Protecting Our Children in the Digital Age: The Need for the Kids Online Safety Act

Although our world is dominated by screens, the children of today deserve as much protection as every generation before them.
Protecting Our Children in the Digital Age: The Need for the Kids Online Safety Act
Concern for the safety of our children has always been paramount across generations, but there is a significant difference today, Erin Houchin wrote. Patrick Hertzog/AFP via Getty Images
Erin Houchin
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When I grew up, my world fit into a square neighborhood block, or about as far as I could travel on my pink banana seat bicycle. This was typically about three blocks to my best friend’s house, and, although occasionally it extended farther as we got older, it was never the other side of the globe. For kids today, the world is at their fingertips. Children and teens today are communicating with others around the world in an instant. They have access to vast amounts of information in the palms of their hands.

Erin Houchin
Erin Houchin
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Congresswoman Erin Houchin represents the 9th Congressional District of Indiana.