One of the greatest public health issues facing the youngest generations in America is the pandemic of the online exploitation and abuse of children.

We’ve all heard stories about how this happens. They are tragic and yet preventable. A Rhode Island man, for example, was recently indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly communicating with a minor female on several social media platforms, enticing her to send him photographs of herself, and meeting with her to “engage in illicit sexual activity.” And a New York man was indicted for allegedly luring two 11-year-old boys through Snapchat before meeting them in person and sexually assaulting them.

We can’t continue to fight a raging forest fire with a squirt gun.

Parents often have a false sense of security, thinking that these th

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