While the digital age presents new opportunities, it also poses new threats to young people. The Internet allows predators to make contact with unsuspecting children. It means the exploitation of children in one country can devastate families half a world away. It has turned child pornography into a global crisis.
Archive for Internet Crimes Against Children
Internet Crimes Against Children – A Growing Threat
The Internet can be the most wonderful and dangerous place for our children to play. In spite of all of the warnings by the media and police agencies, the problem seems to be growing. Just about every one of the articles and documentaries addressing this problem come up with the same solution – parents! They need to get much more involved with what their children are doing while surfing the web.
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Internet Child Predators Need to Be Bitten by Parents
The thought of our children being contacted by internet child predators can be our worst nightmare as a parent. Typically these predators will pretend to be another child who wants to be your child’s online friend. They will eventually convince your kid to meet them somewhere. It often starts in a chat room or social networking site where pedophiles know young children like to connect with each other. This has become such a threat that law enforcement agencies have created special task forces to combat this problem. It’s a wonderful thing that our children can have a world of knowledge, literally at their fingertips when they are online but they need to be protected from the many possible dangers that exist and the best defense starts at home.
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