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Salon.com January 10, 2001 Amy Benfer |
A teen sex guru speaks Kids -- and their parents -- need to tackle taboos, says psychiatrist Lynn Ponton... |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Jennifer Demski |
Facebook Training Wheels A secured social networking site allows schools to incorporate the technology into academics while preparing students for the perils of online communities. |
PC Magazine August 3, 2004 Parry Aftab |
Online Safety at School If parents, teachers, students, library personnel, safety officers, and school officials and boards work together, we'll keep making progress in ensuring that students' online experience is as safe as possible. |
InternetNews September 11, 2007 Nicholas Carlson |
KIDS Act: How Far is The Law's Online Reach? The KIDS Act of 2007 would require sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses. But some think that goes too far. |
Salon.com April 19, 2002 Amy Benfer |
What's so bad about good sex? "Harmful to Minors" author Judith Levine talks about why American parents are afraid of their teenagers' sexuality, says kids know the difference between coercion and consent -- and blasts critics who say she advocates pedophilia... |
Reason February 2001 Cathy Young |
Where the Boys Are Is America shortchanging male children? |
ifeminists June 22, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Parents Must Assert Rights Over School Authorities Children nationwide are given a survey in high school, and sometimes in middle school, concerning sexual and illicit behavior. While the information is supposed to be confidential, it may not always be. |
PC Magazine June 21, 2006 Alan Cohen |
Do You Know Where Your Kids Are Clicking? Your kids aren't going to stop using MySpace and Facebook, but at least you can give them safety helmets and kneepads... 10 essential tips for parents to keep their kids safe online... Websites with more tips for net-savvy parents.... |
Reason May 2009 Jacob Sullum |
'Sexting' Scare The problem of teenagers posting nude photos of themselves online and sending them via cell phone. |
Reason May 2006 Cathy Young |
The Great Fellatio Scare Is oral sex really the latest teen craze in America? |
T.H.E. Journal March 2007 Robert Losinski |
Patrolling Web 2.0 As the internet grows more complex, districts need more than a conventional filter to protect tech-savvy students from unsafe online content. |
Salon.com January 24, 2002 Pegi Taylor |
Out of the frying pan, into group therapy A new Supreme Court ruling could increase the number of former sex offenders released into the community. For these ex-cons, the end of detention marks the beginning of intense, and possibly endless, therapy... |
American Family Physician October 15, 2004 As-Sanie, Gantt & Rosenthal |
Pregnancy Prevention in Adolescents The family physician plays a key role by engaging adolescent patients in confidential, open, and nonthreatening discussions of reproductive health, responsible sexual behavior, and contraceptive use. |
Sports Illustrated April 14, 2000 William Nack & Don Yaeger |
Every Parent's Nightmare The child molester has found a home in the world of youth sports, where as a coach he can gain the trust and loyalty of kids -- and then prey on them |
InternetNews January 30, 2008 |
Lawmakers Fight Online Sexual Predators New York lawmakers proposed legislation on Tuesday that would provide new protection from convicted sex offenders hanging out on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. |
PC World May 2001 Gregg Keizer |
Safe Kids Try these 23 parent-approved tips to defend children and teens against Internet dangers--from overzealous marketers to online criminals... |
T.H.E. Journal August 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon |
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em Educators who recognize how much social networking engages and informs kids are creating their own sites as learning tools that foster collaboration among students, teachers, and parents. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2002 Douglas W. Green & Thomas O'Brien |
The Internet's Impact on Teacher Practice and Classroom Culture Does Internet use result in an increase in constructivist teacher practices? What other features of classroom life are impacted when the Internet is used as a source of information for student research projects? |
Salon.com July 3, 2001 Amy Benfer |
Cyber slammed Kids are getting arrested for raunchy online bullying outside of school. It's definitely offensive, but is it against the law? |
InternetNews April 20, 2007 Nicholas Carlson |
Teens Are Protecting Themselves Online What, you thought the kids driving YouTube, MySpace, and Facebook wouldn't understand how to work privacy preferences? |
Salon.com May 13, 2002 Janelle Brown |
A new stunt to stunt growth New restrictions on high school graduation go further to infantilize teenagers in the hope of making them perfect adults... |
Salon.com November 11, 2002 Lynn Ponton |
From Laramie to California The father of a cross-dressing teenage boy is terrified for the boy's safety. He's right to be worried, says the author, a psychiatrist. It's a scary world for these courageous teens. |
Salon.com August 29, 2001 Johanna Wald |
The failure of zero tolerance A nationwide crackdown on students has resulted in disproportionate punishments and racial profiling... |
Salon.com August 24, 2000 James R. Kincaid |
Hunting pedophiles on the Net Is the truth about cybercrimes against children tamer than fiction? |
Reason June 2008 Jacob Sullum |
Missing Pedophiles New research indicates that the idea that the Internet has fostered a "shocking increase in the sexual exploitation of children," as Newsweek put it in 2001, appears to be unfounded. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2007 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Bloggers Welcome Here Social networking tools appear poised to enter the school system. It's a breakthrough long overdue. |
Search Engine Watch October 23, 2008 Ron Jones |
Facebook: Get Educated on the Hottest Social Media Platform Facebook was first used as a tool to help students, faculty, and staff to get to know other people on campus. Now it's used to do the same on the Internet campus. |
InternetNews December 19, 2007 Kenneth Corbin |
A New Generation of Web Savvy 'Super-Communicators' As they spread across the social Web, more teenagers are using multiple communication channels to keep up with their friends. |
Salon.com May 21, 2002 Lara Riscol |
Go out and get a piece, son! Right-wing moralizers wink at boys' sexual foibles -- it's unfettered female sexuality that they think is leading us into perdition... |
ifeminists May 11, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Sex offender hysteria kills children I simply do not believe society now produces 10x, 20x, 100x more sexual offenders than it did a few decades ago when children walked home from school alone and safely. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2001 Jonathan C. Basden |
Authentic Tasks as the Basis for Multimedia Design Curriculum Virtual reality project enables students to pursue their own interests and guide their own learning... |
ifeminists February 15, 2006 Wendy McElroy |
Sexual Harassment Policies Need Reform At best, the American Association of University Women reports are interesting sociological surveys of how students view their environment. Realistically, they are biased and self-administered reports from students, who are often children. They should never be a basis for law or policy. |
ifeminists June 15, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Missing: Males on College Campuses Some researchers call them the "Lost Boys." They are the students you don't see on college campuses. New statistics show an annual decreasing ratio of male-to female students in all degree-granting institutions. |
InternetNews July 26, 2006 Roy Mark |
House Targets Social Networking Sites Legislation would force schools and libraries to block sites like MySpace. |
InternetNews August 12, 2005 Roy Mark |
Felonious Times at Kutztown High The free laptops were supposed to give students an edge in college -- not a criminal record. Instead, the students used the password for unrestricted Internet use and were found in violation of Pennsylvania's computer trespass law. |
Reason February 2003 Jacob Sullum |
Dangerous Assumption Sex offender registration: One of the main rationales for singling out sex offenders is the assumption that they are especially likely to commit new crimes. That belief, although widely held, seems to have little basis in fact. |
ifeminists November 1, 2007 Tony Zizza |
There's No Such Thing As Free Birth Control The author expresses outrage at a middle school providing free birth control and condoms to its students. |
Salon.com June 21, 2000 Cathy Young |
It's payback time In "The War Against Boys," author Christina Hoff Sommers claims that unfair programs to empower girls have taken a toll on boys. |
InternetNews August 23, 2007 Roy Mark |
Social Networking Faces More Legal Pressure States attorneys general have been pressuring social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook for months to toughen their age and identity verifications standards. |
ifeminists April 13, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Understanding Sexual Harassment With all the "guidance" offered by lawsuits, feminist theorists, government agencies, and privately drafted policies, a question about sexual harassment still remains: what is it? |
AskMen.com |
A Jail Sentence For "Sexting?" An 18-year-old pleaded guilty to reduced charges in Vermont's first "sexting" case, in which he allegedly directed two teenage girls to videotape or photograph themselves performing sex acts and send him the results. |
ifeminists June 16, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
A travesty of sex offender status Apparently, the annual World Naked Bike Ride in Boulder is an event intended primarily to protest oil dependency and to spotlight the vulnerability of cyclists on the road. |
Salon.com April 22, 2002 Janelle Brown |
Why drug tests flunk If the Supreme Court rules in favor of drug testing in public schools, will students come clean? Kids at schools in Indiana, where drug tests rule, say no way... |
PC World January 2004 Anne Kandra |
Should Parents Become Big Brother? New software allows parents to control virtually everything children do online. |
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Rama Ramaswami |
Nothing to LOL About Schools fear the predatory behavior that lurks around social networking sites can make users sitting ducks for hackers, thieves, cyberbullies, and scammers. So they're caught in what appears to be an all-or-nothing choice. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2006 Mikael Blaisdell |
Educational Gaming: All the Right MUVEs The use of computer simulations, or multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs), that appeal to students' love of video games has shown compelling educational benefits. |
Salon.com February 5, 2002 Amy Benfer |
Lost boys While girls surge ahead in all subjects at school, boys are lagging behind. Is "girl power" to blame? Do boys need their own dose of "empowerment"? |
Reason January 2004 Renee Moilanen |
Just Say No Again The old failures of new and improved anti-drug education |
Reason August 2002 Thomas Szasz |
Sins of the Fathers Is child molestation a sickness or a crime? |
ifeminists July 21, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
No Panic Over School Child Abuse A report claiming that close to 10 percent of children in public schools -- more than 4.5 million -- endure sexual abuse or misconduct by school employees has recently touched off a media-fueled panic. |