The Internet is a huge technological achievement promising great benefits to society in general and to children and young people in particular. However, as with many new or emerging technologies, the Internet has brought a number of unfamiliar problems in its wake. Some of these create potential dangers to children and young people, and whilst we do not want in any way to exaggerate the potential dangers, the fact is that they do exist.
- One out of five children age 10-17 have received unwanted sexual solicitations online;
- Over 75% of these solicitations are not reported to their parents;
- 70% of reported unwanted sexual solicitations occurred on the child’s home computer;
- 40% of teen respondents said they'd "potentially" in person meet someone they'd "met online";
- 62% of online teens (ages 13-18) said they have posted information about themselves (personal profile) on the Internet so others can see it and contact them;
- 34% of teens claim that their parents are never around when they're online; 6% of parents said they were never around when their children were online;
Unfortunately it’s not always possible to be present while your children are surfing the Web. But it is possible to check later to see where your children have spent their time online. By reviewing the History list in Internet Explorer, you can see all the places your children visited on the Web. However, this is as easy to delete as it is to view.
RockIT’s child protection package provides a powerful, yet simple and inexpensive solution that will help you protect your children and monitor their Internet use. Once RockIT have installed this software it remains completely hidden and works without any input required and recovers web sites visited, keystrokes written, and visual screenshots undertaken. It also blocks questionable websites and monitors the Childs time online.
To protect your children today or discuss your requirements without cost or obligation please give us a call on 01656 767 222 or click here to chat to us over the internet.
