The Internet is like a vast city-full of virtual shops, museums, theaters and recreational activities. But like real cities, there are certain places online that children shouldn’t visit alone.
A recent study by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children revealed several startling facts about Internet users between the ages of 10 and 17:
• One in five children is inappropriately or sexually solicited on the Internet;
• One in 33 children receives an aggressive sexual solicitation-someone who asks to meet them in real life, calls them on the telephone or sends them mail, money or gifts;
• One in four children has unwanted exposure to pictures of naked people or people having sex;
• One in 17 children is threatened or harassed online; and
• Less than 10 percent of sexual solicitations and only 3 percent of unwanted exposure episodes are reported to authorities.
A similar study done by the Crimes Against Children Research Center indicates that young girls are more likely than boys to have close online relationships with cyber pals, which puts them at an increased risk of being...
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