CHAT
ROOMS ARE NOT SAFE PLACES.
Chat rooms are often not what they appear to be. At least with Instant Messenger, you can limit your chatting to your "buddies." Chat rooms are open to the world. A family chat room may not have family oriented content. A gaming chatroom may not have gaming content. Most of the time, chat rooms are a haven for material of a sexual nature as well as a way for child predators to reach young people. As you can see from the illustration of an AOL chatroom on the right, the chat going on in the familychat does not pertain to families. TALK WITH YOUR CHILD ABOUT BEING SAFE IF THEY USE CHATROOMS.
Chat rooms are often not what they appear to be. At least with Instant Messenger, you can limit your chatting to your "buddies." Chat rooms are open to the world. A family chat room may not have family oriented content. A gaming chatroom may not have gaming content. Most of the time, chat rooms are a haven for material of a sexual nature as well as a way for child predators to reach young people. As you can see from the illustration of an AOL chatroom on the right, the chat going on in the familychat does not pertain to families. TALK WITH YOUR CHILD ABOUT BEING SAFE IF THEY USE CHATROOMS.
