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	Erika Lyn Smith BellaOnline's Missing and Exploited Children Editor

Childhood Exploitation - What Does Exploited Mean
We know what the word missing means, but does anyone know what the word exploited means. According to Dictionary.com, exploited is defined, “To employ to the greatest possible advantage” or “To make use of selfishly or unethically.” Put simply, exploited means to manipulate.

Pedophilia - a Paraphilia an Abnormal Attraction
Pedophilia coined in 1886, by a German psychiatrist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing comes from the Greek words, “pais” meaning child, and “philia” meaning friendship or love. Pedophilia is an abnormal attraction, a paraphilia, or someone sexually excited by a child.

The Exploitation of Children
The exploitation of children includes child pornography. Child pornography in its simplest terms is sexually explicit pictures of children. Sexually explicit pictures that get a pedophile excited, can be as a child playing in his or her bath at an early age.