Teens Target for Internet Predators
At the Portales News-Tribune, staff writer Paula Cronic details how it is that young teens are the best targets for Internet predators prowling social networking sites like myspace or xanga.
These kids are in the greatest danger when they go online without any supervision, and masquerade as older kids, which is often the case.
As young teens, they're at an age where they want to be independent like older teens, but they still aren't sophisticated enough to understand the kinds of online dangers in places like myspace.
They're the perfect victims for Internet predators, who often lie about their age too, in order to lull the child into revealing personal information.
Cronic suggests monitoring your child's Internet use in an effort to protect children from Internet predators, but this can be difficult for parents who work, or who can't be there to watch over their child's shoulder every time they log on.
This is just another reason why Awareness Tech's WebWatcher is really a parent's best tool in the fight against online predators. WebWatcher can be accessed from anywhere, meaning that a busy parent at work can check in on their child's Internet activities from any remote computer.
And WebWatcher combines website blocking, website recording, email recording and chat recording software to give parents a complete picture of their child's Internet activities.
This age can be a dangerous one for kids who go online, and WebWatcher is a great way for parents to keep those dangers at bay.
These kids are in the greatest danger when they go online without any supervision, and masquerade as older kids, which is often the case.
As young teens, they're at an age where they want to be independent like older teens, but they still aren't sophisticated enough to understand the kinds of online dangers in places like myspace.
They're the perfect victims for Internet predators, who often lie about their age too, in order to lull the child into revealing personal information.
Cronic suggests monitoring your child's Internet use in an effort to protect children from Internet predators, but this can be difficult for parents who work, or who can't be there to watch over their child's shoulder every time they log on.
This is just another reason why Awareness Tech's WebWatcher is really a parent's best tool in the fight against online predators. WebWatcher can be accessed from anywhere, meaning that a busy parent at work can check in on their child's Internet activities from any remote computer.
And WebWatcher combines website blocking, website recording, email recording and chat recording software to give parents a complete picture of their child's Internet activities.
This age can be a dangerous one for kids who go online, and WebWatcher is a great way for parents to keep those dangers at bay.
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