is ts wrong to make friends on the internet????

Question

i am homeschooled and i dont really have very many friends...i have already made like five friends on the internet...they say they are not bad...i know there is bad people out there. but me and this one friend have been chatting for a while and she saids she is not bad... i like doinf this but not if its gonna hurt me. what do i do....???

Answer 1

it's ok to have friends through internet

Answer 2

There's nothing wrong with finding friends on the Internet, you just have to be careful of what information you give out. I've met people on the Internet and I used to have a teacher who married a woman he met over the Internet. Like they say, you should always be careful, but, sometimes it's hard not to say certain things when you feel the person you talk to is being very honest and friendly. If I ever say something it's usually about a place that I moved from...but never about where I'm living. And never tell your last name. Otherwise, you're fine, just don't give out any information where someone could find you...either out curiosity or other.

Answer 3

Wow this is the same question that I've in my mind. Well I suppose ur a teen and I'm one to, but not homeschooled. And my advice would be that go out and chat, if u really want to, there's nothing wrong in making friends. If u feel like ur getting involved with the wrong ppl, quit on them immediately. Remember there are paedophilles and dangerous ppl around so just dont let them brainwash or intimidate u. Avoid them.Ya and if u wanna meet them take someone along with u, much more safer. Also dont give out any personal info that will allow them to reach u. Hope that helps!!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

It is not bad to make friends your own age on the Internet, however there are a lot of preddators on the 'Net looking for someone just like you. They often pose as people your age, or even as someone the same gender as you. As long as your friendship is reserved to age appropriate coversation (no sex), then you should be fine.
DO NOT EVER meet anyone from the Internet in person without your parents, or some other oadult who cares about you.

Answer 5

Don't worry about bad people out there. As long as you don't disclose any information about you to them then it couldn't hurt. I was homeschooled for a year also and i made several friends over x-box live, as well as over the net. It's harmless as long as you don't tell um anything past your first name. You can just make up a fake name if you feel like it.

Answer 6

Chatting wont hurt you. Just becareful about what you share with people online. I have had some friends online for several years. I have ones that I have met face to face and I have others that I have strictly only had internet conversations. Never hurts to have more friends!

Answer 7

Of course it's not! wrong!! I am homeschooled too, I know the feeling! I am warning you to be careful though! Talking to them can't hurt! Just be very careful, because there are predators out there! I think that's fine, just make sure they REALLY ARE your friends! I hope I helped you!
~Curlyhairedbabe904~

Answer 8

i have "internet" friends, and well they r not bad ppl, ofcourse now and then u might find ppl that r. i have had friends like that 4 about 3 yrs now lol and well nothing bad has happend 2 me. u just have 2 be careful and do NOT give out ur personal info. like where u live and stuff like that matter, cuz theres some pretty twisted ppl out there, so yeah u just have 2 be careful =)

Answer 9

It's fine. (:

Just make sure the people you meet online do not show you any explict materials, use vulgarities, etc. You may already know it, but it is still best to avoid these kind of people.

I strictly object to meeting up with people you don't know. You can have all the fun you wish, flirt or chat. Just don't go meet up with them. Some people find it's fine, but just go with what you think is right, ok?

Have fun online,
Take care,
Cheers. (:

Answer 10

It is perfectly fine to make frineds on the internet, Meeting the though is another thing.

Even if you trust the person and they have shown you pictures doesn't mean they are who they say they are.

Just be careful what you do there are a lot of crazy people out there.

Answer 11

The first problem with making friends on the Internet is that you really don't know who you're writing to. Perhaps your friend could be exactly what she describes herself as, or perhaps you could be writing to a 40-year old pedophile who's trying to gain your trust in order to get you to meet him (that's right, him, not her) so that he can take advantage of you. There are other worse scenarios, but the point is that you have better chances of finding great friends in your neighborhood than you could on the Internet.
Now I can empathize with your situation that you're homeschooled and that therefore you haven't developed the skills that are necessary to find people with the right personality and start the friendship. However, such skills can be learned, either through self-help books or through simply trying to communicate with other people in (almost) the same way that you'd communicate with your mother or father. Friends don't need to be of your same gender or age to be compatible with you. In fact, chances are that another girl of your age will probably have a personality/attitude that you won't like at all because of her immaturity. Ask yourself: why can't I be friends with my parent's guests instead of staying in my room or doing something else? Clearly, if your parents invited people over to their home, they should already be trustworthy individuals whom they must've known for years or so. Why not ask them about who they were in the past and what connection they have with your family? That's what I've been doing when I was really young and I've gotten many different benefits, such as:
1) I've made friends who are of different ages, different races, different genders, different cultures, etc.
2) my parents gave me a lot of respect because I got to know their friends and left a great impression of me in them.
3) Many of the people I've befriended live in countries such as Spain, Germany, UK, Sweden, Denmark, etc. Now that they think that I'm such a great guy to be around with, I've been invited to visit them in their homes in those countries for as long as I'd like to be there!
4) Since these people are mature, they're not going to try to pressure me to do something wrong, such as smoke weed or have sex or something similar. In fact, should they ever try to do something like that, my ace up my sleeve would be my parents, since all I'd have to do is tell on my parents and they will take care of everything.