What Experts are saying...

"All children, even those who seem wise beyond their years in matters of technology, rely on their parents to guide and protect them in matters of Internet safety (even if they do not admit it)..."
-WebWiseKids.org, exerpt from the home page.

"Teachers can't intervene on the Internet. 'When it [cyberbullying] happens online, there's no one to filter it.'... "
-WebMD.com, exerpt from article titled, "4 Dangers of the Internet: Protect your kids from cyberbullying and exposure to sexual predators with these Internet safety tips from the experts."
 
"It’s heartbreaking—our nation’s children being lured away from their families by sexual predators using the Internet to disguise their intentions."
FBI.gov, excerpt from Innocent Images National Initiative page.

"While technology offers many positive things, like connectedness and information, those same attributes, if misused, can also be quite harmful. Without the proper guidance and monitoring, teens can be lured into a sphere of digital and real-world dangers. Just as you monitor where your teens go and with whom they spend their time, so, too, you should be monitoring their digital activities..."
-TheAntiDrug.com, excerpt from "Teens and Technology: Digital Technology" page.

"WASHINGTON/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Director of National Drug Control Policy, John P. Walters, today released a startling data compilation indicating the extent to which Internet sites -- particularly those that post user-generated content -- can spread misinformation and facilitate dangerous behaviors among teens, tweens, and younger children. These behaviors can include drug and alcohol use, self-mutilation, extreme violence, and anorexia and other eating disorders. While many parents are becoming aware of the risks of online pedophiles and other sexual predators, the majority of parents are unaware of the nature and extent to which their children are exposed to or engaging in dangerous behaviors online."
-TeenResearch.com, excerpt from article titled, "Images of Violent Behavior, Substance Abuse: White House Drug Czar Alerts Parents of Online Exposure, Calls for Stronger Monitoring".

"The Internet has revolutionized our lives, and, despite its many benefits, the Internet has opened the door for predators to sexually exploit unsuspecting children. In the digital age, every child is just one click away from obscenely graphic and addictive pornography, and new threats--like cyberbullying and 'sexting'--also flourish in the Web 2.0 world. No child is immune to these risks online. Parents and other adults are the first line of defense against online threats."
-Enough.org, excerpt from the home page.

" 'Cyberbullying' is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been instigated by a minor against another minor. Once adults become involved, it is plain and simple cyber-harassment or cyberstalking. Adult cyber-harassment or cyberstalking is NEVER called cyberbullying. It isn't when adult are trying to lure children into offline meetings, that is called sexual exploitation or luring by a sexual predator."
-StopCyberBullying.org, excerpt from "What is cyberbullying, exactly?"