• 34% of kids saw sexual material online they didn't want to see.
• 13% or 1 in 7 received unwanted sexual solicitations.
• 34% communicated online with people they did not know in person.

Youth Internet Safety Survey, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 2005

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• 42% of kids have been bullied while online. 1 in 4 have had it happen more than once.
• 35% of kids have been threatened online and nearly 1 in 5 have had it happen more than once.

2004 i-SAFE survey of 1,500 students grade 4-8

This site is dedicated to the memory of our son Ryan and for all young people suffering in silence from the pain of bullying and having thoughts of suicide. We hope students become less ashamed to ask for help when feeling suicidal. We hope adults gain knowledge from our tragedy. As a society, we need to find better ways to help our children through their most difficult growing years.

The NetSmartzWorkshop is an interactive, educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) for children aged 5 to 17, parents, guardians, educators and law enforcement that uses age-appropriate 3-D activities to teach children how to stay safer on the internet.

NetSmartz411 is parents' and guardian' premier online resource for answering questions about internet safety, computers and the Web. Search the knowledge base for answers to all of your questions about the online world! Click on the “Ask an Expert” tab or call 1-888-NETS411 (638-7411) to ask a new question.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's® (NCMEC) mission is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation, help find missing children, and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families and the professionals who serve them.

Use this free service to locate registered sex offenders in your area. Just enter an address and you will be shown a map. You can click on the squares that appear and see photos (where available) addresses, convictions and other information about the offender.

WiredSafety provides help, information and education to internet and mobile device users of all ages. This organization helps victims of cyberabuse ranging from online fraud, cyberstalking and child safety, to hacking and malicious code attacks. They also help parents with issues, such as MySpace and cyberbullying.

Text messaging has become its own language. Kids know it... do you? Use this website to translate all of those funny-looking abbreviations and symbols into English. Be sure to look through the whole site... lots of good information there for those of us who are "text-challenged."