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This is the second in a three part series related to understanding how predators, pedophiles and organized criminals access, groom, recruit and seduce young people.  The grooming process is an artform used by criminalsto manipulate unsuspecting individuals into sending nudes, meeting up or take control of their lives.    Online grooming works because the Internet seems like a surreal environment w...

HOW ARE PREDATORS ABLE TO SEDUCE A TOTAL STRANGER INTO AN ACTIVITY THAT WILL FOREVER COMPROMISE THEIR FUTURE?Online seduction is an interesting idea. Everyday, thousands of victims around the globe fall prey to online seduction. Sometimes, in only a matter of minutes. Think about this... can you imagine a 15 year old guy who meets a 15 year old girl in the mall and they go into the bathroom, strip...

Part 2 of a look at Sextortion. Every parent/caregiver needs to listen to these. This time Opal focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) and how it is being used to blackmail and threaten kids (and practically anyone can become a victim). It doesn't take much to take a photo of someone and make it explicit, then threaten the victim that the created deepfake photo will be shared with their famil...

This is a must watch or listen to for every parent and caregiver out there with kids on social media or the Internet. Do you know what sextortion is, how it happens, and who is vulnerable? Do you know how to protect your family and what to do if your child comes to you because they are being sextorted? We have had too many kids impacted already, some with devastating consequences, and it needs to...

We are going direct to podcast moving forward. Be sure to subscribe so you know when MillionKids.org releases a new training or topic video. Million Kids is a public benefit 501c 3 that has trained hundreds of thousands of individuals, leaders, parents and grandparents about how to stay safe online and not become a victim of sexual exploitation. For the past eight years, Million Kids has shared st...

Romance scams have been around forever, but now with artificial intelligence, global 5 g high speed connection, money transfer options on most apps, and geo location software, online romance scams are estimated to be morethan $1.3 billion dollars in losses just in the United States alone.   Million Kids has been educating adults about romance scams for several months now.   However, we feel there...

Million Kids is a public benefit 501(c) Non profit organization that started in 2008 and continues to this day.  Our mission is single focused:  To keep kids safe from predators.  During this show we share with you about our journey of growth and expansion.  Million Kids has educated more than 750,000 people in person and thousands more using our online education resources.  Our team has tens of t...

Why are some children more easily "groomed" than others and how can we change that? I am fortunate enough to attend a church that operates anelementary school. This past week, the first grade and kindergarteners put on a program, and it was so refreshing to watch the innocence of a child.  The reality is as these kids grow up they will change, as they make mistakes, as they experience lo...

Once again as we all prepare for the 2025 Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles held on Feb 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, there are headlines everywhere about the heightened concerns related to human trafficking.  Law enforcement officials are warning visitors that they have increased their presence in New Orleans to ensure that young people are...

For many months we have heard that once the new presidential administration is inaugurated that there will be many changes related to sex and labor trafficking of migrants and unaccompanied minors in the U.S.  People have asked us many times how that will affect human trafficking in our communities.  The answer is: It is just too early to tell.  With many years of open borders, literally millions...

Lately, it seems nearly every hour we hear about how A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) is affecting our lives. Trying to comprehend what that means to all of us on our day to day lives, and more important, how to protect our children while preparing them to live in a digitally altered world, could be one of the great challenges of all time. This week we will look at several cases where kids have been...

As technology changes and advances, it is sometimes difficult to know what is the truth. We also see widespread scams and extortion targeting our kids and seniors. It is vitally important that we all know how to recognize the dangers and then have honest conversations about those potential dangers with our family members. Equally important, letting them know they can come to us if they get victimi...

WHAT ARE THEY? WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW TO EDUCATE YOURSELF AND YOUR CHILDREN. The past several months has brought us a technology transformation unlike anything we have ever seen. As third world countries have joined the world wide web because of 5G high speed internet, literally millions of poor individuals are enslaved in scam farms in countries like Myanmar, Nigeria, Egypt, Ivory Coast and Philipp...

2025 is looking to be an intense year and we are gearing up for it - with chat farms, bot farms, scam farms, character ai, generative ai. That is in addition to what is already happening with human trafficking and online exploitation. Our most vulnerable are being targeted - children, teens and our seniors. But with this new technology, ANYONE can be a victim. Join us as we educate to combat again...

Mack Jackson Jr is a cyber security speaker and consultant that works with complex corporate cybersecurity issues. He provides expert consulting and employee training to mitigate risks by educating the work force about cybercrimes. Mack also has a heart for helping individuals stay safe online. Mack will share about his two new e books: “The Ultimate Guide to Password Security” and “Cybersecurity...

Life is fleeting.  We believe that the four most powerful words on earth are “I Believe in You!” We are grateful for all the supporters and participants in the Million Kids Team. 2025 is looking like it will be the most challenging year in our existence.  We are getting ready to expand our services.  Million Kids has just released our new website at Millionkids.org. Be sure to check it out.  Take...

Our guest this week is Lynda Bergh Herring who has authored a new book for parents "Keep your Children Safe Book- 15 Key Steps to Educating and Protecting Children from Online Predators, Trafficking and Sextortion.  "  AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM  ONLY $6.99   Online child exploitation, blackmail and sextortion are some of the fastest growing crimes in the world.  As the entire world goes online, our...

Million Kids has been combating human trafficking here in the Inland Empire and across the nation for nearly 15 years.  We have seen many changes as pimps, predators, and pedophiles use technology and sophisticated grooming and recruiting tactics to access, groom, seduce and recruit our children.  However, much of this has changed over the past four years as our nation’s leadership has encouraged...

Everyday, millions of kids go online for video games, hook up sites, chatrooms etc. For young people the online world represents a type of socialization and connection to their friends and often people they have never met.  This is the first generation of kids that will live in a world that connects 6 billion people.  All the while apps and platforms feed us new information about politics, crimina...

It seems that we hear about human trafficking through the media almost every day.  But few people are truly aware of the reality of how this happens and even more so, they are surprised to find that a family member or friend of a friend are victims.  The crime of human trafficking is often defined by force, fraud, fear or coercion.  A young person may go online and meet someone they really fall fo...

A.I. is the latest technology to turn our world upside down.  Technology itself, is neither good or bad but how the user chooses to engage it. That is certainly true of Artificial Intelligence. A.I. is basically machine learning. For years technology experts have been gathering data all over the world and then feeding it into machines, then evaluating the output for accuracy. The machines simulate...

America has just come through one of the most contentious elections in history. Thanks to A.I. and 24 hour news cycles all of us have been bombarded with mud-slinging, outrageous promises and things that most of us realize just cannot be true.  We hear about misinformation and disinformation, and promises of doom and gloom if the other side wins. Regardless or not on if your candidate won, this is...

Million Kids wants to recognize Bob Mauger, Corona Norco Unified named California Teacher of the Year.  Mr. Mauger is a high school Career and Technical Education Transportation Automotive Teacher at Corona High School.  How fortunate Riverside County is to have great leadership in education.   This week we discuss the challenges to finding truth in media.  It seems with the constant barrage of el...

With elections come ads - everywhere.  TV, Social Media, Radio, yard signs, even trailing behind an airplane in the sky.  There is no escape.  So many ads are negative, name calling, disinformation, misinformation and let's face it, some are out right lies.  I often wonder how we explain this to our children.  I am old fashioned I guess but I thought leaders were people who take the high road, tha...

Online scams affect every one of us, however, some of the saddest and fastest growing crimes in the U.S. involves older people who fall prey to new online relationships or offers that are just too good to be true.  In fact, the Department of Justice states that online financial crimes affecting older people are up more than 11% in 2024.  There are many contributing factors.  Almost everyone, inclu...