RESEARCH: 4 in 10 Kids See Adult Material Online: Study By Randy Dotinga

4 in 10 Kids See Adult Material Online: Study

By Randy Dotinga
HealthDay Reporter Mon Feb 5, 2:02 PM ET

MONDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- More than 40 percent of teens and preteens surveyed say they've recently come across nudity and pornography on the Internet, and most say they weren't looking for it, according to a study released today.

Those numbers were highest among older boys: Nearly four in 10 males aged 16-17 said they'd gone to adult sites on purpose within the past year, compared to just eight percent of girls at the same age.'

 

FULL ARTICLE AT: http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070205/hl_hsn/4in10kidsseeadultmaterialonlinestudy;_ylt=ArksTifQp1f6Lb1O8fWPIS_gcbYF

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