Because of the revolting nature of topics such as child pornography the activities are able to enjoy a certain amount of anonymity. When we don’t talk about these issues, and instead push them from our minds, we end up pretending that they aren’t part of the world we live in. This leads to a lot fewer people actively working to confront the issue. Problems like child pornography are then subjects that are relegated to a secondary level of importance.

The world can be a dangerous place. It is often scary to allow our kids the freedom to venture out and spread their wings when we, as adults, know all too well the dangers that exist out there. But, in the end, your kids are going to be kids and there is a certain amount of risk involved in everything. All you can really do is teach them the best you can and trust them to make the right decisions and avoid trouble where possible.

I agree to not give out personal information such as: my address,
telephone number, parents’ work address/telephone number, or the
name and location of my school without my parent’s permission.

She was our Guest today on the CyberHood Watch Radio Show… she took an hour out of her busy schedule to share with our listeners… many years of experience as she can answer most of your questions of the dangers and the way to prevent them if they happen.

One in four US teen girls reported that they met strangers off the Internet. One in seven boys admitted they did as well. While most of these “Internet friends” turn out to be another teen or preteen, that’s not always the case. Unfortunately, children are now dying at the hands of their Internet child molesters and, not all sexual exploitation of children occurs offline.