A startling study shows nearly 30 percent of teenage girls admit meeting face-to-face with adult men they got to know online.

"It outrages me, but it also scares me," said Bobby Hemperley, of west El Paso.

Hemperley has a 6-year-old daughter and a teenage niece at home.

He tells KFOX14 he's surprised by the findings of a new study done by the Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

"I think a lot of parents are to the point where they think, that all education stems from being in school and they've taken the role of not being parents and more as friends," said Hemperley.

Dona Ana County Sheriff's investigators arrested Marcos Anthony Moncayo, and Eloy O. Gonzalez, accusing them of sexually assaulting 14-year-old twin girls.  The girls admitted to meeting the men online after their mother became suspicious of their behavior.

"Young girls have died in our community because they met up with strangers," said borderland Donna Richmond

Psychologist Donna Richmond is the executive director of La Piñon sexual recovery services in Las Cruces.

Research shows abused and neglected teenage girls are more likely to show pictures of themselves in bikinis or describe themselves as a sexual person, and that is exactly the profile online predators are hoping to find.

"They (girls) send a picture and say 'oh you're beautiful, you're the most gorgeous thing I ever saw I bet you're sweet.'"

Parents are warned to talk to their children about the dangers online.

"Always look over your child's shoulder when they're on a computer. Look at what they are doing."

For some borderland residents no amount of supervision is too much... especially when kids are using the Internet.

"If they're under your house and your rules, that also applies to your computers, even if you bought it for them," said Hemperley.

If you do suspect this type of behavior, the study suggests talking to teens without accusing or shaming them.

The survey also says to be careful of over spying on your teens so that the lines of communication won't be blurred.