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May 4, 2020
Scary or Smart While many children venture safely through social media platforms, some have been subjected to frightening experiences. Children are very susceptible to becoming victim to online criminal behavior, ranging from bullying, stalking and sexual harassment, to child sexual exploitation and “sextortion”. You […]
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April 5, 2017
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Therefore I thought I would start off my first article discussing the importance […]
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