Every time children go online, they come into contact with adults with malicious and often dangerous intentions. Parents of this generation may have only recently started using the Internet. Children, on the other hand, start young. Because children often have secret passwords and hidden privacy settings, parents are often unaware of the danger their children are in when online. Only a fraction of parents actively monitor their children's activity while they are online. Additionally, most children and adolescents are not only willing to share personal information online, but a significant percentage are also willing to meet strangers they meet online. The danger this poses to them is immense. The majority of North American parents do not monitor their children while they are online. There are simple ways to achieve this, but it is not implemented. One of the easiest ways for parents to find out what their children are doing online is to check their Internet history. Most kids don't bother deleting their history, and this can be accessed by searching the Internet settings and selecting the "history" button. Some may not think of this as a way to monitor their children's computer usage, but malware and virus protection software is a great tool. It protects the computer from software, images and videos that children can download that could be potentially harmful to the computer. The final method to keep children safe online is to use blocking. Parents can block dangerous and inappropriate chat rooms and websites from a computer. This takes a little more work, but it ensures that kids won't see anything or talk to anyone they're not supposed to. These small changes can make...... middle of paper ......know the intentions of the adult they encounter, but their naivety does not protect them from the dangerous situations in which they put themselves. If these meetings take place in secret or in private places, the consequences for the adolescent can be extremely dark and therefore cannot be taken lightly. The Internet is becoming more and more popular and every day more and more children and adolescents are going online. Most Canadian parents are unaware of the danger their children face every time they use a computer. A significant percentage of parents do not monitor their children while they are on the Internet, leading to the disclosure of personal information and dangerous situations for children and adolescents in real life. Parents need to start monitoring their children and talking to them about the dangers of strangers online to keep their children safe..