Since the weekend is here, some kids may be home alone while their parents are out. That is an opportunity for them to get online and a prime opportunity for a child predator who is looking for a new victim to find them in cyberspace. I was reading a story online today from Pennsylvania where a 52-year-old man is accused of meeting what he thought was a 15-year-old girl online. He went to meet her and a 13-year-old cousin for sex–only to find that it was an undercover police officer.

Tom Corbett, the Attorney General, made a statement that all parents should read:

“It is vital for parents to understand that Internet predators will take advantage of many different situations to plan a meeting with a child, including holidays, school vacations and even snow days — any time that children may be home alone,” Corbett said. “Since 2005, our agents have arrested men who have traveled from as far away as Kentucky or Texas, in every kind of weather, simply because they believed a vulnerable child was waiting to meet them.”

This should be a wake up call for parents. The predators are out there. What are we doing  to protect our children?