Being a teen today is more difficult than ever before.  If your teen is dealing with a personal tragedy or trauma, they may experience feelings which are tough to express, and may not feel like they have an outlet for those feelings.

One increasingly common outlet that teens are using as a release of bad feelings is cutting. The experts at Kids Health say teens may feel that cutting gives them relief from strong feelings of anger, desperation, sadness or loneliness. Continue reading Helping Your Teen Cope With The Pain Of Cutting »

If you’re like us, you’ve been spending a lot of time out in the summer sun recently. You might be exercising, or just playing sports with friends for fun, but you need to be careful with how much you exert yourself and the amount of sun you and your family are taking in. Some examples of potentially serious heat injuries include heat exhaustion, and exertional heat stroke, which can result in death. In fact, almost 700 Americans die each year from heat-related injuries like dehydration and overheating. Continue reading Keeping Cool While Exercising In The Summer Sun »

While MySpace has stepped up security and rid the site of the profiles of some 29,000 registered sex offenders, parents are the first line of defense in their children’s online safety.

On July 22, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children will be hosting their 3rd annual Safety Summit with John Walsh and Lauren Nelson, 2007 Miss America, leading a discussion with tweens and teens about Internet safety and ways parents can help their kids  be safer online.

Parents need to get involved in their kid’s online activities despite the technology generation gap. The AMW Safety Center is your portal to the tips that can help you ensure that your kid is using the Internet safely and not becoming a target for online predators. Continue reading Your Kid’s Internet Safety Begins With You »

With the amount of time we are spending time online these days, it’s apparent that the web has become an important resource for our society. Whether shopping, keeping up with current events or staying in touch with friends and family, there are many benefits that you are getting from going online. It probably never occurred to you that you might be leaving something behind. Some sites may ask you for personal information to create an account, or to verify your identity, but according to the experts at the National Consumers League, your information may also be used by that site for marketing or other purposes. They may even be sharing your information with other sites. Your information might be freely available and accessible through a simple search done by anyone with an internet connection–including potential thieves and scammers. Continue reading Outsmart Scammers: Protecting Your Privacy Online »