Sexual Predators Still Stalking Kids Online
With shows like Dateline's "To Catch A Predator," and numerous magazine, e-zine, and newspaper articles warning us against the dangers of sexual predators approaching our child online, you would think that the epidemic of Internet predator attacks would die down a bit.
But this is just not the case.
For example, in the last two weeks of January alone, 4 sexual predators were arrested in Colorado, 1 in Michigan, 4 more in Oregan, and 1 more in Wisconsin. In every case the predator in question thought they were meeting a minor, whom they had stalked online, for sex. Fortunately, these sexual predators were really trying to prey upon undercover police agents, who were ready to arrest them at the designated meeting spot.
But for each of these arrests made by police, there are many more Internet predators out there who won't get caught. There's a 1 in 5 chance your child will meet a sexual predator every time they log-on to the Internet. But, at the same time kids today need online access so they can study, complete school projects, and even congregate with their friends. This leaves parents in a bind; how can they foster Internet safety and yet still protect their kids from predators?
The answer is parental control software. A good parental control software system, like Awareness Tech's WebWatcher, allows parents to block websites, and record everything from email, to instant messages, to webpages. WebWatcher can even be monitored from a remote location, so busy and working parents can watch over their children too.
This new wave of child abuse via Internet isn't going to go away easily, and parents just can't be too careful about who talks to their kids when they go online.
But this is just not the case.
For example, in the last two weeks of January alone, 4 sexual predators were arrested in Colorado, 1 in Michigan, 4 more in Oregan, and 1 more in Wisconsin. In every case the predator in question thought they were meeting a minor, whom they had stalked online, for sex. Fortunately, these sexual predators were really trying to prey upon undercover police agents, who were ready to arrest them at the designated meeting spot.
But for each of these arrests made by police, there are many more Internet predators out there who won't get caught. There's a 1 in 5 chance your child will meet a sexual predator every time they log-on to the Internet. But, at the same time kids today need online access so they can study, complete school projects, and even congregate with their friends. This leaves parents in a bind; how can they foster Internet safety and yet still protect their kids from predators?
The answer is parental control software. A good parental control software system, like Awareness Tech's WebWatcher, allows parents to block websites, and record everything from email, to instant messages, to webpages. WebWatcher can even be monitored from a remote location, so busy and working parents can watch over their children too.
This new wave of child abuse via Internet isn't going to go away easily, and parents just can't be too careful about who talks to their kids when they go online.
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