{"id":6288,"date":"2010-03-16T21:30:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T21:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=6288"},"modified":"2010-03-18T16:48:13","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T16:48:13","slug":"be-a-websafe-parent-protect-your-kids-from-pro-drug-web-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2010\/03\/be-a-websafe-parent-protect-your-kids-from-pro-drug-web-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a WebSafe Parent – protect your kids from pro-drug web content"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the questions that comes up time and again is how do we safeguard our children from being exposed to drugs and pro drug use content on the Internet?
\nMost parents are already attuned to risks on the web like online predators and sexual content. Increasingly, sites that promote illicit drug use \u2014 actually explaining which drugs to use and how to do it \u2014 are coming to the attention of parents as their children are exposed.\u00a0 What\u2019s more, rogue online pharmacies and their e-mail spam promote painkillers and other drugs to teens with \u201cno prescription needed\u201d while blogs and teen content portray drug and alcohol abuse as no big deal.
\nOur colleagues at the Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia have been studying the growth of these sites.\u00a0 They came away so worried about the scale and scope that they\u2019ve invited us to partner with them and an Internet developer to launch a new online platform called WebSafe Parent available at www.websafeparent.com<\/a>
\nWebSafe will be an online community educating adults about this content and how their children are exposed to it.\u00a0 WebSafe will also provide Community Alerts that regularly notify registered \u201cWebSafe Parents\u201d about new and potentially harmful websites and other threats.\u00a0 Parents who want to go a step further can purchase state-of-the-art software that can monitor and control how long, when and what sites children are visiting \u2014 and even block children from giving out personal information.\u00a0 Longer term, members will be invited to join local \u201cWebSafe Communities\u201d where they can exchange information about threats with other adults in their area.
\nThis is an increasingly digital world where teens surf freely and much of the time profit greatly from the experience.\u00a0 Our goal through this latest partnership is to enlighten and empower parents to protect their kids when they get into situations that can ultimately prove dangerous.\u00a0 It\u2019s also a prime opportunity to remind parents and caregivers of the immense power and influence you have to help your kids make the right choices for themselves!
\nWhat are your thoughts on the content kids are exposed to on the web?\u00a0 Do you think your kids have discovered pro drug, sexual or other content?<\/p>\n

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One of the questions that comes up time and again is how do we safeguard our children from being exposed to drugs and pro drug use content on the Internet? Most parents are already attuned to risks on the web like online predators and sexual content. Increasingly, sites that promote illicit drug use \u2014 actually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}