One of the girls I take care of is in the fourth grade. Recently, she started playing a game on the Internet - one of those games where you can talk to other players. She told me that she's gotten 10 of her classmates to play, too, so that they can all converse with each other and "help each other out." Then she told me she had a "boyfriend" on the game. I asked if she meant one of her classmates, and she said "no," that it was a guy in the game. This girl is very innocent, so I explained to her the dangers of sharing information with "strangers" on the Internet, especially guys who claim to be a boyfriend. I asked if he'd asked her for personal info, and she said he had. Thinking she was being funny, she told him she was from France. Should she not even be playing this game? What about her friends that are playing this game? I am not her parent, just a caretaker... but I am very concerned about the safety of this little girl and her 10 classmates. Any advice would be welcomed.
2007-01-21
09:30:49
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scruffycat
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