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Opal Singleton is the author of a book with the same title that shares about how predators use online relationships to create a false narrative about engaging in a caring and supportive relationships, then using that fantasy to groom and exploit their victims.  The basics of online seduction are still the same but technology transformations have greatly accelerated the access to victims, facilitated payment processes for blackmailers, and artificial intelligence now allows the ability to alter images erotically and begin a blackmail process for completely uninvolved and innocent victims.  

 

Global technology connections means that cartels around the globe can access, groom, recruit and exploit our kids.  There is an urgent need for parents and grandparents to help teens (and anyone with an online device) to understand how sending ANY kind of image/video or erotic live streaming can change their lives forever.  What looks like a cute young guy/girl can easily be an organized
criminal unit consisting of a chatter and a group of thugs looking to destroy their lives forever.  We must educate everyone, that ANYONE WHO IS ASKING FOR A NUDE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND.  


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Fear is an interesting emotion.  Fear can be a great
motivator or it can paralyze you, or even seduce you into making questionable and knee jerk decisions. With informed and well thought out solutions, fear can
keep you safe. Fear can be generated from your own “self talk” like “I am not good enough or I will probably screw this up again”.

With 24 hour news and social media we are bombarded by the minute with fear based headlines. 

Media of all
types have perfected a fear based dictionary using familiar phrases like:

A Tragic End

No one is Safe

Deadly car crash.

Celeb speaks out on divorce.

Threatens to ouster

Shuts down production

Inflation is soaring

Cost of living is skyrocketing

Cancer scare

 

During this weeks show, Opal Singleton examineS the power of fear. We talk about the need to teach our
kids the positive and negatives of fear and how to use it wisely in decision processes.  This is especially important
for a generation of young people online that will seduced, manipulated and even threatened online.  Making the right decision online, especially in a time of crisis or threats can be the difference in staying safe online or being compromised. 

































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There is a new phenomenon that will eventually affect most of our lives, and yet it seems to be getting little attention.  We now live our lives on a global level and while that may have many good advantages, it also comes with a high level likelihood that all of us, including our kids
will be exposed to global organized criminal organizations without ever leaving our homes.

In the past few months, we have read about thousands of cases where people are being scammed by nefarious telemarketing scams from Mexico, Philippines, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Pakistan.  Few of us understand who
they are, how they operate, how to tell if you are talking to a scammer and most important what to do or not do if you become a target of their operations.

This week, Opal will discuss four different cases of overseas telemarketing scammers that has changed peoples lives forever.


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Never in our lifetime have we as a society experienced so much change related to technology.  The past two years are unprecedented for a technology transformation.

Over the past twenty-four to thirty-six months, we have watched as new technologies like mass audience live streaming, artificial intelligence, digital currencies, geo location software, and global 5G high speed internet have created global access to our children, and created a technology complexity that challenges even the most tech savvy parent.

During this week's podcast, Opal Singleton discusses a variety of topics, techniques and challenges in creating healthy and informative dialogue about technology with your teenager.  We discuss topics, like: “If your child sent or received a nude image from a someone they know or even a stranger, would they tell you?”.


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Tonya Holt is a very special lady who has worked alongside Million Kids for several years in our efforts to keep kids safe from predators. Tonya lives in the Bakersfield, CA area and she and her husband David serve in Oildale at the Church Without Walls. Tonya is a Pastoral Counselor and the area the church serves is rampant with drug use, homelessness and many challenges related to mental health and addiction. Tonya shares her experiences and perspective about how to assist others that may seem challenging to most of us.

Tonya is also a credentialed life & recovery coach, and she shares some ideas for parents in how to interact with young people so they will be able to grow up with good cognitive thinking skills and have empathy for others.

Here is a list of values that Tonya feels is important to have conversations about with your kids. 

Key Things to Teach
Kids:

Empathy

Values

What are their Strengths?

Dignity

Respect for themselves

Respect for Others

Intuition

Finding Purpose & Meaning


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Adults all over the world ask the same question.  What is it about today’s young people that makes them think it is ok to send a “nude” to a total stranger. 

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) reports that they have processed more than 30 million potential reports of online child nudity or sexual abuse materials.  After researching many of those report NCMEC states that they researched around 13,000 cases of online blackmail (sextortion) related to images, videos or live streaming of minors with potentially harmful materials online.

With the onset of Artificial Intelligence (AI), anyone and
everyone is at risk of having a perfectly innocent photo of themselves altered in such a way that a pedophile, predator or organized crime can demand a ransom
to remove it.  But the scenario becomes
exponentially worse if the young person is seduced into sending or sharing an erotic image or live stream.  As the
entire world is connected by high speed 5 G internet, criminal individuals and organized crime can access, groom, recruit and exploit any young person in the
U.S.

At Million Kids, we have been combating sex trafficking and social media exploitation for nearly 15 years. 


We want to share with young people everywhere the following message...

IF SOMEONE IS ASKING FOR AN IMAGE OR VIDEO OR LIVESTREAM THAT WOULD EMBARRASS YOU OR YOUR FAMILY IF IT WAS SHOWN ON A BILLBOARD IN YOUR HOMETOWN OR SCHOOL –

DON'T DO IT - THEY ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND!

















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