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Did you know that almost HALF of
teenagers experience some
form of online harassment?

The Parent's Guide provides awareness, solutions and preventative resources to keep children safe and secure online.  

With defensive parenting and constant communication, parents can TEACH children about the potential dangers of social networking and EMPOWER them to protect themselves from online predators. Parents can GUARD their child’s personal information, PRESERVE their online reputation, and learn how to determine friends from "frenemies."

DEAR FELLOW PARENT,

The words you are about to read may save your child’s life.

The Parent’s Guide to Texting, Facebook, and Social Media was inspired by a personal and difficult situation that my teenage daughter went through.

A few years ago, my daughter, a straight A student, a student body officer, and a cheerleader with 50 best friends, ended up being targeted by a group of bullies.

At the time, I wasn’t aware of the gravity of her situation.  They were stalking her, harassing her, and they physically threatened her with thousands of text messages and Facebook posts.

When she came home from school, she would go to her room and close her door.  She stopped going out with her friends, and she didn’t want to attend ANY school functions. 

Had I know what was really happening on Facebook and in those text messages, I could have HELPED her.

And really, the problems that my daughter faced then have now become an epidemic. 

Let me give you a few statistics:
•Recent studies show that almost 50% of teenagers have been harassed online. 

•And that almost 40% of teens have admitted to sexting.

•And this one really floors me … 71% of our children receive messages from strangers online, and 30% of those children contemplate meeting those strangers face- to- face.  

At the time my daughter was being harassed there were ZERO solutions or tools to help me, or any parent, deal with and defend against these types of difficult situations.

That was two years ago. Since then I’ve interviewed thousands of teens and spoken to hundreds of parents about virtual harassment. These discussions lead me to write this book and create the One-Click Safety Kit and Companion Workbooks.

It’s my mission to help families everywhere understand the proactive measures that must be taken to minimize their children’s exposure to the hazards of growing up in a digital world.

My daughter survived her cyberbullying experience.
But 14 year old Megan Meier did not.

Megan’s death is one of a growing number of deaths of children who committed suicide after being bullied online. Megan’s mother, Tina, runs the Megan Meier Foundation in her name, and I’m donating all the royalties from todays sale of my book to her foundation.

This threat to our children is very serious, and growing daily. As a parent, or even friend of others who have children, it is YOUR responsibility to care for the safety of our children.

Through my daughter's experience,  I’ve also learned what parents can do to be proactive and prevent a one-click nightmare from occurring in their home, like:

  1. I found out that no matter how close you are to your child, most kids, even yours, won’t tell you if they are being bullied online, or if they are the one doing the bullying
  2. I learned how to empower our children by teaching them how to block unwanted text messages
  3. When it comes to social media, I learned the importance of constant and open communication
  4. I realized how mean and scary a social network can be, and how important it is to watch what’s happening on a regular basis
  5. I’ve discovered that the police take cyberbullying very seriously, and I should have obtained a restraining order against the three girls who were responsible for the ongoing physical threats
  6. My daughter taught me that when people say things over and over again about you, that eventually you start to believe what they are saying is true, even though it couldn’t be farther from the truth 
  7. I’ve learned that being threatened on a social network is like being singled out and placed on the world’s stage for everyone to watch and join in on the slander.  It’s damaging, and can have horrible repercussions…

The Parent’s Guide to Texting, Facebook, and Social Media is the first book of its kind.
My mission is to provide every parent with awareness, solutions, and preventative resources to keep their children safe and secure while they’re online. 

With defensive parenting and constant communication, you can teach your children about the potential dangers of social networking, empower them to protect themselves from online predators, guard their personal information, preserve their online reputation, and learn how to determine friends from “frenemies”. 

Knowledge is power!  If you are aware of what’s happening, you can get involved and avoid a one-click nightmare from occurring in your home.

Sincerely,

* All royalties from today's sales of this book will be donated to the Megan Meier Foundation to protect children from cyberbullying

To claim your free gifts, please click here.
If you prefer, you can forward your Amazon sales receipt to: gifts@theparentsguidebook.com You will automatically be entered in to the Grand Prize drawing of the $2,000 Anonymous text system from GuestAssist.

The Parent’s Guide gives you:

WHAT YOUR TEENAGER MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT THE INTERNET:

  1. Nothing that is said or done online is private
  2. What’s posted on the Internet stays on the Internet forever
  3. Videos and pictures often cannot be deleted once they are posted
  4. School admissions officers, coaches, friends, and potential employers are using Facebook as a part of their background checking process
  5. That your online reputation is worth protecting

WHAT YOUR TEENAGER MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CELL PHONES:

  1. When a message is sent by text, even if it is private, it can be forwarded to anyone
  2. Private photos, often meant for one person to see, can be forwarded and re-posted
  3. Conversations by text message can be used as evidence by police
  4. According to the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety, texting while driving increases the risk of an accident by 50%
  5. 30 percent of teens use their cell phones to say insulting things to others
    Some teens exceed 10,000 texts a month

In this book you will learn the ropes of how to protect your child from sexting, online predators, cyberbullies, sextortion and slander.

You will be given guidelines about how to set up consequences for your teen if the rules of safety get broken.

You will learn the ten signs of cyberbullying that you as a parent can spot even if your child hasn’t spoken up about a situation.

You will know how to stop cyberbullying and protect your child from feelings of shame and humiliation that lead to suicide

You will also learn what to do if it is YOUR child bullying others

This is the most important
parenting book you may ever read.
Click below to order your copy right now!

* All royalties from today's sales of this book will be donated to the Megan Meier Foundation to protect children from cyberbullying

To claim your free gifts, please click here.
If you prefer, you can forward your Amazon sales receipt to: gifts@theparentsguidebook.com You will automatically be entered in to the Grand Prize drawing of the $2,000 Anonymous text system from GuestAssist.

SOME IMPORTANT STATISTICS TO KEEP IN MIND:

As a result of being bullied, 19,000 children are attempting suicide over the course of one year.

Most parents are unaware their child is being harassed.

71% of children are approached by predators online

Predators use networking sites to produce and distribute child pornography.

Predators encourage the exchange of photos and lure children to meet for sexual and other reasons.

Most victims are between the ages of twelve and fifteen. Most victims have NOT set up privacy and security settings. Most victims WILLINGLY engage in conversations with strangers. Most victims tend to be loners with few offline friends.

Many children believe they’re in contact with someone their own age,
NOT an adult stranger.

As of the end of 2010, over thirty children had committed suicide
after being cyberbullied.

According to the Cyberbullying Research Center, victims of cyberbullies are 1.9 times more likely to attempt suicide.

The Parent’s Guide to Texting, Facebook, and Social Media: Understanding the Benefits and Dangers of Parenting in a Digital World by Shawn Marie Edgington was written to SAVE LIVES and STOP psychological warfare! Order your copy now.

* All royalties from today's sales of this book will be donated to the Megan Meier Foundation to protect children from cyberbullying

To claim your free gifts, please click here.
If you prefer, you can forward your Amazon sales receipt to: gifts@theparentsguidebook.com You will automatically be entered in to the Grand Prize drawing of the $2,000 Anonymous text system from GuestAssist.

When you order your copy of The Parent’s Guide To Texting, Facebook and Social Media you will also receive these FREE BONUS GIFTS, courtesy of the author:


With your purchase of The Parent’s Guide, you will automatically be entered to WIN an annual subscription for a complete “Anonymous Text a Tip” program for the school of your choice! Value = $2000.00

* All royalties from today's sales of this book will be donated to the Megan Meier Foundation to protect children from cyberbullying

To claim your free gifts, please click here.
If you prefer, you can forward your Amazon sales receipt to: gifts@theparentsguidebook.com You will automatically be entered in to the Grand Prize drawing of the $2,000 Anonymous text system from GuestAssist.

SHAWN MARIE EDGINGTON is America’s leading “Textpert” and cyberbullying prevention expert. She’s the author of Read Between the Lines: A Humorous Guide to Texting with Simplicity and Style, the creator of the One-Click Safety Series, and a change management speaker. Shawn is on a mission to help protect our kids against the dangers that exist on the wild, wild web, and wants every parent to know that no child is immune. She has been profiled on numerous prime time television, Fox Business News, CNN radio and NPR. Shawn is now providing her expertise for Dr. Oz on ShareCare.com.