As South Carolina students head back to school, Attorney General Alan Wilson is urging parents to have serious conversations at home. In a direct and emotional appeal released this week, Wilson warned that today’s most dangerous threats to children often originate not on the streets or in schools — but from screens inside their own homes.
“This is not just a back-to-school message. This is a wake-up call,” said Attorney General Wilson in a press release. “You are your child’s first and strongest line of defense. The threats kids face today — online predators, violent content, deadly drugs — are silent, invisible, and often go unnoticed until it’s too late.”
“Right now, your child’s greatest threat may be online, right under your roof,” Wilson added, emphasizing that predators no longer wait in dark alleys but operate freely through gaming chats, social media apps, and private messages. These individuals, he said, are grooming and manipulating children from afar, sometimes without parents realizing until it’s too late…