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HELP PROTECT OUR KIDS
E-mail:joannetromano@yahoo.com
Welcome to my information page for
parents and grandparents as well as kids
Please visit the links on this page to see how you can help prevent child abuse, abductions,domestic violence and drug abuse. On this site you will find links to very important websites that you can access when you need answers to your questions. This site is updated regularly so if you have a link you would like to see here please e-mail me and I will look at it and make sure it is a safe environment for all before I add it to this site. Please feel free to sign my guest book and leave your comments.
http://www.registeredoffenderslist.org/
Did You Know?
Over 2,000 children are sreported missing each day.
Girls have a 1 in 3 chance of being molested by a sex offender
Boys have a 1 in 6 chance of being molested by a sex offender
**Source: The National Center for Victims of Crime
Protect your children by identifying registered
sex offenders in your area.
Identified Sex Offenders In Your Area
Search Initiated Date: 4/7/2007 Time: 9:42 A.M.
Search Location ZIP Code: 06850-06855 City: NORWALK, , State: CT
16 registered sex offenders are located in your immediate area.http://www.safefromharmvideo.com/
Learn how you can protect your children from Sexual Offenders, get FREE copy of the Safe from Harm DVD. Make yourself aware of the dangers that exist and how to teach your children to protect themselves. Get your free copy of this life saving video today. It only costs you for shipping. Isn't your child worth it?
http://www.mcgruff.org/advice/Gangs and Your Child
About Gangs. A gang is a group of (usually young) people who claim some territory (called turf) and use it to make money. Gangs make money through illegal activities such as drug trafficking and extortion.
Gangs recruit most heavily in public schools. They may recruit children as young as nine, knowing that the judicial system is more lenient on younger children and that, thus, younger members can be sacrificed on riskier jobs for the gang.
Gangs tend to mark their members and their territories. Gang members will wear certain colors, symbols, or tattoos to show their affiliations. Gangs will also mark and destroy property to claim it and to show boundaries to other gangs. When a person wearing the signs of one gang enters the territory of another, bloodshed is not uncommon.
Why Youth Join Gangs
The social and economic environments of many neighborhoods
lure young people into gangs.
Young people will join to feel accepted.
Gangs can provide a surrogate family to youth who may
feel that they lack a home.
They also join when they feel unsafe; gangs offer a sense of protection to their members. Similarly, gangs will intimidate
young people into joining, making them feel unsafe unless they join.
Finally, youth who feel that their economic futures are bleak will join gangs for money. Gangs are often seen as money makers—they deal in the highly profitable drug trade, which is often accompanied by violence.
What You Can Do
You can reduce the risk that your child will join a gang. Teaching children about the risks of gang membership—especially the violence—is essential. Also be sure to emphasize the fact that the supposed upsides are false; most gang members do not make more than the minimum wage, and gang members are at greater risk of violence, not less. Also be sure that your child is involved in positive activities, such as the Boy and Girl Scouts, sports programs, or hobby clubs. By providing information and care, you can greatly reduce the risk that your child will join a gang.
https://childsafenetwork.org/
*Membership in the ChildSafe Network entitles members to instant access to an enormously powerful web-based application which enables the members to access the most current database of registered sex offenders from the states that participate in online sex offender registration.
What is Jessica's Law? Named in memory of Jessica Lunsford, who was abducted and sexually assaulted before being brutally murdered, "Jessica's Law" refers to the Jessica Lunsford Act passed in Florida which mandates a minimum sentence of 25 years and a maximum of life in prison for first-time child sex offenders. This is literally a life-and-death battle to save our youngest and most vulnerable citizens from abuse, torture, and murder. I hope you'll do your part.
Contact your governor and elected officials and help make
Jessica's Law a reality.
Are you, or someone you know, being abused?
Domestic violence isn’t just physical. It can include emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and the destruction of property. DVCC is committed to creating an environment in which all people in the community are safe from the threat of violence in their personal relationships. We help individuals and families free themselves from emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Our goal is to prevent and break the cycle of domestic violence through counseling,advocacy, safe housing, education and public awareness.
{In Norwalk CT}-24 Hour Hotline 1-888-774-2900 Toll Free
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Parenting
NEW YORK REGION / NEW YORK/REGION SPECIAL | June 10, 2007
Parenting: For the Children, a Mother Revisits Her Sorrow
By MICHAEL WINERIP
Ginger Katz talks to middle schoolers in Little Falls, N.J., about her son, Ian, who died in 1996 of a heroin overdose at age 20.
Presenting middle schoolers with a family album of a son
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/10Rparenting.html?ex=1182139200&en=4f4e05a803a7d64d&ei=5070&emc=eta1
Too many lives which held so much promise have been lost to drugs. Too many families and friends have suffered these losses, and our world is less rich because the flame of talent was extinguished long before its promise burned bright. Please visit:Ginger Katz*President and Founder
The Courage to Speak Foundation, Inc. http://www.couragetospeak.org/
We are dedicated to.............
"Saving Lives by Empowering Youth to be Drug Free"
1-877-431-3295 Visit our Website www.couragetospeak.org
"I don't say I wish I'd done this or that differently. What I say is that I did the best that I could with the knowledge that I had at the time. I tell people when they ask that I didn't cause it, couldn't control it and couldn't cure it."
I wasn't completely unaware. I had him drug tested in high school. How many moms would do that? But Ian was very good at fooling us. And I wanted to believe. That's how denial works.
Available Now
Our New Book Sunny's Story Written By Ginger Katz and Marci Alborghetti
Here is a story for children, teenagers, parents, grandparents and teachers. It tells of joyful times and sad times and how a best friend was needlessly lost. It is narrated through the eyes of Sunny, the family beagle, and the ups and downs of his life with his young master, beginning with their meeting at an animal shelter.
Click * http://www.couragetospeak.org/sunnysstory.htm
to order the book.
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I went to a party,
And remembered what you said.
You told me not to drink, Mom,
so I had a sprite instead.
I felt proud of myself,
The way you said I would,
that I didn't drink and drive,
though some friends said I should.
I made a healthy choice,
And your advice to me was right.
The party finally ended,
and the kids drove out of sight.
I got into my car,
Sure to get home in one piece.
I never knew what was coming, Mom,
something I expected least.
Now I'm lying on the pavement,
And I hear the policeman say,
the kid that caused this wreck was drunk,
Mom, his voice seems far away.
My own blood's all around me,
As I try hard not to cry.
I can hear the paramedic say,
this girl is going to die.
I'm sure the guy had no idea,
While he was flying high.
Because he chose to drink and drive,
now I would have to die.
So why do people do it, Mom
Knowing that it ruins lives?
And now the pain is cutting me,
like a hundred stabbing knives.
Tell sister not to be afraid, Mom
Tell daddy to be brave.
And when I go to heaven,
put " Mommy's Girl" on my grave.
Someone should have taught him,
That it's wrong to drink and drive.
Maybe if his parents had,
I'd still be alive.
My breath is getting shorter,
Mom I'm getting really scared
These are my final moments,
and I'm so unprepared.
I wish that you could hold me Mom,
As I lie here and die.
I wish that I could say, "I love you, Mom!"
So I love you and good-bye.
Children are abused every day....it's not all physical
THE TEDDY BEAR
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Teddy, I've been bad again,
My Mommy told me so; I'm not quite sure what I did wrong,
But I thought that you might know. When I woke up this morning,
I knew that she was mad; cause she was crying awful hard,
And yelling at my dad.I tried my best to be real good,
And do just what she said;I cleaned my room all by myself,
I even made my bed
But I spilled milk on my good shirt,when she yelled at me to hurry;
And I guess she didn't hear me, when I told her I was sorry.
Cause she hit me awful hard, you see,and called me funny names;
and told me I was really bad, and I should be ashamed!.
When I said, "I love you, Mommy,"
I guess she didn't understand; cause she yelled at me to shut my mouth
Or I'd get smacked again. So I came up here to talk to you,
Please tell me what to do; Cause I really love my Mommy,
And I know she loves me, too. I don't think my Mommy means,
To hit me quite so hard; I guess sometimes, grown-ups forget
How really big they are!
So Teddy, I wish you were real,
And you weren't just a bear; Then you could help me find a way
To tell Mommies everywhere.
To please try hard to understand.
How sad it makes us feel; cause the outside pain soon goes away,
but the inside never heals!
if we could make them listen,
maybe then they'd understand; so other children just like me,
Wouldn't have to hurt again.
But for now, I guess I'll hold you tight,And pretend the pain's not there;
I know you'd never hurt me,
So Goodnight,My Teddy Bear!
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by: ~Cindy Pike Dunning ~
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Nearly 80% of all abducted children in the U.S.
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