Internet Safety Issues

I guess I didn't do this blog because I felt that it did not pertain to me as a missionary, but I thought about it and I realized it does.

A lot of kids in the Philippines go to internet cafes or have access to the internet and therefore are part of online social networks and have e-mail addresses. Unfortunately, human trafficking is very prevalent in the Philippines. If the girls in my classroom are not careful then they could end up giving away too much information about themselves that a predator could use to abduct them and force them in to the sex slave industry.

I now see a need to talk about internet safety with the kids I will teach in the Philippines. It would be important for me to stress that giving out personal information to strangers over the internet is not a good, or safe, idea. This may seem cliche, but I'd rather be cliche than be a teacher who wasn't cautious enough.