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The explosion in child exploitation on the Internet, which has been recently received a lot of media attention, is a puzzling phenomenon to many. How are Internet predators suddenly so numerous? Why does it seem that so many kids are being harassed by sexual predators online?

According to online specialists, it's the anonymity of the Internet.

Did you know: 1 in 5 kids who uses the Internet will be approached sexually?

There are, apparently, many sex predators who never act on their impulses. At least, they didn't do so before the advent of the Internet. There was just too much at risk, including social standing and criminal prosecution.

But the Internet predator is different. The Internet predator is a sexual predator, just like all the rest, but this person doesn't fear the same risks that would have constrained him or her in the past. The anonymous nature of the Internet empowers them.

At the same time, this same anonymity may be making kids even more vulnerable to sex predators than they would have been in the real world. Psychologists are discovering that when kids go online, their roles in society become blurred. They feel empowered too, but in a way that doesn't reflect reality. Kids online often feel invincible, because the real danger seems "far away."

But the truth is that this situation is full of danger for kids. The FBI has made public the fact that at any given time there are 50,000 Internet predators online, and 1 in 5 kids who uses the Internet will be approached sexually.

Online security experts suggest that parents talk to their kids, and often, about the dangers of the Internet.

And if you suspect that someone is trying to approach your child, or if you see that your child's skewed sense of social reality may be endangering him or her, get parental control software. Parental control software, like Awareness Tech's WebWatcher, is harder to get around than standard filters, and records every chat, email, and webpage that your child sees.

Because they may think they're invincible, but we all know that they're not.



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