Child abuse experts are warning children as young as 5 to teach them about the dangers of the internet and especially online paedophiles, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre is going to introduce children to an animation series called; Hector’s World. It’s an animation about a dolphin called Hector, he is going to warn children about dangers on the internet. It’s a series of five animations with Hector and his friends and they will explain issues such as personal information and wether to hand it out or not, trustworthiness, making positive choices online and how to be open with an adult the children trust when they use the internet. Jim Gamble, chief executive of the child protection centre, said: “It is never too early to start giving children ‘safety first’ messages.”
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Informing young children through a cartoon, I think this a very good idea. These days even the youngest children use the computer and internet. In my opinion, the sooner children know what kind of dangers there are online the better… these days a lot of cartoons are informative, just think of Dora, children love that and learn from it. So why not use the same means for these kind of things. The organization is not only focusing on the children but also on the offenders, so they cover it from both ends. I think it is a GREAT idea
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