One of my FB page followers sent me this article which I must definitely share with you guys as I truly wanted everyone, parents especially to take note and do something about this.
Now parents before you view the video, no matter how you think you have talked, discussed, asked, listened, drilled etc your children about stranger danger, please please please monitor their activities, check up on them every now and then as often as you can, be there for them, be the one your child can go to and talk to with ease, spend more time with them. Don't be too confident that your child won't fall into such traps. Just very scary to watch the video and see how easily the girls trust strangers they have never seen face to face.
For your convenience, I have copied some of the excerpts from the article here:
"In this video, YouTuber, Coby Persin, creates a social experiment to show just how dangerous it can be to "friend" a stranger online. With the permission of three teenage girl's parents, he sends the girls a friend request posing as a 15 year old boy who just moved to their town. Not only do these girls accept his request and chat with him, but they also agree to meet up with a complete stranger. The girls parents were shocked to see that their daughters would give out their address and meet up with a stranger -- they didn't believe it was possible! This is something that everyone needs to see. You never know who that 15 year old boy might really be!"
To view the video, just click on the screenshot image below, it will play the video on YouTube in a new window screen.
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