The only way to get out is to log off the internet. AND, during research for this project, we found that visiting these sites can damage your browser causing lasting problems. To prevent children from accessing these web sites, Congress passed the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Click Here to view a discussion of court cases on this issue. Unfortunately, many children do not understand that people may not tell the truth and can pretend to be someone else when they are in chat rooms.
Many predators enter chat rooms that kids and teens frequent, pretending to be another teen.
Some predator's have a history of illegal activities involving children. A common method of child predators is to gain the trust of the child, so they will share personal information with the predator. If you ask your child about the information they reveal on the net to other chatters, they will tell you that have not given out any information that could identify where they live and who they really are. However, a clever stalker can locate an individual by piecing together many bits of information gathered over time that will lead them to your true identity. And so on until Stalker has enough information to find your child.