XXXChurch: Parents - Resources
Books
Dirty Little Secret by Craig Gross
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Questions You Can't Ask Your Mama by Craig Gross
Rare Girl by Renee Crosse - Plain talk to lead your tweens and teens in a world that screams "Go Wild!"
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X3 Church Recovery Workbook for Young Men by Richard Blankenship, M.Ed.
X3 Church Recovery Workbook for Young Women by Heath B. Wise
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The Game Plan by Joe Dallas
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Every Young Man’s Battle by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker
Myspace Unraveled by Larry Magid and Anne Collier
Online Counseling
» www.X3pure.com: If you are struggling with pornography or sexual addictions, the X3pure workshop is perfect for you. Private, online and effective, the X3pure program can help you end the downward spiral of shame and alienation. Begin your recovery right now.
Software
» www.X3watch.com: X3watch is an accountability software program that helps with online integrity. Whenever you access a website that contains inappropriate or pornographic material, the program will record the website, time, and date the site was visited. A person of your choice (an accountability partner) will receive an email containing a list of all the inappropriate sites you have visited that week.
Groups
» www.X3groups.com: Accountability with real, live groups. Until now, we have always aimed to start accountability conversations and relationships, but we have never seen a model before that we could sustain without being there in person.
» Celebrate Recovery: Lives are changing! Over 700,000 people have gone through the Celebrate Recovery program in more than 17,000 churches worldwide. Celebrate Recovery is a program designed to help those struggling with hurts, hang-ups, and habits by showing them the loving power of Jesus Christ through the recovery process.
» Sexaholics Anonymous: Sexaholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover.
» Sex Addicts Anonymous: As a fellowship of recovering addicts, Sex Addicts Anonymous offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from sex addiction.
» www.dirtygirlsministries.com: Dirty Girls Ministries (DGM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ministry providing women with help, hope, and healing from pornography and sexual addiction.
» www.purelifeministries.org: Fully committed to bringing the hope, healing, and restoration found only in Christ to those who have been touched by the leprosy of sexual sin.
» www.genesiscounseling.org: Reclaiming Godly Sexuality. We believe all people were created to experience intimacy with God and others, unhindered by destructive or immoral behaviors.
Websites
» ConnectSafely.com: ConnectSafely is for parents, teens, educators, advocates--everyone engaged in and interested in the impact of the social web. ConnectSafely also has all kinds of social-media safety tips for teens and parents, the latest youth-tech news, and many other resources. ConnectSafely.org is a project of Tech Parenting Group, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
» www.thinkuknow.com: Filled with age-based advice for kids, teens, parents, mentors, and teachers about ways to stay safe online, on social networking sites, and mobile devices, this educational initiative by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center is a great resource for tackling the sexual abuse of children and for addressing online safety.
» www.safefamilies.org: Includes online safety workshops for parents, guidelines for social networking, and sample family safety pledges, along with anti-porn toolkits and other resources addressing sex addiction and recovery.
» www.wiredsafety.org: A US charity operating to provide one-to-one help, extensive information, and education to cyberspace users of all ages on a myriad of internet and interactive technology safety, privacy, and security issues.
» www.familyfirst.net: Organization focused on strengthening the family by establishing the family as a top priority in people’s lives and by promoting principles for building marriages and supporting raising children.
» www.internetsafety101.org: Enough Is Enough’s award-winning educational website, DVD teaching series, and workbooks educate, equip and empower parents and other caring adults with the knowledge and resources to protect kids from online pornography, sexual predators, cyberbullies, and other online dangers.
» www.theporntalk.com: A resource made up of family life experts, professional counselors, pastors, parents, and teens, dedicated to helping parents address the issue of pornography and internet dangers. Their goal is to help support parents as they communicate with their kids specifically about pornography.
» www.cp80.org: CP80 educates policy makers, parents, and the media about the harmful impact of pornography on children, families, and society.
» www.netfamilynews.org: NetFamilyNews serves as a “community newspaper” about all issues regarding digital citizenship and online safety. NetFamilyNews is based on the premise that informed, engaged parenting is essential to kids’ constructive use of technology. They include a newsletter, daily blog, and newsfeed.
» www.ikeepsafe.com: A coalition of policy leaders, law enforcement leaders, and technology experts that tracks global trends and issues surrounding technology and its impact on children. Ikeepsafe also has resources online for parents, educators, and communities about preventing online abuse.
» www.webwisekids.org: Web Wise Kids provides unique and effective resources to equip young people to safely use and enjoy the latest technologies. Their programs prepare kids to be their own first lines of defense so they can confidently explore the best that the internet has to offer.
» www.facebookforparents.org: To help kids reach their potential, parents today must know about Facebook. That’s the purpose of this site.
Online Abuse Reporting and Information
» www.cybertipline.com: The Cyber Tipline: The mission of the organization is to serve as the nation’s resource on the issues of missing and sexually exploited children. The organization provides information and resources to law enforcement, parents, and children including child victims as well as other professionals. To report child abuse or child pornography, or if you think your child is being targeted by an online predator, contact them and your local authorities immediately.
» www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com: Virtual Global Task Force seeks to build an effective, international partnership of law enforcement angencies, non-government organizations and industry to help protect children from online abuse. VGT seeks to make the internet a safer place, to identify, locate, and help children at risk and to hold perpetrators to account for their actions.
» www.stopcyberbullying.org: StopCyberbullying program is designed to motivate schools, students, and their parents to do something, not just stand there while others are hurt. It gives them the tools and information they need to create their own grassroots campaigns and address cyberbullying and hate online wherever they find it.
» www.makeadifferenceforkids.org: Make a Difference for Kids, Inc. is non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization promoting awareness and prevention of cyberbullying and suicide through education.
Articles
PDF Download » Connect Safely: A Parent's Guide to Facebook
US News and World Reports - Myspace and Social Networking » www.usnews.com
USA Today » Keeping Internet Predators at Bay
About.com » What is P2P file sharing (music downloading)
VanessaVanPetten.com - Top 10 Tips for helping Your Kids Avoid Online Porn
ProtectKids.com » Harms of Porn and Resources
Internet-Filter-Review.com » Why file sharing is dangerous
Internet-Filter-Review.com » Tricks Pornographers Play
Troubledwith.com » I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Medical News Today » 1 In 3 Boys Heavy Porn Users, Study Shows
MedicineNet.com » Internet Porn Reaches Most Teens
WebMD » Youths' Porn Exposure Mostly Unwanted; Blocking Not 100% Effective
Psysch Central » Teenage Access to Porn
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