How To Keep Your Kids Safe Online
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The Internet – that’s the place with all the answers. But it can also be a bottomless pit of trouble. Like any other tool, it all depends on how you use it.
“Children, especially adolescents, are sometimes interested in and curious about sexuality and sexually explicit material. They may be moving away from the total control of parents and seeking to establish new relationships outside their family. Because they may be curious, children/adolescents sometimes use their on-line access to actively seek out such materials and individuals. Sex offenders targeting children will use and exploit these characteristics and needs. Some adolescent children may also be attracted to and lured by on-line offenders closer to their age who, although not technically child molesters, may be dangerous. Nevertheless, they have been seduced and manipulated by a clever offender and do not fully understand or recognize the potential danger of these contacts.”
~www.fbi.gov
An informative parent’s guide has recently been launched by Vodafone which outlines the various technologies used by most teenagers and young children and the ways in which they use these technologies in their everyday life. It is advisable to familiarise yourself with as many of these topics as possible so that you are aware of the dangers, from a parents perspective.
“Seven in 10 children have accidentally accessed Internet pornography; 79 percent of that access occurs in the home. One in seven children has received a sexual solicitation online”
Remember… it only takes one click to take away the innocence of a child.
Other Resources:
http://www.netsmartz.org