Children’s safety center offers social media safety tips for kids [Video]

THE CHILDREN’S SAFETY CENTER OF WASHINGTON COUNTY IS OFFERING SAFETY TIPS AS MORE PARENTS ARE CONCERED ABOUT THEIR KIDS’ SAFETY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 40/29’S ABNER SOSA JOINS US LIVE FROM THE NEWSROOM WITH THAT ADVICE. THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS SAYS IT’S EASIER FOR CHILDREN TO BECOME VICTIMS TO ONLINE ABUSE BECAUSE MOST CASES ARE ON A ONE-ON-ONE SETTING. <> 80% of sexual abuse happens in an isolated one on one situation. And so how can we limit those? A 2022 STUDY BY THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER SAYS THAT EXPLICIT CONTECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS A MAIN WORRY FOR PARENTS OF TEENAGERS. IT CAN HAPPEN THROUGH A DIRECT MESSAGE — TEXT MESSAGE — AND EVEN ON PUBLIC TIMELINES. OPERATIONS DIRECTOR CASEY ATWOODS URGES PARENTS TO MONITOR KIDS’ SOCIAL MEDIA USE — AND ADDRESS ANY RED FLAGS. <> “we shouldn’t be afraid as parents either, to call out something that we think …