Wednesday, December 9, 2009

I interviewed my sister. She already knew that it is important to make sure that you don't give out your address, number, and other details about yourself online. She knew that it is important to search only wholesome things and to exit quickly out of inappropriate sites.
I explained to her how real child predators are and she was surprised how easily they can manipulate. She thought that if she just avoided giving out personal details, she would be okay. But I gave her some websites to look at that gave personal accounts of people who had internet relationships with child predators. These child predators began their manipulation by casually reaching out to the children then slowly and gently building up to more. When I told her to make sure that she was only looking at things online around other people, she was a bit defensive saying that she could handle herself. But I explained that many people start out small or accidentally happen upon an inappropriate website. Being around others would just help prevent her from getting accustomed to these sites popping up and beginning to feel okay with them.
It surprised me that she was defensive because I was only trying to help. I suppose though that she wanted people to trust her and believe that she is a person that would never do something like that.
I think that she will be very careful now to only talk with people who she knows in person on the internet now. I don't think she was talking to people she didn't know before but I think she will be more careful now. I think she will also make sure to keep her internet usage more open.

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