Do child
predators bamboozle you? Is the headline from an email I received this
morning from Yello Dyno.
“We’ve been bamboozled long enough. The old saying ‘out
of sight, out of mind’ has become the social norm, much to the delight of
child predators.”—The Yello Dyno email continues.
Yes, I agree we have been bamboozled long enough by
predators—and society is also being bamboozled by Yello Dyno. Yello Dyno’s
focus regarding child sexual abuse looks at the
sexual child abuse
predator outside the family. This is totally misleading. Studies reveal
that 80% of children, who are sexually abused, are abused by a family
member; 19% are abused by people the child knows and trusts.
Yello Dyno techniques will help children who are
targeted by a known person outside the family. However, the majority of
children are being sexually abused by a family member. Government
statistics report that only
1% of children, who are sexually abused, are
abused by a stranger—however, that is what the media reports. Thus, the
media is contributing to bamboozling society.
ABC Dateline reporter, Chris Hansen has presented a
series, "To Catch a Predator." Using decoys acting as a minor on the
Internet Instant Messaging system predators are lured to a house where a
decoy is waiting and the Dateline hidden camera crew is recording the
event, while police watch nearby waiting to arrest the predator as soon as
the predator has entered the house and learned from Chris Hansen that it
is a set-up.
May 22, 2006, the 109th Congress 2nd session declared
June as Internet
Safety Month. Recently, the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children and Cox Communication released a highly disturbing
survey of youth between 13 and 17 years old about their use of the
Internet.
• 4 percent of the
children questioned have had
face-to-face meetings with people they met on the Internet. One teen
meeting a stranger is one too many.
• 30 percent said they have considered meeting someone face-to-face who
they know only through the Internet.
• 71 percent reported receiving messages online from someone they didn’t
know.
• 45 percent said they have been asked for personal information.
The list of tips for parents to protect their child on
the Internet implies a predator could reach through the Computer screen
and pull the child into an abyss.
The best tip to protect your child from any would-be
child Internet predator is to provide them with the love, nurturing,
guidance, connectedness and time they need to thrive in life. Children who
have high self-esteem and strong family connections seldom are lured by a
predator. The guidance they need regarding Internet conversations, no
matter the web site is the same as when a stranger calls on the phone or
rings the doorbell.
• Never tell a stranger on the Internet any personal
information—the same as NEVER telling anyone on the phone that they are
home alone or reveal any identifying information.
• Never trust a stranger on the Internet no matter how kind or friendly
they seem to be—or if they tell you, “I know your Mom/Dad.”
• Never meet an Internet friend (stranger)—the same as NEVER opening the
door to a stranger or getting in a strangers car.
I am baffled that many parents argue against what I am
saying when I speak at teachers' conferences, PTO meetings, day care
centers and pediatricians’ offices. “That will never happen in my family
or my neighborhood.”—they argue. They seem to only believe the
neighborhoods on the other side of town are vulnerable to sex offenders.
Studies reveal sex offenders are from all professions and economic status.
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