I took this information from imView. The link to imView is in the column to the right. I don't know why I can't copy it over here. But here are some scary facts:
One third of kids have been contacted by a stranger and half of these were considered inappropriate.
81% of parents of online youth say that kids aren't careful enough when giving out information about them online.
76% of parents don't have rules about what their kids can do on the computer 65% of parents believe that kids do things online that they wouldn't want their parents to know about.
95% of parents didn't recognize the lingo kids use to let people know that their parents are watching.
89% of sexual solicitations are made in either chat rooms or instant messages
20% of children age 10-17 have been solicited sexually online; that's 1 out of every 5 kids.
75% of youths who received an online sexual solicitation did not tell a parent.
4,000,000 children are posting content to the Web everyday.
15,000,000 youth use Instant Messaging.
9 out of 10 parents will never know that any inappropriate contact has occurred.
14% have actually met face to face with a person they have met on the Internet.
1 out of 17 kids have been harassed, threatened, or bullied.
Nearly three-quarters (73%) of online teens believe that someone their age is most likely to be approached by someone unknown to them online as opposed to offline.
When asked how they responded the last time they were contacted online by a complete stranger, just 3% of online teens said they told and adult or authority figure.
Most kids will not report inappropriate Internet contact to their parents because they are afraid of losing Internet privileges.
61% of 13-17 yr olds have a personal profile on social networking sites.
44% of online teens with profiles like Facebook and MySpace have been contacted by a stranger, compared with 16 percent of those without profiles.
71% have reported receiving messages from someone they do not know.
45% have been asked for personal info from people they do not know.
48% of 16-17 yr olds report that their parents know "very little" or "nothing" about their online activities.
MySpace deletes 25,000 profiles weekly of users who don't meet the site's 14-year-old minimum age requirement.
This imView sounds like it is an excellent way to monitor internet activity. The link is in the column on the right, and titled "Family Online Safety Program" check it out and tell me what you think.
Living, Loving and Laughing along Life's Looney highway.
Middle-aged Mormon Man
6 comments:
Whoa! This is a spooky post! Are you doing this in honor of Halloween because you have me seriously frightened! I'm going to go check out the website now...thanks sis for the info!
That is the kind of world we live in and I think it's way too out of control! Now I don't feel like such a "meany" for not letting Jaden and Maddie get their own blogs or anything on the computer!
I never let Colton get his own myspace when he lived here and he just couldn't figure out why. Because this world is scary!
YIKES! Our world sucks sometimes!
Good Information to know, and yes our world is scary and is only going to keep getting worse, good job Brenda for the info.
Scary info! Thanks for the link. It's hard for us old folks to keep up with the technology the younger ones have access to. I'll keep a better eye out on my babies for sure!
Thanks for sharing.
That's is why I am going private again.So send me your email.
Here is my erikacampbell2@gmail.com
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