Parental Control Software Deters Internet Predators
At FortWayne.com, chilling statistics regarding kids and Internet behavior are intended to shock parents into monitoring their child's Internet use.
And these statistics are frightening indeed. According to a survey conducted by The Intelligence Group, "65 percent of males and 62 percent of females between 14 and 18 admitted they had met strangers online who asked to meet them."
That's more than half of the millions of kids who go online and congregate in popular social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook.
The author also makes a good point regarding sex offenders who become online predators. There are around 550,000 registered sex offenders in the United States, and many of them are "noncompliant," meaning that we don't know where they are or what they're doing. That is, we don't know what they're doing until they get caught preying on unsuspecting kids who use the Internet.
Like the article says, to protect our children from sexual predators, deterrence must start at home. This is why parental control software should be installed on every parent's computer.
WebWatcher by Awareness Tech is one of the most highly reviewed of them all, and combines standard website blocking with options like email recording, chat recording, and website recording.
WebWatcher provides parents with a full picture of their child's Internet use, and helps keep children from becoming the "easy prey" referred to in the article.
And these statistics are frightening indeed. According to a survey conducted by The Intelligence Group, "65 percent of males and 62 percent of females between 14 and 18 admitted they had met strangers online who asked to meet them."
That's more than half of the millions of kids who go online and congregate in popular social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook.
The author also makes a good point regarding sex offenders who become online predators. There are around 550,000 registered sex offenders in the United States, and many of them are "noncompliant," meaning that we don't know where they are or what they're doing. That is, we don't know what they're doing until they get caught preying on unsuspecting kids who use the Internet.
Like the article says, to protect our children from sexual predators, deterrence must start at home. This is why parental control software should be installed on every parent's computer.
WebWatcher by Awareness Tech is one of the most highly reviewed of them all, and combines standard website blocking with options like email recording, chat recording, and website recording.
WebWatcher provides parents with a full picture of their child's Internet use, and helps keep children from becoming the "easy prey" referred to in the article.
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