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Child safety: here's a collection of all of our articles filed under child safety

Category: Columnists
The Parental is Political
Children and online safety.
By Julie Marsh
With all the focus on the social networking site Facebook lately -- in terms of their deletion of breastfeeding photos, tacit approval of pro-ana groups (and other truly objectionable content), and their inaction regarding multiple instances of sexual...read more
Category: Humor
Stick a Fork in It
Ten technological marvels that help me ignore my kids.
By Brandy Stoner
A Danish company has developed the EdisonSalvo socket, an electrical socket that will probably not fry children who stick forks in outlets. (It’s shock-resistant, not shock-proof!) I and my siblings had hours of fun sticking objects in...read more
Category: Parenting
Cyber Warriors
A new breed of superheroes battle online child predators.
Like watching a presentation of what goes on in a slaughterhouse while eating a steak dinner, sometimes it’s better to live in ignorant bliss. After all, if we spent our entire day dwelling on all the cruelty and injustice in the world, most of...read more
Category: Parenting
The Predator's Web
Child predators find safe haven and support online.
Most parents certainly have an awareness of the threats of children being online, where they can easily fall victim of their own naiveté. We may even feel fully informed of the dangers that lurk within the bandwidth, as shows like “To Catch...read more
Category: Parenting
Chris Hansen
The famous face of the To Catch a Predator series talks about his motivation, his new book, and the most disturbing thing he's witnessed during production.
Chris Hansen is the correspondent for the Dateline NBC show, To Catch a Predator, which has become so popular it's even spawned a number of parodies.  Now the author of a book on internet safety by the same name, he's become the famous face of the...read more

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