Internet safety and kids

/ 25 January 2009

An important new report, and a few of its findings:

The patterns are brutally clear. The same issues continue to emerge with each new technology. The kids who are in trouble offline are more likely to be in trouble online and offline psychosocial factors contribute to online risks. Many more youth experience bullying than sexual contact and the realities of "predation" look very different than most people imagine and, thus, require vastly different solutions than most people propose.

(Hat tip to apophenia)

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