What Should You Do If You Suspect Your Child Is Communicating With A Sexual Predator On-line?

Question

At this world, many new young children surf the net blindly.

They little ones don't know anything about safety.

So, what you would do when find your child is in risk?

Answer 1

You call the police. Then you talk to your child, tell him/her the dangers, and limit use of computer.

Answer 2

I don't have a child old enough to use the computer for such things.. but I would speak to my child about the risks and dangers that come from talking to strangers on the internet before allowing my child to do so. I might ask for their passwords, too, just to make sure that they're safe.

If I suspected a sexual predator was talking to my child online, I would report the suspected predator to the authorities if I was quite sure. Otherwise I would monitor my child's interactions very closely to find out. There are programs which save every key stoke on the computer.

Answer 3

Very few children are stupid enough to go meet with a stranger they met on line, despite news stories that lead you to believe it's an every day occurrence. Surveys show that most children know who they're dealing with on the other end, when it's an adult posing as a child or when the questions and topics cross the line. The real risk is that they inadvertently or innocently give out personal information. That's what they need to be educated about and frequently reminded of.

Answer 4

You look at their emails to see what the older person is communicating to them. If they resist, just tell them why you are doing it. Educate them on the dangers. Tell them what to avoid. My mom did this to me when I was thirteen until she trusted me. She still occasionally checks. It doesn't bother me at all since I know I'm not doing anything wrong.

Some red flags to watch out for are:

1. The other person asks their age, sex, or other personal information.

2. The other person asks them to met them without you in a secluded area.

3. The other person talks to them using sexual slang.

Every child is at risk (including me). I know it's a scary thought, but it's true. For kids who first use the internet, share an email address with them. Just like school, home, and outside rules, the internet needs to have reinforced safety rules. People will want to take advantage of your kids just like they would in real life.

Oh, and the wonderful thing about email is that it can be used as proof to catch Online Predators. If you see anything of a sexual content toward your child, print it out and take it to the police station. Especially, if the person is from your area.

Answer 5

1) have the computer in the living room or family room where they will know you are monitoring her on line activities.
2) let her know that if you find History deleted she will lose computer privileges for a week
3) use the parental control on the computer
There was a 60 min show on TV showing these men being caught going to a house thinking to meet a young girl. Now while they were very wrong talking to one they thought was a minor, these young girls on line is unbelievable in their language and their suggestive talk. I've been on line for years, in chat rooms and we have reported a lot of these kids to get them banned from cam programs for being underage and I am in what is called the "clean chat room" but they come in asking for..........
Parents need to wake up that its not all the men that are doing the searching out there, I see too many of these young girls doing the suggestive, over and above acceptable things on line. I am a mother, grandmother and you just don't let your daughters talk on line to someone with nicknames that some men have..OMG what they call themselves is unreal...also you can look at the name of the chat rooms and KNOW you don't want to go in those rooms..answer?
MONITOR whats going on in your own home and on your computer..period..no matter who is using it and get it out of their bedrooms behind closed doors.

Answer 6

Put the computer in the family room and occassionally read what he is writing. Put a password lock or block out sites that you don't want him to go to. And, of course, lecture him about stranger danger of all kinds.

As an aside, since we also had a laptop, we took the door off of your son's room so he couldn't hide what he was doing until we found we could trust him again.

Answer 7

Give her this true account.

A 13 year old girl had a chat with a stranger for quite some time.
She never told him her name, or the city where she lived.
She did tell him her school mascot, school colors, her height and hair color, and that she was in track. She also told him that she loved the nearby beaches.

Shortly thereafter, as she left a track practice, a man approached her saying, "I'm so and so. Remember our chats?" etc, etc.

He was a detective and located her in Georgia, near the coast. A long chat with ther parents.

Answer 8

for one put that person in a spot. get on line pretending to be your child to see how this person is acting. second give this persons screen name to the police tell them what you expect they can track who he is in no time without anyone knowing you turned his name in. try not to let the child know you dont trust them it could lead them to try and go meet the person out of anger. just to prove to you there not harmfull. most importantly keep your eyes open i dont know how old your child is but if your child is old enough to be out and about alone. you never know when they could convince your child to meet them act quick on this these perverts are very convincing. please give the screename to the police they will contact him through im pretending to be a child and set up a meeting. get one more pervert off the street and off the internet away from our children. use parental controls if you dont have aol you can download them. and choose who your child is allowed to im and e-mail your child might not like it but they will understand later it was for there saftey. if your child is old enough. show them a video of how on line preditors talk and act you can get them at your local libray. protect your child no matter what it takes. and dont assume just cause there in school there safe your child could have told this person were they attend school. and even sent a photo. act now not later. for the saftey of your child.

Answer 9

cut off contact immediately, place the computer in a common room, place firewalls and fiiters. delete temp internet files. BUt not before you take you, your child, and the computer to the police and tell the everything.

Answer 10

Supervise them. Ask to speak to this person and if you think they really are a sexual predator, and if you feel that strongly, call the police.