At any time, there are 50,000 sexual predators online.

22% of targets for online predators were between the ages of 10 and 13.

A recent survey of 1,501 kids between the ages of 10 and 17 showed that approximately 1 in 4 had had an unwanted exposure to some kind of image of naked people or people having sex in the last year.

Roughly 1 in 5 kids had received a sexual solicitation.

One in 33 kids had received an aggressive solicitation, meaning that someone had asked them to meet them somewhere, or called them, or sent them regular mail, money or gifts.

Only 25% of solicited children were distressed by their encounters and subsequently told a parent; 75% remained silent.

Facts at a Glance

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Urges Parents to Engage in their Children’s Online Life

The size of the wired teen population surges at the seventh grade mark. While about 60% of sixth graders use the Internet, by seventh grade the number jumps to 82%. (Pew Internet and American Life, "Teens and Technology,")

47% of children have received e-mails with links to pornographic websites. (Symantec market research report)

30% of teenage girls polled by the Girl Scout Research Institute said they had been sexually harassed in a chatroom. Only 7%, however, told their mothers or fathers about the harassment, as they were worried that their parents would ban them from going online. (Girl Scout Research Institute)

81% of parents and 79% of teens state that teenagers aren’t careful enough when giving out information about themselves online. 65% of parents and 64% of teens say that teenagers do things online that they wouldn’t want their parents to know about. (Pew Internet and American Life, “Protecting Teens Online,”)

From the dangers of the internet! Know what they do and see while online.

14% of children have arranged to meet a stranger through the Internet

Virtual innocence? 1. 25 percent of five-year olds use the Internet. 2. In 2004 more children used the Internet than adults. 3. 44 percent of children have felt sexually harassed on the Internet. 4. 50% of children use the Internet alone.

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