous online content before they’re 11 years old? Also, 70% of children hide their online activities from their parents. If you’re a parent that cares about keeping their kids safe when online, look no further than Net Nanny! Find out more by going to netnanny.com and use the coupon code “MEEKER” to receive a special 40% discount off your family protection passes 31:07 – A CONVERSATION WITH DR. LEONARD SAX (PART 2) Dr. Meg welcomes Dr. Leonard Sax for the next two episodes to give you information about how to raise great girls and boys. This episode focuses on the challenges boys face and how you can raise strong, self-confident young men. 38:06 – LET’S GET SOCIAL Email Dr. Meg at askmeg@megmeekermd.com or tweet your question to her @MegMeekerMD. In this segment, Dr. Meg answers a question from Vicki about her son who is 7 and having problems getting distracted in school. 43:11 – PARENT PEP RALLY 44:22 – FROM THE PRODUCER Get Social with Dr. Meg on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @MegMeekerMD Have a parenting question? Write Dr. Meg at askmeg@megmeekermd.com and your question could be featured in a future episode! Dr. Meg’s parenting resources and tools are available at www.megmeekermd.com and click on “Parenting Resources”. Enjoying the Parenting Great Kids podcast? Subscribe, rate, and leave a review for us on iTunes!
Bobby, Christy and Meredith take a break from Rear Window-ing suspicious skateboard punks to look back at the last week of TBTL. So put down those terrible A&W fries, bag up your unread Sunday New York Times, and make sure LRB is on your Net Nanny’s white list. (And don’t worry—most of our Pope talk is about whether or not he’s DTF. … Sorry, Aidan.) Subscribe to Little Red Bandwagon in itunes or use this RSS link in your podcatcher of choice.
Bobby, Christy and Meredith take a break from Rear Window-ing suspicious skateboard punks to look back at the last week of TBTL. So put down those terrible A&W fries, bag up your unread Sunday New York Times, and make sure LRB is on your Net Nanny’s white list. (And don’t worry—most of our Pope talk is about whether or not he’s DTF. … Sorry, Aidan.) Subscribe to Little Red Bandwagon in itunes or use this RSS link in your podcatcher of choice.
We've been saying it for years, but now it's truer than ever: Augmented Reality is coming. Not much longer now and the synthesis between the digital and virtual world will be complete. Microsoft recently unveiled the HoloLens, a headset device that boast every AR fantasy and promises to revolutionize heads-up interfaces. We're calling it: this is the sign. Google Glass was but a prelude - the war to put things on, over, and in our faces is on. The new smartphone lives on your face. Join Cap, Jon, Jess, and Luke as we look to the near future and the ways augmented reality and even virtual reality will change our lives sooner than you'd think. And we're not just talking fixing pipes with virtual plumbers - you'll be laying them too. It's like the Net Nanny warned: cyber sex is real and coming to a headset near you. But it's not just our faces and love life that are getting a makeover, it's the entire first world living arrangement. We're talking smart homes and how the "Internet of Things" is making the purported "home of the future" a thing of the past one wacky appliance at a time. Sassy robot maids are only a dream away; and you never know, they might be full service. For links and more info, visit the main episode page: http://nerdyshow.com/2015/02/episode-209-futuresight/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In the summer of 1996 I presented a series on CBC Radio’s Island Morning program, produced by Ann Thurlow, called Consumed by Technology. I’ve managed to recover the audio of the episodes, along with the “show notes” and transcripts, from The Internet Archive and I’m posting each episode here for posterity. This final, seventh, episode of Consumed by Technology focused on access to the Internet by students in public schools; it aired on August 20, 1996. Wayne Collins was the host. With the growth of the Internet as an educational tool, the question of how to control what information students have access to has become a controversial issue. There have been several stories in the news recently about students gaining access to pornography, bomb making instructions and other “questionable” materials. The reaction from educators has ranged from the introduction of electronic monitoring to the insistence that students and their parents sign waivers before students are let loose on the ‘net. Show Notes Bombs Atomic Bomb Engineering The Anarchist Cookbook The Worldwide Anarchy Page Porn Playboy, Penthouse, and Hustler HotBox XXXporn SexStudio Censorship Tools CyberSitter NetCop NetNanny [article about] Surfwatch TattleTale Counter-Censorship Tools Silicon Toad’s Hacking Resources Transcript INTRO: With the growth of the Internet as an educational tool, the question of how to control what information students have access to has become a controversial issue. There have been several stories in the news recently about students gaining access to pornography, bomb making instructions and other “questionable” materials. The reaction from educators has ranged from the introduction of electronic monitoring to the insistence that students and their parents sign waivers before students are let loose on the ‘net. To talk about this issue, Peter Rukavina joins me now for another in the series “Consumed by Technology.” QUESTION: What is it about the Internet that makes controlling access to certain types of information so difficult? ANSWER: We’ve talked a lot in this series about digital information — information that’s not that different in substance from any other sort of information, but for the fact that it is very easy to move from place to place using computers. It’s very easy and very cheap to take any sort of information — pictures, maps, magazines, TV programs, whatever — convert it into digital information and then use computers to make as many copies as you like and to send these copies wherever in the world you like. Compared with the old ways of moving information around — using printing presses and trucks or radio studios and transmitter towers — spreading digital information from place to place is almost effortless. It’s precisely because moving digital information is so easy and so cheap that we’ve seen the explosive growth of the Internet over the past several years: the Internet provides, quite literally, an “information highway” which can provide people around the world with access to vast amounts of digital information. One of the other interesting things about digital information is that it’s invisible when it’s moving around. In its most primitive state, digital information is just a bunch of 1’s and 0’s — electrical impulses really — moving up and down wires at the speed of light. If you were able to somehow magically zoom in on a little piece of the Internet, what you would see would simply be a stream of digital information bits zipping along. These information bits, once assembled at the receiving end by a computer, could just as well be the complete works of William Shakespeare as they could be an episode of Compass or information about crop rotation. While they’re out there on the Internet, though, they’re just bits of a vast digital information soup. When you hook up to the Internet, you immediately gain access to all of the public information that’s available on Internet computers around the world: it’s like you’re connecting a big pipe to the entire information soup. And when you do this, you’re not only gaining access to things like the complete works of William Shakespeare, and information on when to plant begonias, you’re also gaining access to the latest issue of Playboy magazine, to discussion groups about bomb making, to a myriad of radical political views… whatever information is out there on the Internet — and that probably includes any sort of information you can imagine and much you cannot — whatever information is out there is accessible to anyone who’s connected to the Internet. QUESTION: And this is true whether we’re talking about my computer at home or the computers at my child’s school? ANSWER: When you’re plugged into the Internet, you’re plugged into the Internet. It’s the same information soup no matter where and who you are. And that’s precisely why we’ve seen some controversy in the past year as schools have become connected to the Internet and students have started to be able to browse around and see what’s available. As you might imagine, they’re not always browsing around the lofty educational stuff. QUESTION: Here on the Island and elsewhere, there’s been talk of installing special computer programs which will filter out objectionable material… does this sort of thing actually work? ANSWER: It works… sort of. There are three problems which arise when you try and filter digital information: first, the problem of deciding what to filter, second, the problem of how to filter it, and finally the problem of the students simply finding ways to work around the filters. On the surface, the problem of deciding what to filter out appears pretty simple. If you were to put 5 or 10 average parents in a room and ask them to come up with a list of what they consider “objectionable” information, information that they don’t want their kids coming across, you’d probably have a pretty easy time of it… at least to begin. I don’t thing there are many parents around who would want their kids having access to violent pictures, pornography, or information about how to make bombs, and you’d probably get pretty quick agreement on those. But then what about pictures of the aftermath of Hiroshima: that’s a pretty gruesome — a pretty violent — sight, but it’s also a very powerful tool in teaching about war and peace… so maybe no violent pictures, except pictures of Hiroshima. And then there’s information about sex. Pornography is out, but what’s pornography? Two people kissing? “How to” information about sex? What about information about birth control? Some people think that information about birth control is pornography. What about this “bomb making information?” If you screen out everything with the word “bomb” in it, you’re going to leave out most of the history of World War II and a lot of the items in the news recently. The issue of figuring out what’s “good information” and what’s “bad information” isn’t cut and dried; information isn’t black and white and while it might be possible to get people to agree in a very general way about what’s “good” and what’s “bad,” doing anything more is like trying to get agreement on anything controversial… next to impossible. This sort of problem is no different than the classic problem of trying to figure out whether “Catcher in the Rye” should be in school libraries or not, except that the challenge is not about one book which you can pick up and read and argue about, it’s about trying to sort through an entire world of information, sometimes before it even exists, and coming up with very specific rules for what’s “in” and what’s “out”… for what’s “good” and what’s “bad” Information. QUESTION: Assuming we could all, somehow, come to agreement over what information should be filtered out, how does the actual filtering process work? ANSWER: Well remember that digital information is, essentially, invisible: when it’s moving around it’s just a generic soup of bits and bytes. The filtering programs that schools are looking at work by intercepting information in this raw state as it enters the computer. A sort of “information robot” sits and watches for patterns in the incoming information. If it detects one of the patterns, it can take actions that range from shutting the computer down immediately, to denying access to that particular page or Internet site. The patterns this robot is looking for are a pre-defined set of keywords that are associated with the kind of information that students are denied access to. In most cases, this set of keywords is something that can be added to or changed to suit the particular needs of the school or the age group in question. So a student walks up to a computer, clicks on “Open” and types in an Internet address like “www.playboy.com” and, because the word “playboy” is one of the keywords in the “watch list,” a warning pops up on the screen telling them that they’ve tried to access a banned Internet site. The problem here is that it’s next to impossible to come up with a set of keywords that will both screen out anything objectionable and let good, useful information through. There are simply too many possible combinations of words and phrases and content to cover off everything, and inevitably in the process of trying to screen out “bad” information you end up throwing the baby out with the bathwater and screening some out “good” information too. Perhaps the best example of this sort of thing happened last year when America Online, a large U.S. computer network added the word “breast” to a list of banned words for their electronic discussion groups. They view themselves as a “family” network and, in their well intentioned way, were just trying to “clean things up.” Unfortunately in the process, they ended up censoring an electronic discussion group for breast cancer survivors. Just like trying to define what information is “good” and what information is “bad,” trying to come up with a comprehensive set of watch-words that will cover off all situations without making the Internet all but useless just isn’t possible. Another problem that crops up when you try to filter digital information is that it’s next to impossible to filter out pictures based on their contents. You can filter out pictures based on what computer filename they’ve got — “porn.gif” or “dirtypicture.bmp” — but that’s about it. It’s almost impossible for a computer, at least with the technology we have today, to figure out what a picture is actually of. And so, again, even if you could figure out what sort of pictures you wanted to screen out, there’s no effective way of actually doing it. QUESTION: You mentioned the problem of students finding ways to work around the filters… is that really a problem? ANSWER: The natural inclination of any teenager when prevented from doing something — and I speak from considerable personal experience here — is to immediately find a way around whatever roadblocks have been placed in their way. Consider the fact that it is illegal for teens to buy beer and cigarettes and yet, somehow, many teens are able to get beer and cigarettes whenever they like. The situation with Internet filters is no different: there’s always a way to work around the system and the very fact that the system is there at all is extra incentive to work harder at getting around it. To test this out, I downloaded a program from the Internet called “Net Nanny” and installed it on my computer. It’s a pretty standard Internet content filtering program. I set the program up on my computer, gave it a list of watch words and then took it out for a spin. Sure enough, whenever I did something “bad” by trying to go to an Internet site that contained any of the words I’d set up as watch words, I was prevented from doing so. When I set out to work around Net Nanny, it took me about 45 seconds to erase all traces of the program from my computer and to again get unlimited access to the Internet. If I wanted to cover my tracks, I could have just set the Net Nanny program aside for a while and then, when I was done browsing, I could have put it back and no one would have been the wiser. It didn’t take any great knowledge of computers for me to do this, and it would be well within the capabilities of any high school student with a bit of computer savvy to do exactly the same thing. The reason this is so easy to do isn’t really because the filtering programs themselves aren’t bullet-proof enough, it’s just that computers are, by their very nature, malleable, flexible things that are designed to be easily modified. These filter programs are like deadbolt locks installed in a door with a balsa wood frame: they do what they’re supposed to do until you decide to just bust through the door and ignore them. So again, to answer your original question — “do these filter programs actually work?” — my answer is that even if we can somehow agree on what we’re going to censor and figure out list of words that will do the task — and both of those tasks are next to impossible — we’re still left with an imperfect solution that can be easily worked around. QUESTION: If we can’t use computers to filter out information, what other options do we have if we want to continue to give students access to the Internet, but only to certain parts? ANSWER: To be honest, there really aren’t any technology solutions to this problem and I doubt that there ever will be. The problem we’re really facing here is that we’ve relied for generations on our ability to simply physically prevent our children from coming across information we don’t want them seeing. Dirty magazines are on the top shelf in the local cigar store, public libraries simply don’t buy really controversial books, we don’t let our kids watch TV programs we don’t like, and so on. It’s been relatively easy to hold back the tide of “bad” information by placing that information out of reach. And now we can’t do that anymore. Short of unplugging the Internet and calling it a day, there isn’t going to be a technology solution that’s going to keep our kids from coming across all sorts of information we don’t want them seeing. Kids are going to see violence. They are going to see graphic sex. They are going to see things that, probably, you and I have never seen. The solution to this problem isn’t going to be a technical one, it’s going to be an educational one. And it’s not going to be a universal, complete, blanket solution, it’s going to be a fuzzy, inexact, incomplete, evolving solution. Because we’ve dealt with objectionable material for so long simply by physically preventing access to it, we’ve gotten lazy… we’ve not had to think that hard about why some material is objectionable to us and other material isn’t. And we haven’t, by and large, had to talk to our kids about this, at least not in a pressing, practical way. We’re going to have to start. If we admit to ourselves that our kids are inevitably going to come across materials which will shock them, make them afraid, turn them on, confuse them, and confound them, then rather than trying to pretend that some technological magic bullet is going to come along and screen our the bad bits for us, we can get on with the job of giving our kids the skills they need to deal with all of this information. I don’t think we even know what those skills are. But we’re going to have to figure them out. There are, unfortunately, no easy answers to this problem and I imagine we’ve only begun to see the beginning of the controversy. We’re facing yet another one of those situations where technology, in solving problems for us — in giving us more access to more information — also introduces a host of new challenges we never imagined and never prepared for. EXTRO: Peter Rukavina operates Digital Island in Kingston, PEI… he’ll be back next week with another in the series “Consumed by Technology.”
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