Montana Online Predators

I grew up in the 80's and I think it was the last of the good old days.

It was a combination of old and new school. We still played outside, drank from a garden house, and rode our bikes all over town. However, we also embraced technology, or at least the technology of the day which included MTV and video games.

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Things are certainly different nowadays. You don't have to worry about your Mom picking up the phone while you try to ask a girl to go to the movies anymore, everything has changed. Now we can type in a few words into a search engine on our device and unlimited knowledge is at our disposal.

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Heck, we don't even talk to each other anymore, we just text back and forth.

Here in Montana, we're known as The Last Best Place and while we might not be as advanced as some of the other states with the latest and greatest "gadgets" we do spend considerable time online.

Where does Montana rank for states facing online danger?

According to one source, the youth of Montana are among the safest in the country when it comes to avoiding online dangers. Montana ranks 49 out of 50 and the only state safer than Montana is Alaska.

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Manhattan Mental Health Counseling took data from each state to compile the list of the most dangerous states for kids online. So how did they determine the ranking? They used the following 5 factors:

Percentage of Children Who Have Been Cyberbullied: 20%
Percentage of Children Who Cyberbully Others: 20%
Percentage of Children Who Have Sent a Sext: 20%
Percentage of Children Who Have Received a Sext: 20%
Student to School Psychologist Ratio: 20%

They determined the following for Montana.

Percentage of Children Who Have Been Cyberbullied: 44 percent
Percentage of Children Who Cyberbully Others: 9 percent
Percentage of Children Who Have Sent a Sext: 9 percent
Percentage of Children Who Have Received a Sext: 10 percent
Student to School Psychologist Ratio: 1567 to 1

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Source: Are Montana Kids At High Risk From Online Predators?

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