Comments on: Texting and Teens: What are the Dangers? http://www.bloggernews.net/123911 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sun, 27 May 2012 19:05:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Angie Day Care Reno http://www.bloggernews.net/123911#comment-1821836 Angie Day Care Reno Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:29:36 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/123911#comment-1821836 The intention is great but it's a feat. They may have to deal with lots of complaints about false alarms. I guess the best way to protect our kids is through education and discipline. Make them smarter, teach them how to detect predators, show them the dangers of texting while driving through pictures (lots of them), and they'll be fine. The intention is great but it’s a feat. They may have to deal with lots of complaints about false alarms. I guess the best way to protect our kids is through education and discipline. Make them smarter, teach them how to detect predators, show them the dangers of texting while driving through pictures (lots of them), and they’ll be fine.

]]> By: Steve Hess | Injury Lawyer http://www.bloggernews.net/123911#comment-1788535 Steve Hess | Injury Lawyer Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:51:27 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/123911#comment-1788535 Talking on the phone while driving is bad enough because it takes your concentration off of the road but texting is the worst because you take your eyes of the road. A great recipe for disaster! I agree with regulating texting while driving but I don't see how mywebsafety is gonna predict danger without literally reading the messages word by word and invading privacy in the process. They can probably look for some keywords but then again kids play around when texting. Loverbirds could send intimate messages to each other which could be confused for harassment. The theory is great. I'd love for it to work but I think there will be a lot of false alarms. I think I have to try it to believe it :) Talking on the phone while driving is bad enough because it takes your concentration off of the road but texting is the worst because you take your eyes of the road. A great recipe for disaster!

I agree with regulating texting while driving but I don’t see how mywebsafety is gonna predict danger without literally reading the messages word by word and invading privacy in the process. They can probably look for some keywords but then again kids play around when texting. Loverbirds could send intimate messages to each other which could be confused for harassment.

The theory is great. I’d love for it to work but I think there will be a lot of false alarms. I think I have to try it to believe it :)

]]> By: Cody Moore http://www.bloggernews.net/123911#comment-1521352 Cody Moore Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:30:10 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/123911#comment-1521352 This is exactly why our nonprofit has developed a nationwide program which aims at reducing the impact of such teen texting/e-issues. You may find the program’s website at www.myttext.com . It’s a unique program that no other nonprofit in the nation is doing right now (that we can find!). Our TText program delivers a positive daily text message for teens straight to their cell phones. The daily messages range in content from teen-related humor, to news, to positive-outcome messages designed to inform teens about risky behavioral choices (e.g. drug and alcohol use, safety issues like texting while driving, teen sex, etc.). The point is to build a virtual relationship with the teens through the daily content and then to sprinkle in like salt the healthy messages. We also have the capability to conduct surveys with the teens directly. For instance we can text them on Monday morning and ask them, “How many of your friends took a drink of alcohol this weekend?” and thus receive live behavioral data straight from the teens themselves. Parents can sign their teens up for the program for only $5/month on the website. Anyway, just trying to get the word out about this! If you have an e-mail list or a website where you can share about this, please let me know. Would love to give you more info. about it, if you are interested. Thanks for all you do, Cody Moore Executive Director The Tree House Center for Youth, Inc. 1505 Chipeta Ave. Grand Junction, CO 81501 www.TreeHouseGj.org 970-241-8001 (o) 970-241-8016 (f) This is exactly why our nonprofit has developed a nationwide program which aims at reducing the impact of such teen texting/e-issues. You may find the program’s website at http://www.myttext.com . It’s a unique program that no other nonprofit in the nation is doing right now (that we can find!).

Our TText program delivers a positive daily text message for teens straight to their cell phones. The daily messages range in content from teen-related humor, to news, to positive-outcome messages designed to inform teens about risky behavioral choices (e.g. drug and alcohol use, safety issues like texting while driving, teen sex, etc.). The point is to build a virtual relationship with the teens through the daily content and then to sprinkle in like salt the healthy messages. We also have the capability to conduct surveys with the teens directly. For instance we can text them on Monday morning and ask them, “How many of your friends took a drink of alcohol this weekend?” and thus receive live behavioral data straight from the teens themselves. Parents can sign their teens up for the program for only $5/month on the website.

Anyway, just trying to get the word out about this! If you have an e-mail list or a website where you can share about this, please let me know. Would love to give you more info. about it, if you are interested.

Thanks for all you do,

Cody Moore
Executive Director
The Tree House Center for Youth, Inc.
1505 Chipeta Ave.
Grand Junction, CO 81501
http://www.TreeHouseGj.org
970-241-8001 (o)
970-241-8016 (f)

]]> By: cheska crawford http://www.bloggernews.net/123911#comment-1520426 cheska crawford Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:33:07 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/123911#comment-1520426 This is a good article. I absolutely agree that using cellular phones while driving is dangerous. Teens should take this warning seriously. This is a good article. I absolutely agree that using cellular phones while driving is dangerous. Teens should take this warning seriously.

]]> By: JB http://www.bloggernews.net/123911#comment-1518068 JB Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:46:48 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/123911#comment-1518068 Williams Staubs? Is that THE William Staubs? Williams Staubs? Is that THE William Staubs?

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