Child Sex Trafficking - Dangerous Myths and 3 Ways to Keep Your Kids Safe
One of the most dangerous myths we want to dispel is that human trafficking always or often involves kidnapping or physically forcing someone into a situation. Actually, most human traffickers use psychological strategies to manipulate their victims into trafficking.
And it’s so easy to do this online–often while victims remain in their own homes–while their parents are completely unaware.
Russ Tuttle from the Stop Trafficking Project says, “Human trafficking, especially domestic minor sex trafficking, can be simplified as the exploitation of vulnerability.”
Russ lives and works in the heartland of America and knows that sex trafficking is a plague in both rural and urban communities alike.
And who’s more vulnerable than a kid online?
So what can we do about it? Here are 3 actions you can take to help you empower and defend the kids in your life starting today!