As always, children are observing and learning, and, increasingly, wanting to bring their online friendships into the real world, too. A new Netsafe study has revealed 10 per cent of young people in New Zealand have had a face-to-face interaction with someone they first met online. As for his advice to parents of children who want to meet online friends in person? And in some cases, the online friendships are a pathway to the more traditional types of friendships formed in the physical world." Youth homicides and abductions by a stranger met online are rare, according to the Crimes Against Children Research Center.

Source: Stuff December 08, 2019 15:56 UTC