Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Harlan Coben on Teen Safety

It's not often that a popular fiction book, a thriller, deals with the thorny issue of parental responsibilities during their charges' teenage years. Harlan Coben, a New York Times bestselling author, has recently produced two such novels: Hold Tight and Caught.

Hold Tight delves into the delicate dilemma of "should you spy on your teen's Internet activities". Caught asks whether it's OK for teens to consume alcohol at home when it's against the law: if your child will go out and drink anyway, is it better for a parent to provide a safe haven of a beer keg at home.

Creative Learning doesn't have the answers to those questions, that's something every parent has to decide for themselves, having the full knowledge of their child.

What Creative Learning can do, however, is supplement your knowledge. Is your child likely to sneak out at night and go to a party, then accept a drive home from somebody who'd been drinking?

If their Learning Style has preferences in these areas:
  • learning with peers
  • noise
  • kinesthetic input
  • intake
  • external motivation
  • evening
as well as a non-preference in the following areas:
  • responsibility
  • conformity
  • routine
chances are, they may be a little more unruly than is safe for them.

What is your teen's Learning Style. Find out today.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

A fabulous review of "Witch Hunts on the Internet"


Check out this review of Yvonne Walus' novella, "Witch Hunts on the Internet": http://lkhunsaker.blogspot.com/2009/03/book-review-witch-hunts-on-internet.html.

"... Witch Hunts is an eerily realistic novella that made me think I was reading an actual journal entry of a scary moment in a mother's life. When she discovers her 13 year old daughter engaged in online chats with a man claiming to be 16, she does research. With her police background, she does very thorough research, to find her suspicions were right and the 16 year old is actually 40. ..."

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Review of "Witch Hunts on the Internet"

Review: "Your story had an impact on me. Wow. It really really hit me hard." --N, a mom

"Witch Hunts on the Internet" - now available from http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook77234.htm.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

EXCERPT: "Witch Hunts on the Internet"

Week 1
This is a transcript of a chat I found on my daughter's computer. Well, not the whole transcript, which was full of stuff like 'random' and 'weird' and 'whatever'. What follows is only the salient bit.
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Tom16: Need to tell u something important. A secret.
Alicia15: Ok ... :-)
Tom16: Not sure if I can trust u.
Alicia15: Why not?
Tom16: Lots of people online aren't who they say they r. If I hear ur voice, I'll know u r not a middle-aged perv posing as one of us.
Alicia15: Makes sense.
Tom16: So. Do u have a mobile?
Alicia15: Yeah. But no.
Tom16: A webcam?
Alicia15: Forget it!
Tom16: Just kidding. How about photos then?
Alicia15: Plural? That's greedy!!! LOL
Tom16: Anybody can have 1 pic of a 15yo girl. If u have 5, u may be for real.
Alicia15: Dunno. I'm not cool with sending my photos.
Tom16: Come on. It's not like giving ur home address or the gold, u know?


BUY: http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook77234.htm

How far would you go to protect your teen?

  • A teenage chat room
  • Your daughter
  • A 40-year old man posing as a 16-year old
  • A porn ring

How far would you go to protect your teen?

Read "Witch Hunts on the Internet" - now available from http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook77234.htm.