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Amber Ready Program

Suzanne reccomends the AMBER Ready Program. The AMBER Ready Program protects families with children of all ages.  Enroll Now by Clicking Here , or Call the AMBER Ready Center at 866-60-AMBER (866-602-6237). The Problem (United States): · About 2,200,000 Americans are raped each year · About 1 in 4 rape victims are girls under the [...]

Online Safety Statistics

A study by the NOP Research Group found that of the four million children aged seven to 17 who surf the net, 29% percent would freely give out their home address and 14% would freely give out their e-mail address if asked. (Telegraph.co.U.K January 2002) Nine out of 10 children aged between 8 and 16 [...]

More Facts on Teen Internet Use

From the Office of Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch 1 Parents’ Internet Monitoring Study, Cox Communication and The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and NetSmartz by the Ketchum Global Resource Network, February 2005. 2 Unless otherwise noted, statistics are courtesy of an October 2005 Polly Klaas Foundation survey of nearly 1,500 children aged [...]

FACTS ON TEEN INTERNET USE

• 42% of parents do not monitor the content of the messages sent and received by their teens;1 • 50% of teens (aged 13-18) frequently communicate online with someone they’ve never met in person;2 • 42% say they have posted information about themselves on the Internet so others may contact them; • 30% have talked [...]

Internet Statistics

The rate of growth of Internet use in the United States is currently two million new Internet users per month. Ninety percent of children between the ages of 5 and 17 (or 48 million) now use computers. (According to: A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet, 2002) ??27% of teens [...]

Suzanne Stanford – My Internet Safety Coach My Internet Safety Coach’s Tip – Don’t be a Phish! Hey Parents – Don’t forget to tell your kids that online “spoofing” is no joke. It’s used by phishers (crooks) who want to hook on to your personal information by sending you an email telling you they want [...]

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