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What Parents Can Learn from the Gorilla Incident

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It happened at the Cincinnati Zoo. A 3-year-old boy somehow fell into the gorilla exhibit’s enclosure. A 17-year-old male gorilla, named Harambe, encountered the boy. Someone from the Zoo made the decision to shoot and kill the gorilla in order to save the preschooler. What can parents learn from the Gorilla Incident? Parent Shaming Doesn’t Fix Things It didn’t take long for parents around the world to take to social media to comment about the Gorilla Incident. While some expressed sympathy for the Zoo, the majority chose to attack the mother of the 3-year-old boy and question her parenting ability. … Continue reading →

When a Stalker Intrudes on Your Relationship, Continued

In another blog I wrote about Wayne’s stalker and how I hadn’t believed he hadn’t done something to provoke the girl’s interest. I left off saying how I learned first hand that perhaps he had been innocent after all because of an incident that happened to me. In my case, my stalker lived in the dorms across the street from mine. I was friends with boys who lived in the room next to his, and I met him through them. Just one time. I can’t remember what function I was helping with. I was part of Hall Government so I … Continue reading →

When a Stalker Intrudes on Your Relationship…

…it can be really uncomfortable. First let me define what I mean by “stalker.” I’m not talking about the crazy knife-wielding, if-I-can’t-have-you-no-one-can kind. (I imagine it’s a lot more than just “really uncomfortable” dealing with that sort.) No, I’m referring to the kind of people who take a sudden and very keen interest in you or your mate and are conveniently everywhere you are at the same time, or call all the time, or email…you probably get the gist. This thankfully hasn’t happened to Wayne and me in a while now. But he and I have both had a stalker … Continue reading →

Teaching Teenagers About The Danger Of Internet Predators

It is summer and the average teenager is online 5.5 hours a day, with about 77 million on-line each day. Most are visiting one of the 40,000 chat rooms where according to a 2002 FBI report there is a 100% chance they will encounter a pedophile at some time. What is the danger with chat rooms? The Safe Surfin Foundation says that the danger is that “75% of children and teens report sharing personal information about them and their families to complete strangers in chat rooms.” Child predators use the tidbits of information that they glean from on-line chat rooms … Continue reading →

Internet Safety – The good, the bad, and the ugly

What are your children looking at, listening to, and reading while on the Internet? The Internet has become a source of almost endless information and resources. There are great uses for the Internet. For example, comparing electronic equipment online before buying is something that I almost always do. Also, students can use online encyclopedias for writing research reports. It’s hard to think of a time when we didn’t have such quick and easy access to almost endless types of information. Just think of the great information you are receiving on www.families.com because of the Internet! Of course, there are opposites … Continue reading →