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Cyber playgrounds

It's no wonder parents are confused and troubled about which websites to let their children visit when cyber stalking is almost daily news.

Children as young as five often come home from school or a friend's house with a hot new site they want to visit. Often these links are innocent enough. Others - children assure you - are cool with everyone else's parents, even though they may contain some content better suited to adolescents.

The internet offers varied and stimulating experiences for children and many sites have been developed solely with children in mind. But budding surfers don't always want to play within the parameters set down by their parents or the site developers. They want to explore and do what their friends do in cyberspace.

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