Dangers for children on the Internet.
All parents protect their children, however, as they grow older the needs for protection change and we all need to be alive to these new dangers. This page is not intended to cause any kind of panic, but as a responsible parent you do need to know what is going on where your child is concerned and why you should monitor children on the Internet.
Growing Internet dangers for children.
All parents are aware that there are vast amounts of pornography on the Web and it is usual for them to set controls. It is unlikely once the youngster reaches an age of about twelve that these control will be enough. Our youngsters tend to be far more computer literate than most of us realize, which is why we should monitor children on the Internet. Use GhostLog and be sure of what your children do on the Internet.
You really should keep a check on your youngsters, for your peace of mind and their safety.
The largest collection of chat rooms on the Web, is from Yahoo, MSN, AOL and at any given moment , there are in excess of 50,000 minors chatting in the thousands of chat rooms running night and day. Chat rooms with such names as #teensex. You owe it to yourself and your kids to protect them. We should point out though that there are literally millions of Internet chat rooms where children can go on the Internet and no surveillance package will monitor both sides of chats in all chat rooms. That said, GhostLog logs the vast majority successfully and all the major ones. Because of the vast number of chat room suppliers, no company can log all chats, but GhostLog does all the major ones.
A Tangled Web
In 2000, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children conducted a survey of 1500 children , concluded :-
1 in 4 had been exposed to unwanted sexual material.
1 in five had been approached or solicited for sex over the Internet
1 in 33 had been phoned, sent letters, money/gifts, or been asked to meet in person for sex.
