When your child gives your parenting a failing grade: The power of vulnerable parenting

STF AdminChildren, Healthy Sexuality, Home Safety

“How would you rate my parenting on sensitive subjects?” Who amongst us would have the guts to ask such a question? We have enough fears about our we are doing as parents without having our kids confirm them! Marilyn Evans however, needed to know. And when her son gave her a failing grade she was brave enough to make changes. She … Read More

A home safety plan for those who don’t want it

STF AdminChildren, Community, Home Safety

By Josh Gilman:  “How do I protect my home, when not everyone at home wants to be protected?” This is one of the more frequent questions we receive and comes mostly from parents with older teens or adult children living at home. Sometimes it comes from wives or husbands whose spouse isn’t interested in establishing online protections. The last scenario … Read More

Talk Today, Safer Tomorrow

Josh GilmanChildren, Home Safety, Resources

Talking to your kids about pornography can be tricky and intimidating. As a parent, the idea that you might say the wrong thing makes many of us scared to say anything. But as the saying goes “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”  Just starting the conversation, no matter how much you initially fumble it or feel … Read More

Spyware, Porn & Protecting Young Hearts, Eyes & Minds.

Josh GilmanAwareness, Children, Freedom, Home Safety

By Josh Gilman: Recently the “WannaCry” ransomware virus began spread around the world, rapidly holding hostage hundreds of thousands of computers unless their user paid hundreds of dollars to the hackers behind it’s spread. Lives were even put in danger as some medical facilities around the world were held hostage as the computers that they need to keep people alive were … Read More

Resource Review: Protect Young Eyes

STF AdminChildren, Home Safety, Resources

We don’t normally review an entire website, but Protect Young Eyes is not so much a website as a tool. Founded by Chris McKenna, educational resource manager for Covenant Eyes, Protect Young Eyes is an incredibly comprehensive website with reports on virtually all the popular apps and devices your kids (and yourself) are using. Why You Should Be Using Protect Young … Read More

4 Strengths Predators Exploit in Strong Families

STF AdminAwareness, Children, Home Safety

By Daniel Gilman: Every strength has a flipside which can be a weakness. If unchecked it can be used by predators to manipulate our children. Here are four strengths that can become weaknesses in strong families. Forgiveness vs. Trust Forgiveness means letting go of toxic bitterness against someone. Forgiveness does not mean that we excuse that person or develop trust … Read More

Good news in Canada, and what it means for you.

STF AdminAwareness, Children, Community, Culture, Healthy Sexuality, Home Safety, Rape Culture, Women

Yesterday there was some good news in Canada as members from all political parties in Canada rose to speak in favour of studying the effects of pornography. The official wording of the political motion put forward by Arnold Viersen an MP from Alberta states. “That the Standing Committee on Health be instructed to examine the public health effects of the … Read More

Virtual Reality Porn – Coming Soon To A Developing Mind Near You

David HilderChildren, Home Safety

Virtual Reality

By David Hilder Anyone who reads any study on the affect porn is having on the boys & girls, women & men of our society knows the harm it causes. Online pornography has nearly completely pornified our entire culture. Unfortunately, we may not even be close to seeing the worst of it. As technology develops, the hold pornography has on society unfortunately only … Read More