Protecting children and teens from cyber-harm

Published: July, 2008

Certain patterns of behavior confer risk; here's what the research shows.

More than four in five adolescents currently own at least one type of electronic device, such as a cell phone, BlackBerry, personal data assistant, or computer. Many young people are using these devices to play online games, surf the Internet, send e-mail and instant messages, create blogs, or visit social networking sites.

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