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An Insider’s Insights into the Secret Service – FLN – 9/19/24

An Insider’s Insights into the Secret Service – FLN – 9/19/24

Retired FBI & Secret Service Agent Tim Miller

A Family Life News Interview

With two close-calls on the life of Donald Trump within two months, retired Secret Service agents are speaking out about the dangers to elected leaders, political candidates and their families.

One of those with an insider’s insight is Tim Miller, who had twin careers in the FBI and the Secret Service.
Family Life News Anchor Bob Price talked with Miller from his Florida home, just five miles from the golf course that made international news this past weekend.

Tap “play” on the podcast player for an extended version of this exclusive interview.

LionHeart Security Experts

Retired Secret Service agent Tim Miller now operates an international security enhancement firm. He uses his decades-long experience to provide training and consultations to help churches, schools and businesses to stay safer.

Podcasts of the Family Life Noon Report and the Family Life 5 O’Clock Report are available each weekday from www.FamilyLife.org/newspodcasts.

 

Real Answers – Safety replaces Fear, in troubled relationships – 9/18/24

Real Answers – Safety replaces Fear, in troubled relationships – 9/18/24

It’s “Real Answers” on Family Life

This Wednesday news feature tackles the tough topics faced by many families. Christian therapeutic counselor Christopher Anderson gives insights in how fear in relationships can be replaced by a stronger sense of safety. It’s an important transition to make, and can help  everyone involved in abusive or troubled relationships. When one or both partners are involved in addictions, this becomes important as well.

Listen to this conversation for Anderson’s encouragement. Tap the podcast player above.

 

[ Note: If you or someone you know is involved in a situation similar to those described here, you can contact a Christian counseling agency in your area, a local pastor, or dial either of these three-digit phone numbers: 988 or 211.  For assistance in a dangerous situation, law enforcement agencies are trained to attentively and respectfully respond in a helpful manner. Ask any of these sources for their details.]

 

“Real Answers” is a Wednesday news feature from Family Life News. In addition to airing during the Noon Report and 5 O’Clock Report, a podcast version is available for 24/7 listening, sharing, subscribing and downloading. Find it at FamilyLife.org/newspodcasts, or you can search for “Family Life News” on many other podcast sources (such as IHeart and Spotify).

Water Safety Expertise for the Summer – 6/25/24

Water Safety Expertise for the Summer – 6/25/24

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Water Safety Expertise for the Summer

The end of the school year and the start of the summer means many people will be heading to lakes, rivers, swimming pools and water parks.

Several tragic drownings have happened in our two states already this month, so Family Life News sought out expertise on “best practices” for individuals and families as they head out for swimming, boating and other outdoor recreation

Tim Marshall is the Public Safety Director for Stueben County in New York’s Southern Tier. His water-safety recommendations apply is lots of locations, and for people of every age.

This extended conversation was aired as part of the Family Life Noon Report with Bob Price on June 25.

 

Protecting your children from trafficking – 12/20/23

Protecting your children from trafficking – 12/20/23

Inside Out” — the Family Life news feature

Sex trafficking may be the farthest thing from your mind this Christmas. But during the coming school vacation, parents actually have a chance to stand in the way of human traffickers. How? By paying attention to the very same thing traffickers focus on: how your children use the internet. School vacations not only scramble our schedules and give children more time on social media,  the time away from friends can also leave kids feeling lonely for companionship.  

“Anytime there’s an increase in unsupervised time for kids and teens, the vulnerability to trafficking increases,” says Deb Kuehner, executive director of The Potter’s Hands Foundation, a Western New York residential treatment program helping exploited women. “Covid was a perfect example of this for adults and kids. Traffickers took advantage of the global crisis, capitalizing on people’s loss of income and the increased amount of time children and adults were spending online.”   

 “For many individuals, the holidays are a very stressful time and people are hungry for community,” she says. “Vulnerable individuals will often look online to fill relationship gaps—they’re so hungry for someone to pay attention to them and to love them, that they’ll open themselves up to strangers who may not be safe.” 

Parents can monitor how their children use the internet—but they need to know what to look for. They need to know what apps they have on their phones, and what those apps are used for.” Some messaging apps, called “secret” or “hidden” apps, are disguised to look like games or calculators to hide their function from anyone monitoring the way the child’s using the internet.   “I just encourage parents to Google information online on how to be educated about different apps, and what their kids are using. It’s so important that they do.”   

This is true even if you think of your children as good kids. “I also need to say that parents who think that their children would never do something like this, need to check anyway. Because I can’t tell you the number of parents that have come to me and said, ‘I never expected my child to do something like this,’” she says. “No parent expects it. Kids can get in over their heads so quickly that they don’t even know how it happens.” 

 

Hit the “play” icon above to hear from Deb Kuehner about the expansiveness of sex trafficking, and how you can help women who’ve been exploited. 

 Learn more about The Potter’s Hands Foundation here

 

 

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