Teen Safety Online

As if being young isn’t tough enough, the whole issue of body image is ever present.  Girls face enormous pressure from many of the people they admire in pop culture that do not set realistic (or even healthy, for that matter) body image measuring sticks.  And as old as this issue may seem, it only appears to get worse…with even the wholesome Disney kids now adding to the mix.

Does Disney Promote Unrealistic Images for Girls?

More and more, Disney finds itself the but of a lot of criticism…

The Great Fitness Experiment: Kids and Body Image: Does this …

And the first-grade girls apparently preferred an icon who would torture and demoralize them later in life with her unrealistic and unattainable standard of beauty. It starts young folks, it starts young. …

News of Abraham Biggs, the 19-year old who took his own life in front of his webcam, in front of 1,500 on the Justin.tv, live streaming video site, has rocked the online world.  I have no commentary on this, as it is tragic and hard to comprehend at this point, but the disgusting reports of peer pressure and indifference to the situation is sickening.

I encourage you to take a moment to reflect on the life of Abraham Biggs.

Here’s more:

Sad: Abraham Biggs’s webcam suicide note

On Wednesday a -year-old young man in Florida killed himself live on the Internet broadcasting the event by connecting a.

Suicide – R.I.P. – Abraham Biggs

As noted in the blog post Cyberbullying, Porn, and Drugs – Oh My! at TeenCheckUp.com, the Internet can unfortunately be a dangerous place for teens.

I found the post below that supports this line of thinking, where parents are recognizing the potential dangers that can be found online…Cyber Safety as an issue at magnitude of Drunk Driving.

To Moms: Cyber Safety = Drunk Driving

Giving out too much personal information is the primary worry of 58 percent of mothers, while 44 percent worry about what their teens do when using the Internet in their rooms alone, and 24 percent worry about their Internet use when …