Although child abuse doesn’t guarantee trafficking, it does increase the risk. Sexual abuse, chronic neglect, and exposure to violence can weaken protective boundaries, create attachment disorders, leave a child with low self-esteem, and normalize abuse.
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YouTube video by Million Kids Protect & Prevent - Do You Know These Terms & Why They Matter to Your Child's Online Safety?

Kids are navigating a digital battlefield with enemies they can’t see and tactics they don’t understand. Parents can’t protect their children from threats they don’t know exist.
Listen to the podcast at: youtu.be/fs89nPiaY4Y
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Know what is going on as we all work together to keep our kids safe from predators.

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International Megan's Law prevents the sexual exploitation of children across the globe. It reduces child sex tourism, improves information‑sharing, closes loopholes that allowed offenders to travel & supports global efforts to protect children from exploitation.
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1 in 4 (26%) respondents indicated they knew of someone (not including themselves) who had experienced sexual extortion while under the age of 18, including around 1 in 5 (21%) teens and 1 in 3 (33%) young adults (from June 2025 Thorn national survey).
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“Parents, wake up!"
Investigators allege Justin Adkins, 29, used Robux through the app Roblox to buy the victim things and even sent her an iPhone “because he wanted better content in the imagery.”
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Kids need to know to block them, save everything, don't pay or send more images, and report them (trusted adult, platform, and law enforcement).

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Estimates are that 50–70% of child sex‑trafficking victims in the U.S. have had some involvement with the child welfare system including foster care, group homes or shelters. IIt's often because of trauma, instability and traffickers targeting vulnerable youth.
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It isn't too late to donate to the foster bedding drive. $75 buys a comforter, twin sheet set, decorator item/pillow, and an I Believe in You challenge coin. You can donate at: millionkids.org/donate and put foster bedding in the notes.

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The Million Kids "In the News" newsletter came out this week. Be sure and read all of the latest at: millionkids.org/million-kids...

Staying educated and informed is the first step to protecting your family.

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The Angel Program uses travel data and state sex‑offender registries to flag individuals. It notifies destination countries before these individuals arrive to help prevent child‑sex tourism and other forms of exploitation.

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Kids need to hear this clearly and regularly: once a nude is sent, it can be saved, shared, or used to pressure them.
Talk to them before it happens. Anyone asking for a nude is showing unsafe behavior, not trust or affection.
Safest choice is don’t send one. Ever.
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CA human trafficking crackdown leads to 600 arrests and 170 victims rescued, including children A week-long statewide crackdown on human trafficking resulted in more than 600 arrests and the rescue of 170 people, including children as young as 13.

California's weeklong operation, dubbed Operation Reclaim and Rebuild, involved more than 80 law enforcement agencies across the state and ended January 31.
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Most exploitation starts with a “friendly” stranger slipping into a child’s messages. Parents who stay aware of who’s talking to their kids aren’t overreacting; they’re shutting the door on predators before harm begins.
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This remains one of the most effective recruitment tactics because it leverages emotional dependence, trust, and manipulation. Many victims do not initially recognize the relationship as exploitative, which delays intervention and reporting.

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Parents still rely on advice from five, ten, even fifteen years ago about keeping kids safe online… while predators have upgraded. The gap between what families think keeps kids safe and what’s actually happening online has never been wider. Read the book to learn more.
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If you aren't keeping up with the news, you are missing important information about how the online exploitation of children is evolving and what is being done about it. Have the weekly newsletter delivered to your email. Sign up at: millionkids.org/million-kids...
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Thorn's survey results should alarm every parent!
Half of teens say someone has tried to connect with them using a fake persona, 1 in 4 were asked to engage in sexual activity online. Parents need to know what kids are facing in their digital world and be proactive in protecting.
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Online enticement isn’t rare and it’s exploding. By June 2025, NCMEC had already received over 518,700 reports of online enticement (and who knows the number of unreported).
Your awareness and chats with your kids matter more than ever.
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Human trafficking isn’t some distant issue. NCMEC reported over 113,500 possible child sex trafficking cases in 2025, a staggering 323% jump from the year before. Protecting kids starts with connection, awareness, and truth.
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Kids face more online risks than most adults realize. From manipulative strangers, to pressure to share images. The best protection isn’t an app or a filter but regular, calm conversations that teach kids what’s safe, what’s not, and how to come to you.
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This number is an estimate and minors are likely recruited online at a higher %. The other most common forms of recruitment include: romancing the potential victim, familial, friends/peers, recruitment in group homes or shelters, promises of job, and kidnapping.
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We help you stay educated about human trafficking and online exploitation. Stories, trends, reports and anything to help you protect your family. Sign up for the weekly newsletter at MillionKids.org/news-1.

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Cyber exploitation may be the fastest‑growing crime in the world. This is 15 years of experience educating about online exploitation distilled into a single, powerful resource.
PDF/audio versions on the Million Kids website.
Kindle/paperback editions on Amazon.
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Gitnux reports that 1 in 5 children receive unwanted sexual solicitations online and kids ages 12–15 are targeted the most. More alarming: 82% of online grooming sex crimes begin on social media. Pay attention to their online world like you would at a park.
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1 in 5 teens and 1 in 3 young people know someone who was sexually extorted over a nude (real or deepfake) before turning 18 (Thorn, 2024). Talk to your kids about never sending a nude. Having conversations at home matters so they can come to you if it happens to them.
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Regular conversations about online safety reduce grooming risks by 40%. While 81% of parents say they talk about it, only 46% of kids remember those conversations (Gitnux).
Kids need these messages repeated from every corner of their world to spot danger, stay safe, and ask for help.

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Research shows that teens are saying the quiet part out loud: Their parents “do not really understand their online world” and would be shocked by what actually happens.
We have to build digital trust by talking to them before anything goes wrong.
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Gitnux reports: Girls make up 71 percent of all child trafficking victims (with 72% of those being for sex trafficking) and boys make up 29 percent of child victims (with 66% of those being for labor trafficking).

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A must read for every parent, teacher, leader & coach. Cyber exploitation of minors may be the fastest growing crime in the world.
Kindle and paperback available on Amazon (search Opal Singleton)
PDF and Audio versions available on MillionKids.org.

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