Blog Entries by Kevin Outland

Most of us know what secondhand smoke is. It's tobacco smoke that is inhaled involuntarily by someone who is not smoking. We’ve heard about its dangers. It causes close to 50,000 deaths a year. It irritates the eyes, nose and throat. It can lead to coughing, excessive phlegm and chest discomfort. And secondhand smoke especially hurts children....

Who would have thought we’d have to worry about our kids taking nude pictures of themselves and sending them to their friends. Well “Sexting”, sending nude pictures via text messaging or the Internet, is here and we do need to worry about it. Why? Because according to a recent study by the “National Campaign to Prevent Teen & Unplanned...

I had an interesting start to my New Year. I was at my office opening a package with the brand new Swiss Army knife I got for Christmas. The very sharp knife slipped and jabbed into the top of my index finger. I think it would have kept going if it did hit bone. Funny thing was it didn’t really hurt. It was shocking to look at but it wasn’t...

Have you ever gotten a crummy Christmas gift? As soon as you opened it you knew it was a dud. But you couldn’t just say out loud, “What kind of a crummy gift is this?”. So you put on your best smile and said, “Oh, you shouldn’t have.” And you really meant it. Now the person that got you the gift probably didn’t mean to get you something crummy....

I bet you never thought of giving your kids Porn for Christmas. I’m pretty sure you’re not planning on putting the latest Porn DVD’s in your kids stocking or wrapping up a 1-year subscription to Hustler and putting that under the Christmas tree. But you still may be getting your kids porn for Christmas.

Sometimes we don’t think or don’t...

Having talked to parents about Internet dangers for many years it seems that they keep a closer eye on what their boys are doing online, especially when it comes to porn, than they do their girls. I guess it’s understandable. Most people think porn is something that their boys would get into, but not their girls. Well the numbers tell a...

What do the following news headlines have in common?

     • Woman arrested for "broadcasting pornography"

     • Local Substitute Teacher Charged With Child Pornography

     • Former Blues official reaches plea deal in porn case

     • Jail time for youth counselor who had child porn

     • Former Blues official reaches plea deal in porn case

The...

Cyber-Bulling is an ever-increasing problem for kids and it’s having devastating consequences like suicide and self-harm. Yale University researchers, after reviewing studies done in 13 countries, found that victims of bullying were 2 to 9 times more likely to report suicidal thoughts than other children. Some parents think cyber-bulling...

This summer I learned how to fly fish. I’d fished the way most people fish all my life. Put a worm on the hook, toss the line in the lake and wait for a nibble. Fly fishing couldn’t be more different from that. Your rod and reel are different, the way you cast is different and there are no worms. You don’t sit in a boat or stand on a...

One of the recurring themes I hear over and over as I talk with parents who have attended my seminars is “I was so naïve”.  What they’re referring to is their naiveté (a little French lingo) on how easy it is for their kids to access porn on the Internet.  Parents often think that porn is locked away somewhere on the web, and you need a...