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An English manufacturer of uniforms is considering adding satellite tracking devices to its line of school clothing so that parents can locate their child’s whereabouts at all times.

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Just as your kids are getting ready for school and undoubtedly excited about it, now is a great time to discuss with your children the dos and don’ts of computer usage at schools.

Also, school homework that requires computers at home is coming. Be sure to set the ground rules for internet usage and be sure to keep a close eye on what they are doing. Take a moment to sit down with them on the family computer and put together an excellent list of bookmarks for them to use for internet research and activities.

All it takes is one letter to be missed, one small typo, and your kids will be presented with adult related content you do not want them to see. If you setup bookmarks in advance, this will reduce the serious risk!

Until next time, stay safe!

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Anyways, every parent who has a teenage daughter should watch this and warn their teenager about the risks of video chat.

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Be careful out there!

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• 69 percent of teens regularly receive personal messages online from people they don’t know and most of them don’t tell a trusted adult about it. (National teen Internet survey was funded by Cox Communications in partnership with NCMEC and John Walsh and was conducted in March 2007 among 1,070 teens age 13 to 17. The research was conducted online by TRU. survey_results_2007.ppt).

• While 16 percent of teens say they’ve considered meeting face-to-face with someone they’ve talked to only online, that marks a significant drop compared to the 30% of teens who were considering such a meeting in 2006. In 2007, 8 percent of teens say they actually have met in person with someone from the Internet, down from 14 percent in 2006. (National teen Internet survey was funded by Cox Communications in partnership with NCMEC and John Walsh and was conducted in March 2007 among 1,070 teens age 13 to 17. The research was conducted online by TRU. survey_results_2007.ppt).

• When they receive online messages from someone they don’t know, 60 percent of teens say they usually respond only to ask who the person is. Compared to the 2006 survey, there was a 10-percentage-point increase in teens ignoring such messages (57 percent vs. 47 percent). Still, nearly a third of teens (31 percent) say they usually reply and chat with people they don’t know, and only 21 percent tell a trusted adult when they receive such messages. (National teen Internet survey was funded by Cox Communications in partnership with NCMEC and John Walsh and was conducted in March 2007 among 1,070 teens age 13 to 17. The research was conducted online by TRU. survey_results_2007.ppt).

• 50 percent of high school students “talk” in chat rooms or use instant messaging (IM) with Internet strangers (Market Wire. November 6, 2006. i-SAFE Inc. December 12, 2006 release_id=180330).

• 20 percent of students in middle school as well as high school admit that they have met face-to-face with someone they first met on the Internet (Market Wire. November 6, 2006. i-SAFE Inc. December 12, 2006 release_id=180330).

• Approximately 1 in 7 (13 percent) was solicited in 2005, compared to approximately 1 in 5 (19 percent) in 2000; however, aggressive solicitations, in which solicitors made or attempted to make offline contact with youth, did not decline. Four (4) percent of youth Internet users received aggressive solicitations - a proportion similar to the 3 percent who received aggressive solicitations in 2000 (Online Victimization of Youth: Five Years Later. 2006. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Crimes Against Children Research Center, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. December 4, 2006. pdf/CV138.pdf).

• 4 percent of all youth Internet users in 2005 said online solicitors asked them for nude or sexually explicit photographs of themselves (Online Victimization of Youth: Five Years Later. 2006. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Crimes Against Children Research Center, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. December 4, 2006. pdf/CV138.pdf).

• In a survey conducted by the Intelligence Group, Dateline questioned 500 teenagers across the country, ages 14-18, about their computer habit. When asked if someone they’ve met online has wanted to meet them in person, 58 percent said “yes” and 29 percent said they’ve had a “scary” experience online (Most Teens Say They’ve Met Strangers Online, MSNBC Interactive, April 26, 2006, displaymode/1098/).

• Half of teens ages 13-18 often communicate through the Internet with someone they have not met in person (Internet Safety: Realistic Strategies & Messages for Kids Taking More and More Risks Online. December 21, 2005. Polly Klaas Foundation. February 17, 2006. pkfsummary.pdf).

• One-third of youth ages 8-18 have talked about meeting someone they have only met through the Internet (Internet Safety: Realistic Strategies & Messages for Kids Taking More and More Risks Online. December 21, 2005. Polly Klaas Foundation. February 17, 2006. pkfsummary.pdf).

• Almost one in eight youth ages 8-18 discovered that someone they were communicating with online was an adult pretending to be much younger (Internet Safety: Realistic Strategies & Messages for Kids Taking More and More Risks Online. December 21, 2005. Polly Klaas Foundation. February 17, 2006. pkfsummary.pdf).

• 30 percent of teenage girls polled by the Girl Scout Research Institute said they had been sexually harassed in a chatroom. Only 7 percent, however, told their mothers or fathers about the harassment because they were worried that their parents would ban them from going online” (Girl Scout Research Institute, 2002).

• 86 percent of the girls polled said they could chat online without their parents’ knowledge, 57 percent could read their parents’ e-mail, and 54 percent could conduct a cyber relationship. (Girl Scout Research Institute, 2002).

This statistics series is provided by Parental Monitoring Software. We quote and link to sources used whenever possible.

If you find these statistics alarming and you have kids who use the internet, we strongly recommend using a monitoring software product wherever possible.

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• A majority of teens (58 percent) don’t think posting photos or other personal info on social networking sites is unsafe. (National teen Internet survey was funded by Cox Communications in partnership with NCMEC and John Walsh and was conducted in March 2007 among 1,070 teens age 13 to 17. The research was conducted online by TRU. survey_results_2007.ppt).

• About half (49 percent) are unconcerned posting personal info online might negatively affect their future. (National teen Internet survey was funded by Cox Communications in partnership with NCMEC and John Walsh and was conducted in March 2007 among 1,070 teens age 13 to 17. The research was conducted online by TRU. survey_results_2007.ppt).

• Teens readily post personal info online. 64 percent post photos or videos of themselves, while more than half (58 percent) post info about where they live. Females are far more likely than male teens to post personal photos or videos of themselves (70 percent vs. 58 percent). (National teen Internet survey was funded by Cox Communications in partnership with NCMEC and John Walsh and was conducted in March 2007 among 1,070 teens age 13 to 17. The research was conducted online by TRU. survey_results_2007.ppt).

• Nearly one in 10 teens (8 percent ) has posted his or her cell phone number online. (National teen Internet survey was funded by Cox Communications in partnership with NCMEC and John Walsh and was conducted in March 2007 among 1,070 teens age 13 to 17. The research was conducted online by TRU. survey_results_2007.ppt).

• Teens who have online profiles are generally more likely to say it is okay to give out certain pieces of personal information in offline situations than they are to have that information actually posted to their profile. Teens with online profiles have a greater tendency to say it is fine to share where they go to school, their IM screen name, email address, last name and cell phone number with someone they met at a party, when compared with the percentage who actually post that information online. The only piece of information they are more likely to share online rather than in person with a new acquaintance is the city and state where they live. (Lenhart, Amanda and Madden, Mary. Teens, Privacy, and Online Social Networks. Pew Internet and American Life Project, April 18, 2007 SNS_Report_Final.pdf).

• Some 23 percent of teen profile creators say it would be “pretty easy” for someone to find out who they are from the information posted to their profile, and 40 percent of teens with profiles online think that it would be hard for someone to find out who they are from their profile, but that they could eventually be found online. Another 36 percent say they think it would be “very difficult” for someone to identify them from their online profile. (Lenhart, Amanda and Madden, Mary. Teens, Privacy, and Online Social Networks. Pew Internet and American Life Project, April 18, 2007 SNS_Report_Final.pdf).

• 49 percent of high school students have posted personal information on their Web pages — such as name, age, or address — that could assist a stranger to identify or locate them (Market Wire. November 6, 2006. i-SAFE Inc. December 12, 2006 release_id=180330).

• 81 percent of parents of online teens say that teens are not careful enough when giving out information about themselves online and 79 percent of online teens agree with this (Family, Friends and Community: Protecting Teens Online, Amanda Lenhart, March 17, 2005, Pew Internet & American Life Project, December 12, 2005, report_display.asp).

• About four million teens (19 percent) of 12- to 17-year olds who use the Internet-have created some sort of blog, according to a November 2005 Pew Internet & American Life Project study.

This statistics series is provided by Parental Monitoring Software. We quote and link to sources used whenever possible.

If you find these statistics alarming and you have kids who use the internet, we strongly recommend using a monitoring software product wherever possible.

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