The dangers of online child abuse & predators
On August - 16 - 2010
THE worry of ‘stranger danger’ used to be enough to keep parents awake at night.
Thanks largely to a ‘don’t accept sweets’ advertising campaign, mums and dads would be left with nagging fears that one day their child could be snatched after innocently talking to a stranger in the street.
Nowadays strangers don’t need sweets. At the click of a button they can make contact with children in their own bedrooms and even through their mobile phones.
Although the internet is an invaluable communication tool, the sad fact is that it is exposing millions of children across the world to danger from online predators.
READ MORE HERE:
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Tackling-the-dangers-of-online.6476747.jp
---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
Educate Yourself -- Learn the Facts
It May Just Save a Child's Life!!
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