Florida Joins National Take 25 Campaign PodCast (05/21/2008)

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I’m Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum.

This Sunday, May 25th, is National Missing Children’s Day, and together with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, my office is participating in the annual Take 25 Campaign.

This campaign is designed to encourage parents and guardians to take 25 minutes to talk to children about safety. In today’s tech-savvy environment, CyberSafety is one of the most important aspects of keeping our children safe.

Parents, nothing is more important than having this conversation with your children. Every day, 77 million children use the internet, and of those ages 10-17, one out of every seven will be solicited over the internet for sex. One of those children could be your own.

I invite all of Florida’s parents, guardians, teachers and other adults with children in their lives to take 25 minutes to talk with those children about staying safe online. More information, including tips for parents talking about internet safety, is available on my SafeSurf website at safeflorida.net.

Please join us as we continue working to protect Florida’s children.