ONLINE DANGER
Teens and adolescents are more likely to encounter sexually explicit conversations on the Internet than parents may realize. A new congressional study has found that 1 in 5 kids online has received an invitation to engage in sexual behavior. Incidents ranged from a 13-year-old girl's being asked her bra size in a chat room to kids' being pursued by strangers' wanting to meet for sex off-line. Few children have reported the incidents to their parents. The study advises parents to remind kids that online buddies can be predators.
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