either
level, the World Wide Web poses clear dangers to children. These children
grow up enlightened with technology, which they take for granted and know
exactly how to use it. Most parents are not conscious of what lies behind that
innocuous screen. If you give one's child carte blanche use of a computer
attached to a modem, it is as serious as handing a ten-year-old the car keys
and telling them to have a good time. These "cyberchildren" are vulnerable to
potential dangers as a result of Internet use. These perils include contact with
dangerous individuals, exposure to sexually suggestive materials, exposure to
explicit conversations and obscenity in chat rooms, and access to violent
interactive games. One very dangerous downside to Internet communication
is its potential for the telling of untruths. One can never be certain at any given
time to whom one is talking or if the conversatio
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