There are several things a parent can do to keep their children safe on the Internet, such as bringing the computer that the children use into a common area, such as den, living room or kitchen, where someone else is either present or nearby.
20 percent of children between the ages of 10 and 17 have been the victims of unsolicited sexual advances online. Three fourths of them never tell their parents or another adult. Seven out of ten of these advances occur on the children’s home computer. What’s scariest, is that many of these, after lengthy and multiple online conversations that gain the child’s trust, finally culminate in a face to face meeting.
