Child advocacy group encourages parents to monitor internet usage - WAND

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. (WAND) - This year, determination person been hundreds of cases surrounding of intersexual battle and exploitation against children crossed cardinal Illinois. In galore of these cases, it involves idiosyncratic the kid knows personally specified arsenic a household member.

The net has besides played a relation successful an summation of these circumstantial types of cases. Denise Johnson, Executive Director astatine the Sangamon County Child Advocacy Center, said parents request to marque checking their kid's telephone a priority. Johnson besides said parents should not consciousness similar they are invading their child's privateness by taking these information precautions.

"Kids are much savvy than a batch of radical think. Having that speech with them is really going to beryllium much adjuvant than harmful. Ask their kid to look astatine their phones connected a regular ground and look astatine the benignant of apps they have. Just bash not beryllium acrophobic to person those conversations with children astir what tin hap utilizing immoderate of these antithetic apps. Just don't deliberation that, 'This couldn't beryllium happening to my kid,'" said Johnson.

There are besides immoderate signs to spot if a kid is experiencing immoderate benignant of intersexual abuse. These see having nighttime terrors, wetting the bed, acting retired inappropriately and not wanting to beryllium astir circumstantial people.

If you fishy idiosyncratic is successful danger, interaction your section instrumentality enforcement oregon kid advocacy center.