Many young children have unsupervised access to the internet and are using the internet to socialize with others. This can lead to a number of dangerous situations which can be threatening for children. What problems do children face when going online without parental supervision? How can these problems be solved?

"A good friend is a brother born for times of distress" so goes the old adage. Forming friendships nowadays has been made easier with the advancement in technology.

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however

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, has done more harm than good especially to the young minds among users.

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essay will highlight how

children

are taken advantage of by

people

with evil intentions, their exposure to pornographic material and how these issues can be tackled. Two factors are behind the dangers that lie as a snare for unsuspecting

children

during their

internet

use.

Firstly

, because young minds are so eager to form friendships with almost anyone, they tend to reveal personal information about them to the person on the other screen without knowing the real person they chat with resulting in undesirable effects.

For example

, many sexual

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predators

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preditors

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predators

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desguise

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disguise

disguised

themselves as

children

and make use of social

media

to build

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a friendship

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friendship

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friendships

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with young

people

who

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they eventually

harrase

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harass

upon coming into physical contact with them. The

second

reason linked to the

first

is

this

,

although

parents

may have forewarned them about

danger

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the danger

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of pornography,

children

can still view

such

materials on the

internet

especially with no or little parental oversight. To illustrate, some

parents

only tell

children

not

watch

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any immoral entertainment but do not take interest to check if the child does adhere to the counsel.

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In spite

of these drawbacks about technology, there are ways

children

can be helped.

Basically

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two methods can apply. The

first

being

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that

parents

should take an interest in knowing

who

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their young adult is chatting with on social

media

.

For instance

,

instead

of giving all the freedom to a child to communicate with strangers on social

media

,

parents

should only allow friendships with

people

they know in person.

Secondly

, all devices that

the

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young

people

use to access

internet

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the internet

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should be stationed in an open room where everyone can be monitored when using it. Take

for example

, if a family uses a laptop to browse the

internet

or for social

media

, they should put it in the living room so that they will be able to see what their child is watching

hence

avoid

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incidences of immoral entertainment by young

children

. In conclusion, regardless of the good that has come with the advancement in technology, parental

supervison

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supervision

should take precedence in order to protect

children

from harm that can result from it. Stationing devices used for

such

purpose

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as

internet

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the internet

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in

open

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room

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is one way among many. Parent interest in who their

children

are

befirending

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befriending

defending

can not be over

emphazied

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emphasized

.