YouTube flooded with porn

You probably didn't know that Wednesday was declared 'Porn Day' on YouTube. YouTube had an onslaught of porn clips uploaded to the video sharing website even though YouTube has a filter system and a team of employees dedicating to removing porn. The porn videos were tagged with kid friendly names like the Jonas Brothers.

YouTube has removed the videos, but it may take a few days for all of the images to be deleted.

Stories here and here.

In memory of Celia Turley

In memory of Celia Turley (39), a wife, mother of 5 children ages 6-16, and kindergarten school teacher, who passed away unexpectedly last week, due to complications from leukemia treatments.

Be thankful for each day. Make the most of each moment you have with your children and family. Focus on the things that matter the most. Set aside the distractions that take your time and your thoughts and your money away from things that really make a difference. Find small ways to help other people and connect with other people around you. See the good and find opportunities in every day and every experience. Pray that God will give you strength and courage to be the best you can be, and all that He needs you to be.

Internet Safety by Cox

Cox Communications is leading the efforts to help keep your children safe online and on their cell phones. Their program is called Take Charge! and gives comprehensive, in depth information on what parents need to know.

Parents- You need to take the time to review the contents on this website. Your kids are not as safe as you think. You need to take control of the Internet, TV and cell phone. It's time to sit down with your child and discuss what's appropriate and the consequences of sending or viewing obscene pictures.

Parents click here to find the parental controls.

Learn more about Internet safety.

Or click here to learn more about cell phone safety.

We'll discuss this more in depth in future blog posts.

Thanks Cox Communications!!

Sexting: 'Parents Don't Have a Clue,' John Walsh Says

From Fox News-

A new survey, conducted by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com, uncovered some alarming figures. The survey of more than 1,200 volunteers aged 13 to 26 found that 20 percent of teenagers have either sent or posted nude or semi-nude pictures or videos of themselves, while another 48 percent said they have received such messages.

Read more here.

NetSmartz Workshop great resource to learn about online dangers and solutions

Are your kids safe online? NetSmartz Workshop has separate places directed to parents & guardians, educators, law enforcement, teens and kids to visit and learn about online safety.

They cover topics including cyberbullying, sexting, sexual predators, gaming, and more . . .

"NetSmartz offers free, multimedia Internet safety presentations you can use with your children or in your community.[NetSmartz] innovative presentations utilize the latest statistics, online resources, videos, and expert tips to educate, engage, and empower children and adults to be safer on- and offline."

Visit http://www.netsmartz.org/ to access important resources to keep your children safe online.

Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Growing

According to the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force there is a growing number of Internet crimes against children in Arizona: 2001-2008. 

Arizona reports of Internet crimes against children have grown dramatically in the past several years.  In 2008, the Arizona ICAC received 4,222 reported incidents, up from 832 in 2007.  Most of the reports involved either unlawful images depicting the sexual exploitation of minors or the luring of minors for sexual exploitation.

The numbers highlight the need for increased enforcement of these serious crimes.

AZ Family Council President, Jeremy Geigle, appointed to National Online Safety Working Group

The Arizona Family Council announced that its president, Jeremy Geigle, has been appointed to serve on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Online Safety and Technology Working Group – a working group with the charge of keeping children and families safe online. 

Geigle was appointed as one among thirty other private sector groups and child and family advocacy leaders from across the nation.  These members will work with federal agencies to evaluate and make recommendations on how to increase and implement safety online.

“Now is the time to do all we can to educate, implement technology, and save our children from the danger that lurks online.  I am honored to collaborate with members off this working group, who have children’s online safety as a first priority.”

As an attorney, Mr. Geigle has worked with juveniles that have been victimized by online adult content and child pornography. As president of AZ Family Council, he has introduced legislation to protect children online and worked to educate and empower families, parents, and the community in dealing with Internet safety.

Steve Chapman : The FCC's F-Word: Freedom - Townhall.com

Steve Chapman : The FCC's F-Word: Freedom - Townhall.com

In the news. . .

Alicia's Law in Virginia- money that is going to locating child pornographers and rescuing their victims


Where are the Tracy 60?- looking for 60 child pornography trafficking suspects in Tracy, California

Thanks to the National Association to Protect Children for all you do!

Never Underestimate the Power of a Mother

Supreme Court Finds in Favor of FCC in Profanity Case

Porn Targets Kids

From Rebecca Hagelin in The Washington Times:

America is raising a generation of children on porn - and your child just might be one of them. According to the London School of Economics, nine out of 10 teens who go online will view pornography. The Kaiser Family Foundation reports that 70 percent of those who viewed porn stumbled across it - many while innocently doing their homework - and had not been looking for it.


She goes on to say that using a filter can help. She recommends Bsafe.com which costs $50 per year. This filter sends you an email regarding the websites that your computer visits.

Read the rest here.

Cell Phones-HELP!

What's a parent to do about cell phones? Filtering is not an application on cell phones. Is there ANYTHING a parent can do to? YES! There is some help. I just found a group that can help parents MONITOR their child's activity on cell phones. It's called MY MOBILE WATCHDOG.

Parents- Check out this device for your children's cell phone. You must have it! You can approve certain numbers that your children can talk to you. You can see the images that are texted to your child.

This tool enables parents to know who your child is talking to and texting. Don't worry about being your child's friend. They need a loving parent who educates them and protects them.

My Mobile Watchdog Blog
How does it work?
How much does it cost?

What are 5th graders doing?

Just another unfortunate story to validate the research that shows that the average age of the first pornographic exposure is 11 years old. For all you parents that have children about 11 years old, it is not too late to begin discussing the consequences viewing and sharing pornographic images. Please take the time, TODAY, to sit down with your children. Our children are being prosecuted as adults for distributing pornographic images on the computer and cell phones. Do you want your 11 year old child to be registered as a sex offender for the rest of their lives? Be a parent to your child and talk to them about the consequences of viewing this destructive, salacious material.

This news story also confirms, yet again, that filters do not work. Filters are not the answers to keeping pornography out of your child's hands.

Read the story.

This is happening way too often.

TV Turn Off Week

From the Parent's Television Council:

Next Week Is TV Turn-Off Week
Started in 1994, TV Turn-Off Week is a twice-yearly event during which people are urged to go without TV for a week. Recent Nielsen statistics show that on average, Americans today watch 4 hours of television per day -- and then spend another 4+ hours with computers, games, video, iPods and cell phones! Turning off the screen gives viewers time to think, read, create, connect with family and engage the community. It also offers the opportunity to assess the impact and re-think the role of television in our lives.

► For more information about TV Turn-Off Week, click here.
► For a list of 50 things to do instead of watching TV, click here.

Do you think your family could go without the TV for a week? What about video games, texting or computer games? Give it a try!

Action Item

Submit a form regarding harmful media to the FCC. The deadline is quickly approaching- this Thursday.

Go here for more information.

Powerful Video

A Local Story

This is a bizarre story. But when you are addicted to child pornography, your reality becomes distorted as in this case. It goes to show how far people will go to get their fix. I am so relieved the authorities didn't find any victims of sexual abuse at the school!!

The AP reports:

Sex offender who posed as boy gets 70.5 years
Youthful-looking man attempted to enroll in several Arizona schools

PRESCOTT, Ariz. - A youthful-looking sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in several Arizona schools was sentenced to 70.5 years in prison Tuesday.

Neil Havens Rodreick II pleaded guilty last year to seven criminal charges. Most involved child pornography but two stemmed from the charade he pulled off for two years.

It continues. . .

Authorities didn't find any victims of sexual abuse at the schools Rodreick attended, but they found an extensive collection of child pornography at his home.

Rodreick originally faced 28 counts, but pleaded guilty to only a quarter of them: four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor stemming from the pornography, and one count each of failure to register as a sex offender, fraud and simple assault. The assault charge involved an allegation that he grabbed a girl's buttocks at a school in Prescott Valley with the intent to injure, insult or provoke.

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Raise your voice to defend medical professionals' choice to practice according to their beliefs

Contact the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (email address: proposedrescission@hhs.gov), or call the White House (202-456-1111) to express your concerns over Pres. Obama's proposal to rescind the conscience rule.

The conscience rule allows healthcare workers to refuse to perform services (like abortion) that conflict with their deeply-held, personal, religious beliefs. If this is rescinded, medical professionals could lose their jobs or could have their professional licenses revoked for refusing to perform these kinds of services.

As a society, we need medical professionals who have the courage to live according to their beliefs! We need their compassion, their integrity, their dignity, their medical skills, their experience, and their passion for their jobs! The liberties and freedoms championed by the United States of America should allow private citizens to perform their occupations according to their religious beliefs.
Public comment on this issue will be taken until April 9- . . . . . just a few more days for you to take the opportunity to let your voice be heard.


For more information look at these websites:http://www.usccb.org/conscienceprotection/
http://nchla.org/actiondisplay.asp?ID=271

Exploiting Children

Is there anything more horrific than exploiting an innocent child? Unfortunately, this has been a major problem in the travel industry. In an upcoming conference by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives(ACTE) who have partnered with ECPAT-USA this will problem will be discussed.

In the flyer distributed by ECPAT-USA it says:

“As the leading educator for the global business travel industry, ACTE has a responsibility to inform and educate travel management professionals about issues such as the sexual exploitation of children,” Susan Gurley, ACTE Executive Director, said. “Partnering with organizations like ECPAT allows us to offer conference attendees valuable information about what their companies and travellers can do to ensure they are not unknowingly contributing to this pernicious problem.”

“We are delighted to have this opportunity to partner with ACTE,” noted Carol Smolenski, Executive Director of ECPAT-USA. “We have a difficult subject to talk about, but we know that a lot of companies, like Carlson Companies and Accor, are taking the lead in preventing the sexual exploitation of children. Our job is to provide support and technical assistance and we’re happy to work with ACTE on spreading the word."

THANKS ECPAT-USA for protecting our children.

Obscene Movies at College Campuses

At 2 college campuses student groups were planning on showing pornographic movies. At the University of Maryland, Digital Playground who produced the movie Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge gave it to the student union for free thereby allowing the movie students fees to not finance it. Because lawmakers threatened to cut funding for the university, officials decided to cancel the screening of the movie. (Story here)




The UC Davis student group announced on their Facebook page their viewing of the hard-core pornographic film. Because this is not paid for by university funds, the UC Davis says they do not censor movies.

The reality is that both of these colleges are degrading women by showing pornographic films on campus. They are also endorsing pornography which we know is addictive and permanently alters the brain.

What are you going to do when your college shows a pornographic movie? It has already been shown at 5 other colleges without any problems. We must not let this obscene trend continue.