Internet Predators Are Dangerous and Patient
In Florida, a 49-year-old Internet predator was arrested for soliciting sex from a minor online.
The man thought he was "chatting" with a 15-year-old girl, who he intended to meet for sex and then bring back to his native state of Georgia, but he was really chatting with undercover investigators.
All Internet predators work to "groom" the child they seek to manipulate, and in this case, it had taken an entire year. This seems like a long time, but it isn't uncommon.
In fact, many kids who are victimized by an Internet predator spend close to that amount of time in contact with the adult in question. This means that for that whole period, this child was communicating with a predator, and their parents never knew.
It seems impossible to believe, but many parents just aren't aware of who their kids talk to online. And kids today are often more computer savvy than their parents anyway, making simple website blockers almost useless.
This is why parental control software is so important. WebWatcher by Awareness Tech allows parents to use secure and sophisticated web blocking, as well as website recording software, and keystroke recording. This way parents know what their kids did, and didn't, see online.
And with WebWatcher, any parent could also know who their child is talking to, what's being said, and for how long.
An Internet predator is willing to take as much time as necessary to manipulate and prey upon your child; having good software can prevent them from finding success.
The man thought he was "chatting" with a 15-year-old girl, who he intended to meet for sex and then bring back to his native state of Georgia, but he was really chatting with undercover investigators.
All Internet predators work to "groom" the child they seek to manipulate, and in this case, it had taken an entire year. This seems like a long time, but it isn't uncommon.
In fact, many kids who are victimized by an Internet predator spend close to that amount of time in contact with the adult in question. This means that for that whole period, this child was communicating with a predator, and their parents never knew.
It seems impossible to believe, but many parents just aren't aware of who their kids talk to online. And kids today are often more computer savvy than their parents anyway, making simple website blockers almost useless.
This is why parental control software is so important. WebWatcher by Awareness Tech allows parents to use secure and sophisticated web blocking, as well as website recording software, and keystroke recording. This way parents know what their kids did, and didn't, see online.
And with WebWatcher, any parent could also know who their child is talking to, what's being said, and for how long.
An Internet predator is willing to take as much time as necessary to manipulate and prey upon your child; having good software can prevent them from finding success.
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