Who's Protecting Your Child From Internet Predators, Pedophiles, Cyber Stalkers, Online Sex Offenders When You're Not There?
A report published by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the University of New Hampshire revealed that of a sample of children & teens who use the Internet:
1 in 5 children - Solicited for sex in the past year.
1 in 33 children - Aggressively solicited sexual, meaning that the child was threatened, asked to meet, called on the phone, or received mail or gifts.
1 in 4 children - Exposed to photos of people having sex, even though about 1/3 of households reported using "Internet blocking software."
1 in 17 children - Threatened or harassed on the Internet, including threats of harm to the child, friends or other family members.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
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