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By Dr. Charlie Glickman • Mar 3rd, 2008 • Category: BlogFor several years now, fear-based messages about the internet and child abuse have been based on anecdotal reports and panic. Finally, the American Psychological Association has published an article that explains the facts.
As someone who came of age before the internet became the social medium that it currently is, I thought it was a great look at how teens are currently interacting with the net. Even if you don’t have kids, I suggest downloading the pdf and giving it a read. And if you do have kids, or you work with kids, or you know someone with kids, there’s some good info here. Some of it is based on preliminary research and there’s certainly room for future work. But the most important thing that I came away from it with was that the stereotypical profile of teens at risk and the typical image of online predators simply doesn’t match the majority of the cases that were reported.
It’s a lengthy article and there’s no way I can summarize it here. Check it out, pass it on to teachers, school guidance counselors and parents.
Dr. Charlie Glickman >> Dr. Charlie Glickman has been working at Good Vibrations since 1996, when he joined the staff at our Berkeley store. Currently, he is our Education Program Manager and (among other things) runs our in-store After Hours workshop program, our Off-Site Sex Education Program, trains our Sex Educator-Sales Associates and writes copy for our website. In 2005, Charlie received his doctorate in Adult Sexuality Education from the Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition, he offers classes on sexuality for psychotherapists and workshops on teaching for sex educators.
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