In today’s contemporary world, many young children and teenagers are able to access social media via the internet without adult supervision which puts them in harm’s way. This essay demonstrates that one of the foremost problems caused by this is exposure to online predators and educating and monitoring teenagers about it would be a viable solution.
It has become a general perception that these predators are lurking out in the streets and public places trying to get to innocent children. Not only is that perception wrong but it is one of the major reasons as to how they go unnoticed. Online predators are known to use various online platforms to reach out to young gullible teenagers to extract personal information. For instance, statistics show that 65% of the time, online predators use social media to find their target. This further emphasizes the importance of educating teenagers and young children about the possible consequences of interacting with strangers on social media.
One of the possible solutions to curb this issue would be the parents monitoring their ward’s chats occasionally and explaining to them the detrimental effects of interacting with strangers over online platforms. Not only will they be aware of their child’s social circle but they will also be able to keep an eye on the safety of their child. For example, a survey conducted by the UK government revealed that parents who supervise their child’s social media activity are twice as like to come across any unusual activity than parents who don’t. Therefore, it is legible to say that monitoring the kids’ social media interaction on occasion would result in positive outcomes.
To conclude, access to the internet and social platforms could put teenagers in dangerous situations because of the presence of online predators, but it could be effectively solved by parents monitoring their childs’ chats from time to time and making them aware of the possible harmful outcomes of interacting with strangers.
In
today
’s contemporary world,
many
young children and
teenagers
are able to access
social
media
via the internet without adult supervision which puts them in harm’s way. This essay demonstrates that one of the foremost problems caused by this is exposure to
online
predators and educating and
monitoring
teenagers
about it would be a viable solution.
It has become a general perception that these predators are lurking out in the streets and public places trying to
get
to innocent children. Not
only
is that perception
wrong
but
it is one of the major reasons as to how they go unnoticed.
Online
predators
are known
to
use
various
online
platforms to reach out to young gullible
teenagers
to extract personal information.
For instance
, statistics
show
that 65% of the time,
online
predators
use
social
media
to find their target. This
further
emphasizes the importance of educating
teenagers
and young children about the possible consequences of interacting with strangers on
social
media.
One of the possible solutions to curb this issue would be the
parents
monitoring
their ward’s chats
occasionally
and explaining to them the detrimental effects of interacting with strangers over
online
platforms. Not
only
will they be aware of their
child’s
social
circle
but
they will
also
be able to
keep
an eye on the safety of their
child
.
For example
, a survey conducted by the UK
government
revealed that
parents
who supervise their
child’s
social
media
activity are twice as like to
come
across any unusual activity than
parents
who don’t.
Therefore
, it is legible to say that
monitoring
the kids’
social
media
interaction on occasion would result in
positive
outcomes.
To conclude
, access to the internet and
social
platforms could put
teenagers
in
dangerous
situations
because
of the presence of
online
predators,
but
it could be
effectively
solved by
parents
monitoring
their
childs
’ chats from time to time and making them aware of the possible harmful outcomes of interacting with strangers.