Women's Network: Parent Information

Take a look around you. What advertisements are you seeing right now? What is the company using to sell their products? SEX! Sex sells everything from phones to clothing; from food to cars. As a concerned parent you should be actively listening and watching the movies, TV shows, and music your children are listening to and hear the message the media is placing on your children about sex, drugs and violence. Below are a few tips to help you and some websites you can go to to help you be more informed.

Remember these things:

  • Adolescents stop hearing you only when you’ve stopped saying something
  • Conflict with your child about what they watch or listen to is OK
  • Don’t put down the type of music (movie, TV show…) but rather the lyrics or message

Here are some helpful ideas to help you monitor what your child is watching and listening too:

  • No computer/TV in bedroom
  • Set rules and stick to them
  • Co-view TV with your kids
  • Turn the TV off when no one is watching
  • Communicate with other parents about the rules you have set
  • Pay attention to the message a song, TV show or movie is giving to your child

 

Here are some helpful websites to check out:

Alcohol and Other Drugs:
www.checkyourself.com → Information on most common drugs abused by teens in the United States. Question and answer section as well as a list of treatment by state. Checkyourself.com gets all their drug and alcohol information from drugabuse.gov. Very reliable information.
www.drugabuse.gov → Probably your best site for the most up-to-date information on drug abuse. It has links for students and young adults as well as for parents and teachers. There are many different links that can be very helpful.
www.streetdrugs.org → Information on over 50 street drugs. Information for teachers, parents and students. Another good site for dependable information.

Media:
www.commonsensemedia.org → Family Friendly Reviews for TV, Movies, Games, Music, Websites, and Books.
www.pluggedinmagazine.com → Focus on the Family’s website for music and movie review

www.ohhla.com → Another great search engine for music lyrics
www.screenit.com → Another helpful movie review site

Sex:
www.abstinence.net → Information on STD’s, sexual abstinence, marriage, and other related topics. You can purchase books, audio, and brochures.
www.agi-usa.org → The Alan Guttmacher Institute website. Good information on sex education. Very reliable statistics and current medical information on teen pregnancy, STD’s and teen sexual activity.
www.clubvarsity.org → Life is not a game, yet many of the same principles can be applied to achieve success. When goals and standards are neither set nor encouraged, it is to be expected that youth will experiment in all types of "risky behaviors"—pre-marital sex, drugs, alcohol, and violence. I have found that in focusing on telling our youth what they can't do in life we often neglect to tell them what they can do. Club Varsirty aspires to teach students not only how to resist negative influences, but to excel in the basic principles of leadership.
www.familycow.com → Unique tools to protect from pornography and obscenity
www.missthemess.com → Great site for parents and teens! Gives statistics that are up-to-date as well as other great resources to help students stay abstinent until marriage. Ohio based organization dedicated to giving factual information that is useful for parents and teens.
www.proknowledge.org → Pro-knowledge.org was created to give women of all ages a place to go for straight facts about sex, choices, and where to go for support. Free from lectures, social scrutiny, and judgments. Pro-knowledge is designed to empower women with the knowledge they need to take control of their lives and to make informed, intelligent choices.

www.teenpregnancy.org → The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy website. Links for teens, parents, and professionals. Many statistics about teen pregnancy and articles on various teen pregnancy topics.

Suicide:

www.afsp.org → American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Violence:
www.ndvh.org → We believe that every family deserves to live in a world free from violence. We believe that safe homes and safe families are the foundation of a safe society.
www.stopfamilyviolence.org → This is a site dedicated to helping victims of abuse. Some information here may be helpful for you.

Other:
www.friendsfirst.org → The official site of the Friends First STARS organization
www.truelies.org → A great site for youth about media's lies about sex, drugs, violence, and suicide.

 

 

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