Child Online Privacy

Online privacy isn't around anymore. Children aren't aware of who is on the internet waiting for them to be an easy target. Social media is where children spend the majority of their time these days. Children don't hangout at the zoo's, amusement parks etc. Pedophiles are where children are and that is online, whether its on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, gaming site etc. “ It is believed that more than half a million pedophiles are online every day” (Wings). Half a million pedophiles are waiting for children every day, so as parents we need to educate them with what is out on the web and who is out there. 

As parents we need to be aware of what our child may be up to with social media.  We all want to think our children are perfect, but in reality no one is perfect and they could be doing things that could be harming their life. For example children do make Facebooks that they can be "friends" with their parents on, but then have another account for their real "friends". In this case the second profile their parents don't know about and could be "friends" with people they don't know (pedophiles). Their child could be chatting with who they think is their friend on Facebook, but really isn't. This is how children get caught up in bad situations. For more information about child pedophiles.