It is estimated that approximately 600,000 children under 18 are involved in prostitution and pornography, the average age of access to pornography and prostitution is 12 years. 1 in 3 of the 2.8 million children living on the streets will be trafficked into prostitution approximately 2 days after leaving home (“Statistics”). There are few social issues that spark as much outrage as child prostitution or sex trafficking. Child prostitution is a serious dilemma worldwide, and there is much more to this problem than traditional mainstream information. There are three main factors in this topic: who it affects, where it happens, and what we can do to help. The sex trade is primarily made up of young girls who have suffered physical, sexual or emotional abuse before becoming involved in trafficking. . According to a study conducted by Child Lures Prevention “A variety of health and social problems threaten the potential of millions of American children and youth: drug/alcohol/tobacco abuse, depression, suicide, school dropout, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, homelessness , runaways, prostitution, welfare, divorce, violent crime and so on.” (“Preventing Child Lures”) Another more common way to be affected is sex trafficking, which involves trained people recruiting young teenagers and children and selling them to brothels or prostitutes' houses. Many times these children are even sold by their own families in desperation of not being able to take care of them or simply wanting to get rid of them. Abigail Pesta explains the case of Sreypov Chan, 7, a Cambodian now 20 years old, who was first introduced to the sex trade by being sold to a brothel by his mother: "She was forced to have sex with hundreds of men before he turned 10”, Sreypov without...... middle of paper......Nov. 2013. Web. 24 March 2014.Gupta, Girish and Olivia Crellin “The World Cup in Brazil increases the fear of rampant child prostitution”. World.time.com. Time Magazine, 12 December 2013. Web. 25 March 2014 “New ways to prevent child prostitution”. Ajc.com. Web. 25 March 2014. Pesta, Abigail. “Diary of an escaped sex slave.” Mariclaire.com. 21 July 2011. Web. 24 March 2014. Soorma, Punjabi. “Children addicted to drugs”. , November 25, 2012. Web. March 25, 2014. Veronica. “Statistics.” Veronicasvoice.org. Veronica, May 15, 2011. Web. March 24, 2014. Wood, Ken, Rosemary Webb, and Jennifer Mitchell. “Prevention of child baiting”. Prevention of child baiting. Prevention of child baiting, 2011. Web. 25 March 2014Youth, Radio. “Trafficked Teenage Girls Describe Life in the 'Game'” NPR.org. Youth radio, 6 December 2010. Web. 24 March. 2014