Although many parents and children are now aware of online predators, it is important for parents to remain vigilant and aware as to the many potential risks and dangers our children may face online.
The biggest threat facing children and teenagers on the internet today is not cyber predators but rather irresponsible parents. Children are accessing porn sites, chatting with strangers, and posting inappropriate content on the web because parents are not doing their jobs. The solution to solving the problem of minors on the internet does not involve more intense policing rather it involves holding parents criminally responsible when a child accesses porn, posts inappropriate material, or meets a predator offline.
If my child burns himself on the kitchen stove and I have to take him to the hospital, then the first thing that is going to be asked is: where were the parents when this happened? If the hospital staff doesn't feel the correct answer is given, then the matter is referred to a child welfare agency. When a child meets a predator from online in the real world and gets molested, then the parents are called a VICTIM along with the child. This is utterly insane. The parents of these kids should be arrested and charged with a criminal offense for not properly supervising the child's online behavior as well as keeping tabs of the child outside the home.
Until police begin to file criminal charges against the parents of children victimized online, then there will not be solution to this problem. Instead, responsible adults who use the Internet will be punished in the name of saving the children. I really wish that society would start holding parents accountable for poor parenting and not blaming the big corporations for parental malfeasance.
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