Technology and social media have their protective elements, too, Finkelhor said.Ībductions are rare, he said, but if such cases do come up, technology can be helpful. Talk to them about how the dangers in the virtual world can translate into the real world.” “Get your kids to show them where they like to go (online). “Kids are going to do it anyway,” she said. She doesn’t think cutting the child off from social media is the answer.
“If something is going on, it’s important for parents to be able to tell their kids: ‘If someone approaches you and makes you feel uncomfortable, you can come to me.’ Then they can work to prevent a situation.” When the child's relationship with their parents isn’t strong, their communication breaks down and that makes the child vulnerable to online predators, McBride said.Ī good relationship is important for communication, which is important for developing trust, she said. “When relationships deteriorate with kids. “It’s important to stay plugged into their lives.”ĭavid Finkelhor, the director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, said parents should work on having a strong relationship with their children. “(Technology) has great benefits and some potential risks,” McBride said. Hailey, now 17, did not even have a cellphone, they said, but they thought she was still communicating with someone and had left to meet with him. One of the disturbing aspects in cases of missing kids, experts say, is the number who are lured away through technology.Īt the time of her disappearance, Hailey’s family said they had tried to limit their daughter’s use of computers after they discovered she’d been talking to strangers online. In 2016, NCMEC worked with law enforcement and families on more than 20,500 cases of missing young people - 90% were cases of runaways. The vast majority of missing children are runaways, said Nancy McBride, the executive director of Florida Outreach at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). There were 662,228 reported cases in 2006. Hailey, who was found alive this week in Georgia in the home of 31-year-old Michael Wysolovski, a man she allegedly met online, was among the 465,676 cases of missing children reported to the FBI in 2016, a number that has decreased significantly over the past 10 years. Last June, 16-year-old Hailey Burns walked out of her home in Charlotte, leaving behind a distraught and frantic family who searched for her for the last 12 months. Watch Video: Missing Charlotte teen found safe in Georgia
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