Preventing child sexual abuse during a pandemic
Preventing child sexual abuse during a pandemic
Many people are working from home, including kids doing their schoolwork as we continue to shelter in place.
HOMEâ INCLUDING KIDS DOINGTHEIR SCHOOLWORK AS WECONTINUE TO SHELTER IN PLACE.AND AS PART OF OUR REBOUNDMARYLAND SERIESâ WMAâ2NEWS' MARK ROPER EXPLAINS HOWTHE MORE TIME KIDS SPENDONLINE DURING THE PANDEMICCOULD POSSIBLY EXPOSE THEM TOCHILD PREDATORS AND POTENTIALABUSE.ĂșHOME SHOULD BE A SAFE PLACEFOR KIDS BUT THE SEXUAL ABUSEOF CHILDREN COULD BE HAPPENINGUNBEKNOWNST TO PARENTS RIGUNDER THEIR OWN ROOF.
I'm amom, there's other moms outthere, we're literally handingour kid their gaming device,or their tablet and beinglike, I need to do a workmeeting, right, and there aredangers and risks from thatonline interaction, and wejust want to make sure thatparents are taking a minute tothink about that AND BESIDESBEING A MOMâ VANESSA MILIOIS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OFNO MORE STOLEN CHILDHOODSâ ABALTIMORâBASED NOâPROFITORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THEPREVENTION OF CHILD SEXUALABUSE.
There's also a sexualabuse that occurs where if Ias an adult am manipulating achild to giving me images ofthemselves and them I'm usingthose images either for my owngratification or to sell tosomeone else AND WITH SCHOOLSCLOSED DURING THE PANDEMICâCLASSES HAVE MOVED ONLINEâCAUSING KIDS TO SPEND MORETIME ON THEIR ELECTRONICDEVICES THAN EVER BEFORE.
Iwouldn't take my prâ schoolerto the playground and walkaway to the car and and go dosomething else, right, sowe're saying you don't' handyour preschooler the laptopand say I'll be back in anhour MILIO BELIEVES PREVENTIONBEGINS WITH KEEPING YOUR KIDSACTIVITIES ONLINE BOTOBSERVABLE AND INTERRUPTABLE.if you're child is gaming, youwant to know, who they'retalking to in that video game,you want to know what appsthey've downloaded onto theirphone, you want to know whothey're engaging with whetherit's tik tok or snapchat, orwhatever the app of the momeis KIDS SPEND SO MUCH OF THEIRFREE TIME SHARING THEIRPERSONAL VIDEOS AND PHOTOS TOSOCIAL MEDIAâ HOWEVERâPARENTS MIGHT WANT TO REMINDTHEM THERE ARE SOME THINGSWHICH SHOULD BE KEPT PRIVATE.We don't want you telling thatperson that you think is yourfriend in the online worldthat your in, our address,your date of birth, thosetypes of engagement where anonline predator could bepretending to be a peer ofyour child, to gain access tthat information SO WHAT ELSECAN YOU DO TO KEEP KIDS SAFEONLINE?â SET PARENTALCONTROLS ON YOUR KIDS'ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND APPS ASWELL AS YOUR HOME WâFINETWORK TO BLOCK YOUR KIDSEYES FROM INAPPROPRIATWEBSITESâ AND TALK TO YOURKIDS ABOUT THE DANGERS OFSEXTINGâ WHAT PHOTOS ARETHEY TAKING AND WHO ARE THEYSHARING THEM WITH?â MOBILEPHONES AND DEVICES SHOULD BEUSED IN A COMMON SPACE WITHINTHE HOME.
AND AS THE PANDEMICHAS FAMILIES SPENDING MORE ANDMORE TIME AT HOME AND ONLINEâ THESE ARE JUST A FEWREMINDERS HOW PARENTS CAN NOTONLY PROTECT THEIR KIDSDIGITALLY BUT EMOTIONALLY.because that abuse that canoccur, even if they weren'tphysically violated, can stillbe damaging and have lifelongimpacts MARK ROPER WMAâ2NEWS.FOR MORE STORIES TO HELP YOGET THROUGH THESE TOUGHTIMES..HEAD TO OUR WEBSITEWMAâ2NEWâDOâ COM SLASH