Santa Ana, CA April 29, 2011 Web Wise Kids, the recognized leader in Internet safety education announces its participation in the first ever 24-hour Internet talk show, TAALK (Talk About Abuse to Liberate Kids), dedicated to protecting children and ending abuse. Carol Urton of Web Wise Kids and Erin Runnion of The Joyful Child Foundation are Guest Speakers for the Talkathon joining Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and Diane Cranley, founder of TAALK.

"I am honored to be part of TAALK-a-Thon’s focus to end silence against abuse and discuss how to keep kids safe online," said Carol Urton, Vice President of Training and Project Management for Web Wise Kids. "I hope during the next 24 hours we can encourage a level of awareness and support that will spark a unified movement well into the future."

Topics to be discussed include: Building Confident Kids with Age Appropriate Sexual Boundaries; Preventing, Recognizing, and Reacting Responsibly to Child Sexual Abuse; Understanding What Causes People to Offend and the Opportunities for Early Intervention; Keeping Kids Safe on the Internet; and Child Sexual Abuse Prevention – Offender Policy, Treatment and Community Reentry.

Registration for the event is Free.  To sign up visit: http://www.taalk.org/taalk-a-thon or TEXT your name and email to +1(949) 390-9947.

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About TAALK:      

TAALK’s vision is a local, national and world community where the incidence of child sexual abuse is radically reduced, where victims of child sexual abuse lead healthier lives, and where the related adverse social and economic outcomes, such as substance abuse, mental illness, criminality and suicide, are correspondingly reduced.

About Web Wise Kids:

Web Wise Kids (WWK) is a national non-profit organization, dedicated to "Promoting a Culture of Safety, Responsibility and Respect for youth and families in this digital world."WWK has a unique approach to Internet safety using state-of-the-art games to effectively communicate Internet and cell phone safety strategies to reach today’s e-generation.  WWK’s school approved crime-prevention programs have prepared over 10 million youth and thousands of parents to be their own first lines of defense from online and cell phone danger.