According to the FBI, sextortion cases are up 60 percent in the last five years.
It can happen in a matter of minutes, but the trauma can stay with victims forever.
Unlike cyberbullying, which most parents know about and discuss with their teens, sextortion isn’t on a lot of parents’ radars, leaving kids unguarded and vulnerable to attacks.
Millennials are getting a hard time right now. Barely a day passes without some reference to young people having a sense of entitlement and lacking in life skills.
Cooking, managing your money, and being able to change a tyre are just some of the basic skills many young folk aren’t armed with when they enter adulthood.
But one council is looking to change all that by offering millennials a crash course in adulting. Read more…
The Youth Advocate 