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Individuals who use the internet to bully others are known as “cyberbulllies.” Bullying on the internet can be done via email, instant messaging and chatrooms. Websites like MySpace and Facebook are not only used to share information and pictures taken of one’s individual life, but to harass, tease and bully others. Author Vanessa Van Petten’s featured article discusses some reasons, methods and information that parents, youth leaders and educators need to be aware of to help our children avoid and keep from bullying others.

The Internet has changed the playground-bully into the in-my-bedroom-bully. It’s true, the line between school life and home life is gone. Kids can no longer leave the social pressures, cliques, bullies, snoodiness and the other highlights of… Continue Reading

The history of Internet online counseling began approximately forty years ago. The first twenty years of online counseling promoted free source educational and therapy ideals. Like many other online services that began after the dawn on the Internet, the online counseling concept was developed between educational and research institutions with the desire of promoting a stronger learning environment. Below is a synopsis of the history of online counseling.

In October 1972, one of the first demonstrations of the Internet was a simulated psychotherapy session between computers at Stanford and UCLA. This took place during the International Conference on Computer Communication.

In 1976, not long after the introduction of the first personal computers, computer bulletin board systems began to come into service.

Beginning… Continue Reading

Do you need an online counselor?

The benefits of online counseling from the privacy of your own home or business have become reliable, safe and most often less expensive than the cost of conventional counseling clinics. These services are used as a source of personal growth through problem identification and problem solving. The advantages of online counseling are numerous:

1. By using online counseling the subscribing client has more of an opportunity to gather their thoughts and carefully select the words that best describes their situation, which allows the counselor to gain greater understanding. This will lead to a more successful counseling experience.
2. Using the Internet as a median for counseling allows subscribers to articulate their emotions and thoughts in

Child behavior on the internet has taken center stage in the U.S. in respect to child safety and child social development. More and more younger children are beginning to surf the Internet without their parent’s knowledge or understanding of the dangers that exist.

Like most parents, you probably have rules for how your children should deal with strangers, which TV shows, movies, and videos they’re allowed to watch, what stores they’re allowed to enter, and where and how far from home they’re allowed to travel. It’s important to make similar rules for your children’s Internet use and to be aware of their online activities.

You’ll also want to make sure that surfing the Net doesn’t take the place of homework, social activities, or other… Continue Reading