Consider blocking access to IRC and newsgroups, alternatively limit visiting chat rooms to when you are present and keep visits short. Set time limits and rules for appropriate behaviour. They become increasingly interested in chatting online and may want to form or join clubs and make key-pals around the world. They may also be targeted by marketeers. Some older children in this group may begin to assert their independence and may start to look for 'forbidden' material.
Older children can also begin to recognise the difference between advertising and other material.
Close supervision is strongly recommended, make the Internet a family activity. Encourage children to set up favorites and bookmarks of suitable sites, and keep an eye on the sites children are bookmarking. Explain why the rules are needed. Investigate any chat rooms or online clubs children may want to explore and use the telephone or other means to check they are legitimate. If children want to set up a key-pal online relationship with another child, consider contacting the other child's parents to confirm they are who they say they are.