Teen Safety

Teen Safety Camps

Protections for Teens. Peace of Mind for Parents.

July 19 - 23

August 9 - 13

Become Stronger, Safer & more Responsible

Family Karate - 4S Ranch

Monday - Friday 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Pre-registration discount for Aug 9 Camp extended to Aug 1. Call (760) 746-0983 today.

This is not a Karate Camp, but instead in-depth training to help your teens make wise decisions about their futures and to protect themselves when they have no choice and no help. Especially since the recent local tragedies, Moms and Dads have said this course gave them more peace of mind as parents of teenagers than they could have imagined.

I want to thank you and your team for the Teen Safety Camp and all the training my daughter, Sammy, received. From being timid and lacking in confidence (due to her petite size) to becoming a tough and confident young lady on the last day of Camp made me very proud of her. I can't believe how much detail she remembered from the training when she came home every day. That tells me that she really enjoyed the training and learned a lot from it.

I just saw on the news a few days ago a 17 year old girl who was abducted and killed, I feel so sad for the parents because they are not as lucky as us whose daughters had gone through your very useful and important safety training.

Knowing my daughter is equipped with self defense and safety techniques through your training gives me peace of mind. You and your team did a great job in teaching these girls to be strong, not submitting to predators, and protecting themselves. Kudos to you and your team!

Thanks - Aivi Santosa

"I enrolled my teenage girls in this course to give all of us a sense of confidence in this unpredictable world. My girls loved the training. It was easy to learn and apply, and was taught in an atmosphere that made all who attended feel comfortable about uncomfortable subjects."

Donna Freelance, Single Mother

"My two daughters took the course held at their High School. When they came home they showed me what they learned. I was amazed how much they retained and how well it worked. Even my husband, a former Marine, was impressed. If you have kids and you want to show them you care, enroll them! "

Maria Celestine, Mother

Please call or e-mail me today if you would like to reserve places for your teens in this life-changing camp.

Call Steve at (760) 746-0983 today

Seven Safety Stragegies for Teens

Your own choices, behaviors, and activities keep you safe or leave you vulnerable to danger. You must make the seven tips below into daily habits.

1. AWARENESS. Being alert and observant helps to ensure that you are never chosen as a target. Use eye contact to make sure that everyone knows you see them.

2. CONFIDENCE. Acting socially confident and being physically competent lets others know that you are a strong, self-assured person who is not a victim.

3. Safety in numbers. Never walk, jog, or shop alone. It is almost impossible for one attacker to control more than one person.

4. ESCAPE SPACE. Stay at least two steps away from a stranger or his car. Walk in the opposite direction of traffic, so that you can observe any car approaching you.

5. DON’T BE TOO POLITE. Most people with bad intent are very good at approaching and talking to their selected victims. As soon as you become uncomfortable, get away from him.

6. SPEAKING UP. As soon as you feel threatened, say so loudly and clearly. Your strong, raised voice will attract attention - the last thing most bad guys want.

7. SAFE ZONE. As soon as your feel uncomfortable go to a place with lots of people and get help from a woman. As soon as you can, tell a trusted adult everything.*

If you have made a real commitment to all of these steps, you will probably never have to physically defend yourself, but to make sure that you are fully prepared train with one of our personal protection professionals.

* The harsh truth is that most assaults are not committed by strangers, but by family members or acquaintances. Never agree to keep secrets from either of your parents. By speaking out, you can save yourself and probably many others from devastation.

Family Karate offers empowering Teen Safety self-protection seminars.

Please consider making a donation to Chelsea's Light (Wells Fargo acct. #1838355913). Thank you.

Moms & Dads - we strongly recommend the book:

Protecting the Gift by Gavin deBecker.

Please contact the schools listed below for courses for your school, group, or teen in your area:

Escondido seanphilip@familykarateusa.com

Kearney Mesa pikrik@gmail.com

Penasquitos athompson@familykaratepq.com

Point Loma usafma@yahoo.com

Rancho Bernardo joecarroll@familykarateusa.com

Solana Beach solanabeachkarate@att.net

Sorrento Vly mmaacademy@sbglobal.net

Vista info@akkarate.com

Countywide

Family Karate steve@familykarateusa.com

Play It Safe traciearlington@yahoo.com

Here is some more very important information for Teens aboutprotecting themselves on-line.

This Cyber Safety information is provided by Family Karate’s Certified Personal Safety Instructors

For our next TEENSafe® class please call (760) 746-0983

Teen Cyber Safety

Internet Safety Tips for Teens

adapted from an article by

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Protect Yourself

1. Don’t give out personal information about yourself, your family situation, your school, your telephone number, or your address.

2. When in chat-rooms remember that not everyone may be who they say they are. For example a person who says "she" is a 14-year-old girl from New York may really be a 42-year-old man from California.1

3. If someone harasses you on-line, says anything inappropriate, or does anything that makes you feel uncomfortable, immediately tell your parents, who can contact your Internet service provider.

4. A friend you meet on-line may not be the best person to talk to if you are having problems at home, with your friends, or at school - remember the teenage "girl" from New York in Tip #2? If you can't find an adult in your school, church, club, or neighborhood to talk to, Covenant House is a good place to call at 1-800-999-9999. The people there provide counseling to kids, refer them to local shelters, help them with law enforcement, and can serve as mediators by calling their parents.

5. If you are thinking about running away, a friend from on-line (remember the 14-year-old girl) may not be the best person to talk to. If there is no adult in your community you can find to talk to, call the National Runaway Switchboard at 1-800-621-4000. Although some of your on-line friends may seem to really listen to you, the Switchboard will be able to give you honest, useful answers to some of your questions about what to do when you are depressed, abused, or thinking about running away.2

Protect Others

If you become aware of the sharing, use, or viewing of child pornography on-line, immediately tell your parents, who can report this to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678. You may be saving another young person’s life.

2. Adapted from Children On-line: The ABCs for Parenting: When Is Your Child Ready by The Children's Partnership. Reprinted with permission of The Children's Partnership. http://www.childrenspartnership.org

This Cyber Safety information provided by Family Karate’s Certified Personal Safety Instructors

For our next TEENSafe® class please click here

or call (760) 746-0983

Teen Cyber Safety

How to Recognize "Grooming"

Tricks, Tactics, & Traps of Internet Predators

adapted from an article by

Anne Collier

Co-founder of BlogSafety and editor of Net Family News

Teens blog and spend time in social-networking sites to meet new friends, but it’s not always easy to tell when “new friends” have bad intentions. About 20%, that’s one out of every five, of on-line kids receive unwanted solicitations

“Grooming” is the way predators get from bad intensions to criminal acts. Basically, grooming is manipulation. It’s the process pedophiles use to get children and teens they target on-line to do what they want, including meeting them in person.

Grooming involves flattery, sympathy, offers of gifts, money, or modeling jobs. It can also involve all of the above over extended periods of time. That’s why it’s called “grooming.” Experts say the short-term goal of these manipulators is for the victim to feel loved or even just comfortable enough to want to meet them in person. This often takes a long time. But groomers have a lot of patience, and also tend to “work” a number of targets at once, telling each of them that they are “the only one for me.” You can imagine how well that can work with kids seeking sympathy, support, or validation on-line.

Grooming is carefully individualized. Groomers design their trap as they go along, specially tailoring their flattery or offers as they learn more about their victim. Here are some tactics you need to watch out for:

· “Let’s go private.” (leave the public chat-room and create a private chat, or move to instant-messaging, or texting)

· “Where’s your computer in the house?” (to see if parents might be around)

· “Who’s your favorite band? designer? film? gear?” (questions like these tell the groomer more about you so they know what gifts to offer - e.g., concert tickets; Webcam, software, clothes, CDs)

· “I know someone who can get you a modeling job.” (flattery, they figure, will get them everywhere)

· “I know a way you can earn money fast.” (one of the tactics that snagged Justin Berry, 13, as reported by the New York Times)

· “You seem sad. Tell me what’s bothering you.” (the sympathy ploy)

· “What’s your phone number?” (asking for personal info of any kind - usually happens at a later stage, after the target’s feeling comfortable with the groomer - but all on-line kids know not to give out personal info on-line, right?!)

· “If you don’t… [do what I ask], I’ll… [tell your parents OR share your photos in a photo blog / Webcam directory / file-sharing network]” (intimidation - used as the groomer learns more and more about the target)

· “You are the love of my life.” (what “Amy,” 15, fell for before traveling out of state to meet someone who’d groomed her - see “Amy’s Story” at Netsmartz.org)

Groomers are self-taught experts in 1) getting kids to reveal their needs and desires and 2) tailoring messages to those interests. And they get better and better at it. Knowing groomers tricks, tactics, and traps can go a long way toward protecting you from on-line predators.

This Cyber Safety information is provided by Family Karate’s Certified Personal Safety Instructors

For our next TEENSafe® class please call (760) 746-0983