The internet is a dangerous place. Parents are not doing their absolute best to keep their children safe. We are starting to become numb to the dangers that the internet poses to children. We should remember that no matter how huge and common place the Internet becomes...
1. The internet is not television. The internet is a transceiver not a receiver and can create far more problems and introduce much more dangers than a one way medium can.
2. The internet took away the brown paper bags for the porno industry. There are things on the internet that can change your childs outlook on things they are not old enough to understand. First impressions are very, very important.
Take a look at these statistics...
93% of parents say they have established rules for their child’s Internet activity.
while only 37% of students report being given no rules from their parents on using the Internet.**
One in five U.S. teenagers who regularly log on to the Internet say they have received an unwanted sexual solicitation via the Web. Solicitations were defined as requests to engage in sexual activities or sexual talk, or to give personal sexual information.
25% of children have been exposed to unwanted pornographic material online
Only 1/3 of households with Internet access are actively protecting their children with filtering or blocking software.
Internet offenders pretended to be teenagers in only 5 percent of the crimes studied by researchers. This means that most of the time the teenager knew the person was suspect or older.
The majority of teenagers (58%) don't think posting photos or other personal info on social networking sites is dangerous.
58% of students admit to using the Internet unsafely, inappropriately, or illegally.
23% of high-school students (grades 9 through 12) have met face to face with someone they first met online.
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