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Q1: What is Parents Protecting Children?
A: It’s a nonprofit initiative created by Deacon John O’Maley to help parents safeguard their children from online dangers like pornography, predators, and digital exploitation.

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Q2: Who is this site for?

A: Parents, grandparents, educators, schools, school principals, directors of faith formation, directors of evangelization, pastors, priests, deacons, clergy, counselors, and anyone concerned about protecting children in the digital age.

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Q3: What resources do you offer Catholic parishes?
A: We offer Digital Armor for Catholic Families, a ready-to-use Catholic parish resource designed to help parents protect their children online.

 

Many parents feel overwhelmed by technology, artificial intelligence, social media, smartphones, gaming platforms, and the growing risks children face online. They know the danger is real, but many do not know where to begin.

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Pope Leo XIII has emphasized that families should not face today’s digital challenges alone. Digital Armor helps parishes stand beside parents with practical, Catholic digital-safety formation, providing clear, parent-focused guidance your parish can use immediately without having to write, design, research, or create anything from scratch.

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The Complete Package Includes

• 24 parent digital safety topics

• 24 200-word bulletin inserts

• 24,500+ word articles

• 24 corresponding images

• Ready-to-use content for weekly, monthly, seasonal, or occasional parish use

• Content suitable for bulletin, email, website, newsletter, handout, flyer, insert, blog, and social media use

 

This gives your parish flexibility. Some parishes may prefer a short weekly bulletin message. Others may prefer a longer article as a separate insert or handout. Both versions are included for every topic.

 

SAMPLE 200-WORD BULLETIN INSERT

 

Digital Armor for Catholic Families

     Keeping Kids Safe Online

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At 11:47 p.m., a mother hears her son’s phone buzz. She assumes it is a friend. Instead, she finds him pale and frozen. A stranger is threatening to send damaging images to classmates unless he pays. This is no longer rare. Children face online enticement, sextortion, cyberbullying, deepfakes, AI impersonation, gaming-chat grooming, anonymous apps, and nonstop social-media pressure. Many parents underestimate how harsh the digital world has become. Catholic families need more than panic. We need armor. Saint Paul writes, “Put on the whole armor of God” (Ephesians 6:11). Online safety is not only a technology issue. It is a discipleship issue.

Start with a written family media plan: approved apps, screen-time limits, bedtime shutdowns, device reviews, privacy settings, and clear rules for reporting trouble. Keep phones out of bedrooms, bathrooms, dinner tables, prayer time, and overnight charging spaces. Teach one crisis rule: do not send images, do not pay money, save evidence, tell a parent immediately, block after evidence is preserved, and report it. Parents do not need to become tech experts overnight. We must become courageous, consistent shepherds.

The goal is simple: help Catholic parents recognize online dangers, begin better conversations at home, and take practical steps to protect their children with faith, wisdom, and calm responsibility. Additional resources can be found at: https://www.strongerfamiliesonline.com/

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Digital Armor was created from my work as a Catholic deacon, my six published books on child protection online, my organization, Parents Protecting Children, Inc., and my website, strongerfamiliesonline.org. The tone is intentionally balanced: serious but not sensational, practical but not technical, Catholic but not preachy, and focused on helping parents take wise action.

 

Limited-Time Launch Offer

I am offering the full Digital Armor for Catholic Families 24-Bulletin Insert package at a limited-time launch price of $49.99, fifty percent off of the $99.99 regular price. I have attached the first two 200-word bulletin inserts, the first two 500+ word articles, and the corresponding images - FREE -  so you can see exactly what your parish would receive. Everything is complete and ready to use as is, immediately. No editing, rewriting or content creation required. Simply copy and paste!

 

If this resource would be helpful for your parish, simply email me at "johnjoy1@aol.com"  and type "Digital Armor" in the subject and I will send ordering details. After purchase, the complete package will be delivered by email attachment.

 

Thank you for considering this practical way to help Catholic parents keep their kids safe online.​

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Q4. What resources do you have for parents?

A: To receive a FREE COPY of key resources for parents, as shown here, email "johnjoy1@aol.com" and type this in the subject: "please send Free Handout."

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