Wednesday 23 January 2008

Autumn Edows Growing Up Online

Autumn Edows Growing Up Online PBS Special. Growing Up Online is a special featured on the channel’s show Frontline. The episode will cover children having two identity’s, one being the normal family life and an online personality.

Autumn Edows is the online name of Jessica Hunter. Jessica is only 14 years old and her parents had no idea of what was going on with their daughter when she was online. While she was Autumn she posed as a gothic artist and model. Jessica’s father got a call from the school and discovered children’s parents upset about the content that was online of his daughter.

This is just one example of the dangers that children like Jessica Hunter aka Autumn Edows can run into. Hopefully this will aware more children and parents of these types of situations. We’ll give you more information and breaking news about similar stories about the Internet.

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