The joy of watching children explore and learn becomes an enriching experience for parents who invest quality time with their children. More and more places around cyberspace are becoming available for them to expand their interests. The Internet provides a positive alternative to much of the mind-numbing fare presented on television. Andrea has created a 'kids place' within the website. The ' visual only ' world of television gets replaced by the reading and writing underactivity of email.
Communication becomes the essence of chat areas.
While chat rooms have been overly vilified by the press as places of extreme danger, with careful parental supervision, safe and friendly places can be found. I don't want to minimize the hazard, however, don't believe everything you read in the newspapers or see on the Internet. As kids get older, there seems to be a desire to reach out to meet people further away than the local neighborhood or community. Chat rooms hold that allure. So often we just hear the horror stories about chat rooms.