What does it mean to be RESPONSIBLE??

Having a capacity for moral decisions and therefore accountable, and is capable of rational thought or action, within one’s power & control. Take Responsibility and… STOP the MADDness!

Being A Responsible CyberCitizen – Is Your Right & Responsibility

The Internet is a Big Deal, and we all have certain rights and duties if we chose to participate as members of the Internet. It is that simple, if you are a member of the Internet, then you are responsible for your children, and your family’s safety online and offline, which begins in understanding what and who you are up against. Consumers can no longer blindly assume they are protected because a commercial tells them they are safe – sorry, that is misleading and simply is not the case.

After many years of research and many notable guests on just what is important to keep our children and their family’s safe on and offline. The CyberHood Watch partners, Dave & Bill, have recognized a merging trend in the overall belief of what is necessary to keep families safe on and offline. Families should be aware that although technology and security software plays a vital role in the safety of your family’s online activities, it should be remembered it is only one part of the equation.

I wish we could claim some Nobel breakthrough, and be the first to announce a universal solution to the world on CHWradio, but the fact is – the other key element in addition to enterprise grade technologies, is simply good old fashion parenting, and teaching children the lost art of civility. Yes, the technology is new, and a bit out of control, which makes it more difficult, but not only can you do it, you have to do it – you are the parent.

Listen to any of our guests and you will realize, Dave & Bill have assembled an outstanding group of notable authorities worldwide. Each guest is a respected individual in his or her perspective field willing to share their years of insight for the benefit our listeners. Listeners become responsible cybercitizens empowered through the communication & awareness by authorities willing to share his or her wisdom with every guest.

You want a little more in depth and personal insight and/or knowledge of how to be a Responsible CyberCitizen, then click here… and JOIN US! by David C. Ballard

Being Responsible Shows Character by Ron Kurtus (18 April 2001)

A person who does as promised can be considered as reliable. Reliability is an admirable characteristic. People don’t like to deal with those who are unreliable. They’d rather give their business and rewards to the person they can count on. Also, the reliable person feels good knowing that he or she is trusted.

HOW TO BE A RESPONSIBLE PERSON (AND FEEL GREAT!)

When you agree to do something, do it. If you let people down, they’ll stop believing you. When you follow through on your commitments, people take you seriously.

Answer for your own actions. Don’t make excuses or blame others for what you do. When you take responsibility for your actions you are saying “I am the one who’s in charge of my life.”

Take care of your own matters. Don’t rely on adults to remind you when you’re supposed to be somewhere or what you’re supposed to bring. You take the responsibility.

What Does it Mean to Be Responsible?

Family Responsibility

As an individual living alone, there is only you to look out for and make sure your needs are satisfied. With a family, however, the requirement to be responsible increases dramatically. A child requires lots and lots of assistance, from getting nutritious food to going to school to learning how to be accountable for his actions. A responsible parent teaches her child how to behave and also makes sure basic needs of her children are met, even before her own at times. An irresponsible parent may leave a child home alone for long stretches of time after school or not assist them with healthy meals or homework.

If you are childless, your family responsibility can still lie with assisting a sibling or parent in need or even caring for a pet.

Here is Digital Dave’s description: Asked and Answered

This question you’ll hear Digital Dave asking everyone is and now has become a part of our branding for The CyberHood Watch is, “What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “Responsible CyberCitizen?” The CyberHood Watch, as well as Bill and I, believe that “Responsible CyberCitizens” will be a corner stone in the wall of defense for the safety of our children and their families and their Internet’s safety.

So, Digital Dave asked Deputy Chief, Kirk Torgensen of Utah and he sees the Internet like most of us, a great tool with almost endless possibilities. Unfortunately, for Kirk, he’s directly involved with the nefarious underworld and the scourge inflicted on the Internet. Like CHWradio.com, “…one of the goals in the Attorney General’s Office is to really get out and talk to people about how not to fall prey to different things on the Internet”. Another trait of a responsible cybercitizen is communication with your children, another common thread echoed by previous guests. Awareness is another common thread portrayed by responsible cybercitizens and needed to empower you and your children’s online and offline safety.

Parents need to be responsible cybercitizens and educate themselves and learn what not to allow your children to do on the Internet and not setting themselves up as a target for unwanted activity. Parents are busy and kids are left alone and when a member of your family or your child becomes a victim… suddenly you have time?

Breaking NEWS!!

The Cyberhood Watch Community has just reopened, and it’s completely updated on a new platform, we own the site and we’ll be maintaining it from now on… not that free is not good, but I believe we have made the right choice and it will be a bit more work…

But, we don’t have to worry any more about online services and/or other systems shutting down a free 3rd party service ever again!! For all of our CHW members, listeners and followers please come by and JOIN US!

We would love to have you be a part of the HOOD’ and help our community grow and make a real difference in each members lives and lives of their children. After all, it’s is all of our community and the internet belongs to everyone

JOIN US! and tell us what we can do better, to serve your when it comes to our children’s safety on the internet, or request a special guest you would like to see on the CyberHood Watch Live Radio Show !!

Your CyberHood Watch Partner

Bill Wardell

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If you are 30, or older, you might think this is hilarious!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning…. Uphill… Barefoot… BOTH ways… yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they’ve got it!

But now that I’m over the ripe old age of thirty, I can’t help but look around and notice the youth of today. You’ve got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!

And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don’t know how good you’ve got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn’t have the Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!

There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter – with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox, and it would take like a week to get there! Stamps were 10 cents!

Child Protective Services didn’t care if our parents beat us. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass! Nowhere was safe!

There were no MP3′s or Napsters or iTunes! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the record store and shoplift it yourself!

Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio, and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car.. We’d play our favorite tape and “eject” it when finished, and then the tape would come undone rendering it useless. Cause, hey, that’s how we rolled, Baby! Dig?

We didn’t have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called, they got a busy signal, that’s it!

There weren’t any freakin’ cell phones either. If you left the house, you just didn’t make a damn call or receive one. You actually had to be out of touch with your “friends”. OH MY GOD !!! Think of the horror… not being in touch with someone 24/7!!! And then there’s TEXTING. Yeah, right. Please! You kids have no idea how annoying you are.

And we didn’t have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your parents, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, the collection agent… you just didn’t know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

We didn’t have any fancy PlayStation or Xbox video games with high – resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like ‘Space Invaders’ and ‘Asteroids’. Your screen guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen… Forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!

You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your butt and walk over to the TV to change the channel!!! NO REMOTES!!! Oh, no, what’s the world coming to?!?!

There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I’m saying? We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-finks!

And we didn’t have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove! Imagine that!

And our parents told us to stay outside and play… all day long. Oh, no, no electronics to soothe and comfort. And if you came back inside… you were doing chores!

And car seats – oh, please! Mom threw you in the back seat and you hung on. If you were luckily, you got the “safety arm” across the chest at the last moment if she had to stop suddenly, and if your head hit the dashboard, well that was your fault for calling “shot gun” in the first place!

See! That’s exactly what I’m talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You’re spoiled rotten! You guys wouldn’t have lasted five minutes back in 1980 or any time before!

Regards, The Over 30 Crowd

and the ++ Crowd like, Dave and Bill

After reading this tale (horror story) a family friend responded with this statement:

Awesome! Totally true. I try to tell my 13 year old this stuff all the time. I think I will pass this on to him. What’s really funny is about 4 months ago, my 13 year old tried to call his friend. After several attempts, he informed us that “our phone is broken”. We asked why he thinks that, and he said, “cuz every time I call, it just keeps beeping!” I of course asked was it a busy signal? He said, “what is that?”. I made the sound, and he said, “ya, that’s the sound”. I was floored! He didn’t even know what a flipping busy signal is!!! I wonder what would happen if I took him somewhere without his cell phone and dropped him off with a quarter (35 cents or whatever), and said, “call me when you’re ready for me to pick you up.” His head would probably explode!

So, if you thought this was hilarious! or it just made you Smile

Please share your thoughts and comments below, on how Ruff we all really had IT back in the Day!

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Back To Basics - Face-To-Face

It is not much different than when; Bill and I began talking about certain events (Choking Game, Cyber Bullying, Sexting, etc.), that were taking place on the Internet and we got the look of deer in the headlights. For Dr. Mack R Hicks, author of “The Digital Pandemic” to address that we are in danger of losing that face-to-face relationship and that we ought to be concerned about the well-being of our children and their families might get the same expression of the later mentioned deer.

The CyberHood Watch partners, Dave & Bill, tried to recognize risky behaviors early, which were occurring on the Internet and tried to be the Paul Revere to warn our communities through our web sites. Not so much different than Dr. Mack R Hicks, who has recognized a potential hidden danger children, as well as adults, may be involved with and unaware of the dangers?

Maybe It's Time To Disconnect And Re-Think The Digital Age!

Dr. Mack pointed out that we and specifically children may be serving the needs of technology rather than technology serving the needs of the people. Moreover, we may be doing this at the expense of losing personal motivation, creative abilities, and becoming passive learners. This is a concept that Bill and I have alluded to many times. We are so wrapped up in the moment with the “aweness” of technologies that our blinders prevent us from recognizing its potential “hidden dangers”. These dangers are not the obvious ones like Cyber Bullying, Sexting, and many others, but the overall behavioral effects of our children consumed in the digital machines, as Dr. Mack describes in The Digital Pandemic.

Dr. Mack R. Hicks is a neuropsychologist who founded a not-for-profit center and 14 Center Academy schools, including the first school for dyslexics in England. Dr. Mack practiced as a licensed psychologist for over 30 years. Dr. Mack has recognized that the current steady diet of technology is altering the behavior of children, and believes the process is affecting our children’s brains.  Technology is altering the family and the face-to-face relationships needed for healthy developmental relationships with peers, and within the family. Mack urges everyone to reevaluate their technology use and consider the family first and how technology can best serve the family and not the other way around. Maybe it is time to disconnect and regroup.

How Much Is Too Much?

Children are being stimulated and not being motivated, which in the long run affects their goals and the future development of human relationships. According to Dr. Mack we need to take a look at our dependency on all things digital. We are becoming too dependent on our computers, smart phones, IM’s, and email messages, and losing the face-to-face relationships that afford us that human touch.

When, I mentioned the Sixth Sense project demonstrated at the “Ted” conference and the technology demonstrated, which is considered the beginnings of real time information, Dr. Mack, pointed out that even as great as the Sixth Sense was it couldn’t provide the warmth, the firmness, nor the touch of the human handshake. We must remember that technology needs to serve us and not consume us and our family relationships.

Dr. Mack pointed out that we need to focus on the family first and then add the technology, not as the focal point but, as a secondary tool to assist the family and our lifestyles. If we maintain our present course serving technology, we may run the chance of becoming more and more dependent, which may lead to obsessive behavior and even addiction.

Like, I indicated in the beginning, Bill and I have made every effort to communicate with our communities and help them to become aware of the hidden dangers children, families, and businesses face in the Digital Age. The same holds true of what Dr. Mack Hicks is communicating with all of us, and that is we need to recognize the hidden dangers of being plugged in to the digital “matrix”. It is an awareness Dr. Mack is communicating with all of us, and the potential long term affects that total blind indulgence in the digital machines may have on our children, families, businesses, and our society in the future.

A phrase I coined seems to apply here: “Does the future of the Internet (Digital Age) belong to our children or does the future of our children belong to the Internet (Digital Age)?”

Click here to watch an interesting TV interview with Dr. Mack R. Hicks.

david c ballard

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Many parents say that most of the social networking sites are menaces to a child’s well-being. But how did the parents come into this conclusion? Is there something in these websites that puts the child’s welfare in danger? What are those and how did it come to occur?

Today, almost 95% of the total populations of kids in America, which are about 5-8 years, are already hooked with the internet. According to studies, they spend more than 3 hours a night sitting on a computer chair while updating their Facebook or MySpace accounts, chatting and keeping their friends posted with their status. This routine actually bothers their parents and guardians a lot. Parents say that instead of their kids reading and studying for their exams the following day, these kids simply tell their parents, “We are researching because our teacher told us that the internet has enough reference that we may use.” And so parents often say, “Okay. Do well in your exam!” Sometimes, parents have this kind of impression which is not actually good because they tend to tolerate their children instead of education them. But who knows if they are actually telling the truth?

Everyone knows that the internet is not actually a safe place for young children for the reason that there are ruthless people found in the web that makes these innocent children suffer. Unfortunately, pedophiles – adults who want to meet young people for sex – use the free service of the internet, habitually with the intention of talking with and come to get a child and later abuse them. These kind of people are usually attacking kids because they believe that children wants some “adventure” and they are just up for everything since their parents aren’t watching closely to their every move.

Protect your Children… When You Are not there!

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Yes, chatting online could be fun and they can be well-connected with their friends and relatives who live in the opposite sides of the world however there are risks that comes along with this pleasure and that what parents should educate their children. Parents should focus on the things that could harm their kids, let these young children learn and limit their freedom because once they become a victim of this ruthless people, they can be traumatized and be abused like for the rest of their lives. There’s actually nothing wrong with the usage of the internet primarily because it’s a good source for learning and interaction, however it should be used properly and of course, with proper guidance from the elders.

Your CyberHood Watch Partner

Bill Wardell

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The best car seats for you and your baby are the ones that fit your lifestyle and budget. All car seats sold in the US have passed crash tests for safety. How safe a car seat is for your child depends on a few factors, such as the size, height and weight of your child. Also there are difference between a rear facing seat and a forward facing seat. The rear facing seats are considered safer, but can only be used up to a maximum height/weight depending on manufacturing specifications. Finding the best car seats can be simple once you decide which category your child falls in.

There are the baby seats or infant carriers that are rear facing and can hold newborn babies from 5lbs to 22lbs, and heights up to 29 inches. The best car seats have a 5-point harness system, which is considered safer than an overhead shield. Some infant car seats have bases to allow easy access. They should be set at no more than 45 degrees to provide head and neck support. Once you find the best car seats make sure you do not place them in a seat containing airbags. Your child must remain in a rear-facing seat until he is over 20lbs and over a year old. If your child is over the weight limit before he is 1 year old, you should place him in a larger rear-facing seat.

Convertible car seat are often considered the best car seats by being the most economical, because they can last many years by converting into a forward facing and even turning into a booster seat as your child grows. They usually hold your child rear facing up to 35lbs and some manufactures go higher. There typically is a large selection of convertible seats to match your style preferences. But again for safety the best car seats are left rear facing until the child outgrows the weight limit or the top of is his head is with in an inch of the top of the car seat.

After your child out grows his rear-facing seat they need to move up to a booster seat. Because seat belts were made to safely restrain adults a booster seat is needed to boost your child to the appropriate height where the seat belt is properly positioned. There are two types of boosters a high back and no back. Studies have shown the best car seat boosters are the ones with the high backs because they offer better protection in side impact. The time when a child is ready to sit without a booster is not age or weight specific but more when he can sit in the seat and the seat belt fits properly. This is all depends on the size of the child and the design of the vehicle.

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