Internet Predators a Greater Threat Than Child Abducton by Sex Offender
As John Rosemond makes clear at the washingtontimes.com, Internet predators are a much greater threat to kids today than child abduction by a stranger or unknown sex offender.
Media coverage has done a lot to make us aware of the dangers of child abduction, but the truth is that your child has about a one in a million chance of being grabbed off the street by someone they don't know. The vast majority of child abuse and abduction cases involve someone the child knows, and perhaps is even a family relation.
But Internet predators are only now becoming recognized as the danger they really are.
Statistics vary, but 20% of kids who use the Internet are reported to received unwanted sexual attention, and 1 in 35 will be stalked offline by that same person. Those statistics add up to millions of kids who are approach by an online predator.
Of course, child abduction and the danger of sex offenders are issues we should all be aware of, and powerful media attention has done much to help us with that.
But to combat the Internet predator, parents must be educated, kids must be educated, and sophisticated tools like parental control software should be standard in every parent's home.
Good parental control software isn't hard to find: Awareness Tech's WebWatcher is the highest rated in the bunch, offering website blocking, email recording, chat recording, and more. It's also easy to use, and completely invisible while it's running.
There are many, many dangers to be faced by children today, but with diligent parents, stern lawmaking, and parental control software we can do a lot to protect those kids and to put Internet predators behind bars.
Media coverage has done a lot to make us aware of the dangers of child abduction, but the truth is that your child has about a one in a million chance of being grabbed off the street by someone they don't know. The vast majority of child abuse and abduction cases involve someone the child knows, and perhaps is even a family relation.
But Internet predators are only now becoming recognized as the danger they really are.
Statistics vary, but 20% of kids who use the Internet are reported to received unwanted sexual attention, and 1 in 35 will be stalked offline by that same person. Those statistics add up to millions of kids who are approach by an online predator.
Of course, child abduction and the danger of sex offenders are issues we should all be aware of, and powerful media attention has done much to help us with that.
But to combat the Internet predator, parents must be educated, kids must be educated, and sophisticated tools like parental control software should be standard in every parent's home.
Good parental control software isn't hard to find: Awareness Tech's WebWatcher is the highest rated in the bunch, offering website blocking, email recording, chat recording, and more. It's also easy to use, and completely invisible while it's running.
There are many, many dangers to be faced by children today, but with diligent parents, stern lawmaking, and parental control software we can do a lot to protect those kids and to put Internet predators behind bars.
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