Online predators are a real threat among our digital active tweens and teens. Parents, do you know just how many children are victims? And how to protect your loved ones from their dangerous strategies?

1. KNOW THE FACTS
TO KEEP YOUR
KIDS SAFE
ONLINE PREDATORS
ONE in
FIVE
sexually solicited
kids have been
online
9 10out of parents
NEVER KNOW
INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT
will that any
has occurred
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75% of youth who received
an online sexual solicitation
did not tell a parent
14%have actually met face
to face with a person they
have met on the Internet
75% of kids are willing to
share personal info online
about themselves and
their family in exchange
for goods and services
77% of the targets of online
predators were 14 or older
22%were between the
ages of 10 and 13
MySpace
DELETESan average of
45,000 accountsper year
of
registered
sex offenders
There is estimated to be over
5,000,000
predators that surf the internet
Nearly 75%of victims who
met offenders face-to-face did so
more than once
64 percent of the teens
surveyed admitted they
did things online that they
would not want their
parents to know about
References:
The Pew CharitableTrusts http://www.pewtrusts.org/
PCs n Dreams http://www.pcsndreams.com
Online SafetyTips http://www.onlinesafetysite.com
Ezine Articles http://EzineArticles.com/4615801
Designer: Brigit Gilbert