I feel, even though I love the internet, it is not a safe place for kids to be. I can understand
use of internet for research but when it comes to Facebook, Myspace, AIM, etc... most kids
do not know what they are getting into. There are billions of people in the world and most, if
not all, can use the internet. Not every person out there is safe or stable. There are sick people
out there who will contact young kids in anyway for their sick gain. I feel the internet should be
supervised for kids under 13 years old because there have been many cases where children have
gone online without parental supervision and talked to one of those pedophiles.
I read a blog here http://www.crime-research.org/articles/Fried10/ and it talks about how the
internet is not so safe after all. It mentions, "In a recent study conducted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), "by 2002 some 45 million children will be surfing the net." That is a scary estimate and that is only back in 2002! The estimate by now has to be much larger. This blog also mentions about "chicken hawks" which are pedophiles who go on online chats looking for under-aged victims. It truly is disgusting. I feel in todays society, however happy I am about us technologically advancing, i think parents need to step up and watch over their kids, for their safety because even though it may just be a computer to you or harmless fun, it could be potentially dangerous to your kid's life.
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