Finally, consider an on-line service with unlimited time. If you do this, don't forget to use other options for keeping track of the amount of time your children spend on-line. There are two different safety issues on the Internet. The other distinct area of concern is direct communication with your child that may be inappropriate and personal and that could, if mishandled, lead to your child revealing information that puts them or the family at personal risk. One of the things that people often find appealing about communication via the Internet is the element of anonymity.
Children are able to communicate with anyone on the Internet.
They are not limited by appearance, age or other potentially prejudicial attributes. This is incredibly freeing. There are many reports of adults having highly sophisticated conversations with someone on the Internet, believing the person to be an adult only to find that they have been communicating with a teenager. Conversations often become much more personal and intimate than they might in person because this element of anonymity frees some people to speak more openly and honestly. Extraordinarily close relationships can develop exclusively from Internet conversations.