{"id":487,"date":"2010-11-03T15:04:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T19:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/?p=487"},"modified":"2010-11-03T13:21:30","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T17:21:30","slug":"internet-stats-cause-for-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/internet-stats-cause-for-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Stats …Cause for Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our guest post is from Nicola Fourie, parent of a young child. Nicola wants to get the word out on the need for putting parental control software on home computers to protect our children from Internet predators.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicola shares,”I attended a very interesting talk at my daughter’s school about children and the dangers of internet usage. Let me just say I was shocked at the stats and the growing numbers of missing kids due to coming into contact with the wrong people online.<\/p>\n

Here is what I learned\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n

* 20% of U.S. teenagers who regularly log on to the Internet say they’ve received an unwanted sexual solicitation via the Web. Crimes Against Children Research Center <\/strong><\/p>\n

* There are computer bulletin boards set up specifically for the seduction of children. They lure kids in with games and establish relationships with them on-line. Then they arrange to meet face-to-face.<\/p>\n

* Chat rooms and instant\/private messages are two main tools pedophiles use to contact children on-line.<\/p>\n

* An estimated 62% of teens report that their parents know little or nothing about their Web activities. LAPD Protect Our Kid<\/strong><\/p>\n

* When your child enters a chat room, they have a 100% chance of coming in contact with a sexual predator. The average contact takes 60 seconds. Often it is a predator.\u00a0 cleartraffic.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

* Only 25% of the youth who encountered a sexual approach or solicitation told a parent.\u00a0 Youth Internet Safety Survey<\/strong><\/p>\n

* 1% of parents stop monitoring their child’s Internet use when their child turns 14. Unfortunately, 72% of all Internet-related missing children are 15 or older. Crimes Against Children Research Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

* 60% of all websites on the Internet are pornographic websites (about 1.2 billion).<\/p>\n

* As many as 1 in 4 children who use the Internet regularly, will be exposed to unwanted sexual material, including photos of nude people.\u00a0 cleartraffic.com <\/strong><\/p>\n

* 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<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the talk they recommended that we find a good parental control software and install it on our computers.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks Nicola!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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