| It seems more and more parents are becoming | | | | wind. Likewise, a pedophile will not take |
| concerned about the dangeous unknown we call | | | | the most difficult, complex route to a |
| the World Wide Web. There has been recent | | | | victim. |
| concern about posting normal, family related | | | | |
| pictures. Is posting a family picture for | | | | The only real justification to such a claim, |
| others to see really putting your child at | | | | is that pedophiles are picture collecters. |
| danger? | | | | Sometimes they do peruse through photo sites |
| | | | for pictures of children. However, the |
| Our organization works online with pedophiles | | | | reality is this: The most common internet |
| every day. Real ones. Our abuse prevention | | | | pictures of random kids used by pedophiles |
| programs are based on the information we | | | | are taken with a telescopic lens, and without |
| gathered by infiltrating internet circles of | | | | you even knowing about it. Beach pictures, |
| them to learn how they act. Such first hand | | | | in the mall, walking down the street. The |
| research gives us a unique perspective to | | | | family pictures you take and distribute to |
| answer this question that nobody else can. | | | | relatives without the help of the internet |
| | | | are much more likely to end up in the hands |
| First you must ask yourself.....how likely is | | | | of a pedophile, and still may end up online |
| this? In reality, the fear that a pedophile | | | | anyway. While it is a discomforting thought |
| is somehow going to see your child's picture, | | | | for parents to think that pictures of their |
| then become obsessed, go through the nearly | | | | child may ever be viewed by a pedophile,short |
| impossible feat to identify your child in the | | | | of locking your child in the basement, it is |
| first place, then develop an elaborate plan | | | | a reality of the age. Picture sharing over |
| to somehow abduct your child, is about as | | | | the web is a convenience. It is something |
| likely as your child being hit with a small | | | | loved by family and friends. When we breed a |
| asteroid, twice in the same day. | | | | society where inocent pictures are too |
| | | | dangerous to be shared, then all we've done |
| Pedophiles are opportunists. While they may | | | | is added another atrocity. |
| have preferences as to the way a child looks, | | | | |
| the children they molest are based on the | | | | Society would be much better off, if we could |
| ones they have an opportunity to be around. | | | | stop wasting time on these misguided fears, |
| And yes, nearly every pedophile is around | | | | and instead apply the same effort to abuse |
| children every day. We catch less than one | | | | prevention. Lost in all this is the fact |
| percent of them, and they exist in a | | | | that nearly every incident of sexual abuse is |
| population well into the millions, likely | | | | preventable, with simple steps that parents |
| into the tens of millions in the United | | | | can take. The media has done a great |
| States alone. Our organization has recently | | | | disservice to the public, by focusing on the |
| come up with mathematical equations based on | | | | problem of sexual abuse from the extreme |
| the most widely accepted numbers, indicating | | | | fraction of a percent, and reinforcing |
| that around one in every 20-30 adults has | | | | traditional views of pedophiles which are far |
| active pedophile tendencies. | | | | from accurate. If parents don't understand |
| | | | the way they work and act, you can't protect |
| This fear of a pedophile finding your child's | | | | your children. The ploys pedophiles use can |
| picture online, and then stalking your child | | | | be stopped, if parents simply take the time |
| for evil purposes, is nothing more than an | | | | to address the things that make their |
| urban legend. It has never happened, nor is | | | | childrren vulnerable to begin with. With |
| it likely to in the future. It is simply not | | | | simple steps that nearly every parent can |
| how they work. They do not need to go through | | | | take, just about every molester can be kept |
| elaborate heists to get children. Most are | | | | at bay. |
| around kids every day. Even the ones who | | | | |
| aren't and might consider an abduction, are | | | | We understand that it can be hard to find |
| going to search for the easiest victim. They | | | | ways to address this topic with your kids, |
| will pick one out based on their geographic | | | | which is why we offer safety programs that |
| location, not go through great lengths to try | | | | teach kids how to defeat abuse simply by |
| and find and stalk a child's picture they saw | | | | reading them a children's book. Each book |
| on the internet. | | | | addresses a different concept in abuse |
| | | | prevention, and over the series your children |
| While the fear parents have about this may be | | | | will learn the skills they need to stop just |
| real, it is unfounded. A thief is not going | | | | about any attack. Instead of creating new |
| to spend days fumbling on a solid steel lock | | | | things to fear as parents, let's go on the |
| with a thousand tumblers, when the door 3 | | | | attack to ensure that our kids are protected. |
| feet away is already open and swinging in the | | | | |