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{Ages 13 and under}

Tweens & Technology

Quick Stats

Cell Phones

• Today, approximately 79% of all teens (17 million) have a mobile device, a 36% increase since 2005.
• 49 percent of high school students have posted personal information on their web pages such as name, age, or address.

Cyber-Bullying

• 42% of kids have been bullied while online. 1 in 4 have had it happen more than once.
• 58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online.
• 53% of kids admit having said something mean or hurtful to another person online. More than 1 in 3 have done it more than once.
• The primary cyber bullying location where victimizing occurs is in chat rooms (56 percent).
• 49 percent are victimized via instant message and 28 percent via e-mail.

Adult Material

• More than 11 million tweens regularly view adult material online.
• The Adult Industry has become a major presence in the lives of youth and few parents are using available technology to block sexual content.
• More than one-third of 16 and 17-year-old boys surveyed said they had intentionally visited X-rated sites in the past year. Among girls the same age, 8 percent had done so.
• 79% of youth unwanted exposure to the Adult Industry occurs in the home.

Taken from enough.org, isafe.org and ctia.org.

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