Are Online Predators Backing Down?
At Azcentral.com, a recent study conducted by the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire has been released, stating that children are less likely to be approached by an online predator today than 5 years ago.
However, while most forms of solicitations show a decline, the most aggressive sexual solicitations aimed at kids of all ages stayed at the same level as that from 5 years ago. Meanwhile, cyber bullying and exposure to child porn have actually risen.
Experts attribute the drop to watchful parents and aggressive legislature, as well as kids who are aware now of what a "creepy" person is really after when he approaches them online.
So what does this mean to parents? That their efforts to protect their kids from online predators are working, but there's still a lot out there in the cyber world that is detrimental to the health and well-being of children on the Internet.
This is why parental control software has been so helpful to parents in the past, and will continue to protect kids in the future.
Awareness Tech's WebWatcher has received some of the highest ratings in terms of parental control software, and features chat recording, website blocking, email recording, and more. And all of it comes in a software package that's easy to install, easy to use, and completely invisible while running.
If all of this hard work has shown a decrease in the success of online predators, then hopefully the next 5 years will lead us to an even safer Internet experience for kids.
However, while most forms of solicitations show a decline, the most aggressive sexual solicitations aimed at kids of all ages stayed at the same level as that from 5 years ago. Meanwhile, cyber bullying and exposure to child porn have actually risen.
Experts attribute the drop to watchful parents and aggressive legislature, as well as kids who are aware now of what a "creepy" person is really after when he approaches them online.
So what does this mean to parents? That their efforts to protect their kids from online predators are working, but there's still a lot out there in the cyber world that is detrimental to the health and well-being of children on the Internet.
This is why parental control software has been so helpful to parents in the past, and will continue to protect kids in the future.
Awareness Tech's WebWatcher has received some of the highest ratings in terms of parental control software, and features chat recording, website blocking, email recording, and more. And all of it comes in a software package that's easy to install, easy to use, and completely invisible while running.
If all of this hard work has shown a decrease in the success of online predators, then hopefully the next 5 years will lead us to an even safer Internet experience for kids.
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