How one mom saved her teen from online groomers
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“When her son Ari was 14 and starting high school, Dana says, his friend group fell apart.”
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“He and his girlfriend broke up, and his parents separated, too.”
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“Dana wasn’t too worried. She’d set up parental controls. And yet, she would later learn, Ari got to the point where he was eluding all the safeguards and spending 12-14 hours online a day.”
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“Online he made new “friends,” who urged him to do things like carve pentagrams and upside down crosses on his chest.”
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“The FBI recently issued a warning about these “violent online networks,” that work to establish trusting relationships with kids, especially ones with issues like depression or eating disorders.”
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“As for why the gangs do this, the FBI lists sexual gratification, criminal extortion, social status and/or the desire to sow chaos.”
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“When Dana reported the cutting to his therapist, Dana says the response was, “So many kids are self-harming that we don’t necessarily raise it to an ‘emergency level’ unless they have a plan to commit suicide.””
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“On Dana’s insistence, he was admitted to a locked psychiatric ward where he stayed for 10 days.”
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“When he got out of the hospital, he went into six weeks of intensive therapy and also back to school — a different one.”
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“He organized a band, learned sound engineering and recorded a solo album.”
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“He also started taking Jiu Jitsu.”
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“He got himself to a bike shop where they fixed the tire — gratis — and sent him on his way.”
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“Skenazy is president of Let Grow, the nonprofit promoting childhood independence and resilience, and founder of the Free-Range Kids movement.”
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