Information on Child Monitoring Software

All over the news these days we see incidents of child abuse; online predators, cyber bullies, and Internet stalkers make up a genre of cybercrime second only to identity theft. Internet Safety experts warn us almost daily of the rash of sexual exploitation facing our kids today, and child protection agencies can barely keep up with their caseload.

So what's going on here? Is the sexual exploitation of children becoming the new epidemic of child abuse? Is the Internet making cybercrime and crimes against children easier to commit?

Did you know: United States see as much as a 23.7% reporting of sexual abuse as a child

Well, according to The Joseph J. Peters Institute, the answer is both yes and no.

According to the results of its just finished 2006 survey, some areas of the United States see as much as a 23.7% reporting of sexual abuse as a child. What that means, is that at least in the major metropolitan areas polled, almost a quarter of adults had been victims of sexual child abuse. And worse yet, 1 in 7 fears that a child they know is being abused even now.

But this isn't a new phenomenon; child abuse of all kinds has always existed, it's just that we're only now becoming capable of addressing sexual abuse openly, allowing victims to heal and putting predators behind bars where they belong.

However, mom and dad, make no mistake: Internet safety is an absolute must for parents who want to protect their children from sexual predators. While the Internet probably isn't creating more predators (though the jury is still out on that too), it does give them the opportunity to access children they couldn't reach before, and with a sense of anonymity that makes them bold in their approach. Unfortunately, the anonymous nature of the Internet also makes it difficult to catch sexual predators.

This is why any approach to child protection must take the computer into consideration, and all parents should have a reliable parental control software system installed on their computer. Parental control software, like our WebWatcher, gives parents a full picture of what their child is doing online, who they are speaking to, and what's being said. With email recording, chat recording, website blocking and website recording, WebWatcher allows parents to choose exactly how much control they need to have over their child's Internet access. And, because it can be accessed from remote locations, WebWatcher is particularly suited for working parents.

The sexual exploitation of children may not be new, but it is a danger that can now reach into households and schools via the Internet, and all parents and educators must be prepared to deal with this new take on an old problem.



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