One in 4 children meets an Internet stranger

Marc · 10-16-2007, 08:24 AM

One in four children has put themselves in potential danger by secretly meeting strangers they have contacted online, a disturbing Government report shows.

Of those, 69 per cent took a child friend along, risking their safety as well, and 25 per cent went alone. Only six per cent took an adult.

The figure, from an official survey of 6,000 children aged between 11 and 16, is a three-fold increase on a similar study carried out two years ago.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

For those of you that are parents, what do you do to protect your child from the dangers of the internet?

jessa · 10-16-2007, 11:13 AM

Where are these parents while their children are looking for attention from internet strangers? Why haven't they taken preventative actions when all they hear on the news are things like abductions and murders?

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jessa The Beast Band Whore Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ocean Springs, you know, next to Biloxi Age: 20 Posts: 570 Rep Power: 10	Where are these parents while their children are looking for attention from internet strangers? Why haven't they taken preventative actions when all they hear on the news are things like abductions and murders?