The bottom line is that the highest risk correlate for getting together with an adult offline, who was first met online, for the purposes of sexual activity, has nothing to do with going online. The best predictor appears to be how the child acts offline; any child exhibiting psychosocial problems at home or in the classroom is a much better candidate for this kind of problem than someone who spends many hours on the Internet, but otherwise seems to be a happy well-adjusted child. The old advice to “know your child” turns out to be true.
Jeffrey Plaman on 28 Jan 13The surveys that reflect change over the longest time periods, going back to the early 1990s, consistently show declines in bul‐ lying and peer victimization, some of it remarkably large. The more recent trends, since 2007, show some declines, but less consistently
