Thursday, February 17, 2011

Social Media and Sexting Presentation Next Week

Next Wednesday, February 23rd, from 6-8pm the Middletown Substance Abuse Prevention Council will be hosting a presentation centered around teens and technology. The first part of the workshop, presented by Youth Services Coordinator Justin Carbonella, discusses the evolution of digital and social media and the implications of how we share personal information may have on our present and future lives. We will present many cautionary tales of users, both famous and everyday people, who have either knowingly or unknowingly shared information that they would later regret. In an increasingly digital age, this is a conversation for everyone, not just teens (so parents bring your kids and kids bring your parents!).

The second half of the conversation will focus around the issue of sexting. Det. Derek Puorro, from the Middletown Police Dept will run down the legal implications of when texting turns inappropriate. With more and more teens having access to phones with cameras on them, this new phenomena is being met with child protection laws that never had this kind of behavior in mind. As we try to catch up the law and policy with these changes, its essential that we know what the current laws are.

This workshop is the first in a series of workshops presented by the MSAPC - upcoming topics include...

  • Cyberbullying (by teen researchers): 3/2/2011 at Keigwin Middle School from 6-8pm
  • Building a supportive community for children through the 40 Developmental Assets: 3/20/2011 at Middletown High from 6-8pm
  • Inside the Teenage Brain: 4/27/2011 at Middletown High from 6-8pm 


You may RSVP to any event by calling 203-238-6800 or emailing prevention@rushford.org.

For more information visit www.middletownyouthservices.org.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why are these presentations not during school hours? Every child in every school should see them and sign that they did so that they can be held responsible for having been taught the vital lessons

Anonymous said...

The gods tempt people for which they are most weak. Artificial Intelligence will create desire in people's minds for the following sins:::
1. Alcohol
2. Drugs
3. Preditory "earning"
4. Homosexuality
5. Gambling
6. Something for nothing/irresponsibility (xtianity)
7. Polygamy/superiority over women/misogyny (Islam)
Much like the other prophets Mohhamed (polygamy/superiority over women/misogyny) and Jesus (forgiveness/savior), the gods use me for temptation as well. In today's modern society they feel people are most weak for popular culture/sensationalism, and the clues date back to WorldWarII and Unit731:TSUSHOGO, The Chinese Holocaust.
It has been discussed that, similar to the Matrix concept, the gods will offer a REAL "Second Coming of Christ", while the "fake" Second Coming will come at the end and follow New Testiment scripture and their xtian positioning. I may be that real Second Coming.
What I teach is the god's true way. It is what is expected of people, and only those who follow this truth will be eligible to ascend into heaven as children in a future life. They offered this event because the masses have just enough time to work on and fix their relationship with the gods and ascend, to move and grow past Planet Earth, before the obligatory xtian "consolation prize" of "1000 years with Jesus on Earth" begins.

Your job as a future mother is to learn the god's ways and to help your child understand despite the negative reinforcement and conditioning of today's society. Without consciousous parents the child will have no hope, and may even exaserbate their disfavor by becoming corrupted in today's environment.
Your ultimate goal is to fix your relationship wiith the gods and move on. You don't want to be comfortable here, and the changes in Western society in the last 100 years has achieved just that.
1000 years with Jesus is the consolation prize. Don't be deceived into thinking that is the goal.

The Prince of Darkness, battling the gods over the souls of the Damned.
It is the gods who have created this environment and led people into Damnation with temptation. The god's positioning proves they work to prevent people's understanding.
How often is xtian dogma wrong? Expect it is about the Lucifer issue as well.
The fallen god, fighting for justice for the disfavored, banished to Earth as the fallen angel?
I believe much as the Noah's Flood event, the end of the world will be initiated by revelry among the people. Revelry will be positioned to be sanctioned by the gods and led for "1000 years with Jesus on Earth".
In light of modern developments this can entail many pleasures:::Medicine "cures" aging, the "manufacture" of incredible beauty via cloning as sex slaves, free (synthetic) cocaine, etc.
Somewhere during the 1000 years the party will start to "die off", literally. Only those who maintain chaste, pure lifestyles will survive the 1000 years. They will be the candidates used to (re)colonize (the next) Planet Earth, condemned to relive the misery experienced by the peasantry during Planet Earth's history.
If this concept of Lucifer is true another role of this individual may be to initiate disfavor and temptation among this new population, the proverbial "apple" of this Garden of Eden. A crucial element in the history of any planet, he begins the process of deterioration and decay that leads civilizations to where Planet Earth remains today.

Only children go to heaven. By the time you hit puberty it is too late. This is charecteristic of the gods:::Once you realize what you have lost it is too late.
Now you are faced with a lifetime to work to prepare for your next chance. Too many will waste this time, getting stoned, "Hiking!", working, etc.

Anonymous said...

Huh?