11/30/07

Yikes...who would have thought....

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 received unwanted sexual solicitations online; that's one out of every five kids
75% of youth who received an online sexual solicitation did not tell a parent
81% of parents of online youth say that kids aren't careful enough when giving out information about themselves 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
4,000,000 children are posting content to the Web everyday
15,000,000 youth use Instant Messaging

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