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 Check out some of the shocking child
statistics involving computer and the Internet below.
Is it time to start monitoring and controlling your
child's computer usage!? We think so!
- 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.
- Crimes Against Children
Research Center
- 25% of children have been exposed to unwanted
pornographic material online.
- Crimes Against Children Research Center
- Only 1/3 of households with Internet access
are
actively protecting their children with filtering or
blocking software.
- Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- 75% of children are willing to share personal
information online about themselves and their family
in exchange for goods and services.
- eMarketer
- Only approximately 25% of children who
encountered a sexual approach or solicitation
told a
parent or adult.
- Crimes Against Children Research Center
- One in 33 youth received an aggressive sexual
solicitation in the past year. This means a predator
asked a young person to meet somewhere, called a
young person on the phone, and/or sent the young
person correspondence, money, or gifts through the
U.S. Postal Service.
- Youth Internet Safety Survey
- 77% of the targets for online predators were age
14 or older. Another 22% were users ages 10 to 13.
- Crimes Against Children Research Center
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