NCBI Bookshelf. H ow do we prevent underage drinking in a society in which youth receive positive messages about alcohol coupled with warnings that alcohol is illegal and risky? Alcohol pervades our culture, and youth are well aware of its popularity. Adolescents and young adults witness the casual use of alcohol by parents, other adults, and peers, and alcohol is commonly displayed in advertisements, in movies, on television, on t-shirts, at sports events, and through similar venues. Therefore, it is not surprising that experimental or occasional use of alcohol is reported by the majority of U.
Children using social networks underage 'exposes them to danger' - Telegraph
European self-regulation to ensure children's safety on social networking sites requires that providers ensure children are old enough to use the sites, aware of safety messages, empowered by privacy settings, discouraged from disclosing personal information, and supported by easy to use reporting mechanisms. This article assesses the regulatory framework with findings from a survey of over 9- to year-olds from 25 European countries. These reveal many underage children users, and many who lack the digital skills to use social networking sites safely. Despite concerns that children defy parental mediation, many comply with parental rules regarding social networking.
Children using social networks underage 'exposes them to danger'
The age of consent is the age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts. Consequently, an adult who engages in sexual activity with a person younger than the age of consent cannot claim that the sexual activity was consensual , and such sexual activity may be considered child sexual abuse or statutory rape. The person below the minimum age is regarded as the victim and their sex partner is regarded as the offender, unless both are underage. The purpose of setting an age of consent is to protect an underage person from sexual advances. The term age of consent rarely appears in legal statutes.
By Rhiannon Williams. Facebook is the social network most likely to have underage members breaching its minimum age of 13, with 52 per cent of 8 - year-olds admitting they had ignored the official age limit. Mobile messaging app WhatsApp requires members to be at least 16 years of age, yet 40 per cent of those questioned using it. BBM's minimal age of 13 was also ignored by 24 per cent, and photo messaging service SnapChat was used by 11 per cent.