Many children carve out their own space on the Web with homepages they construct. The Web has responded to this with thousands of sites geared to children, from teenagers to the youngest preschool computer user. Many educational institutions, organizations, companies, and corporations have their own kidpages or kidpages linked with information geared for parents and other adults. Children can then experience what's happening in the world in a whole new dimension with links to real people and sites around the world. Some sites offer the opportunity to visit with children from other countries, exchanging news, ideas, pictures, and writings.
Whole classrooms link up with classrooms around the world.
The danger for children on the World Wide Web comes with its openness. The web is completely unregulated. Anyone can post information on the Web and provide links to other pages. In chat rooms the child may become a target of unwanted attention from adults, older teens, or other children. Children have become a target market on the net, with companies offering prizes, games, etc. for family information.