Is it safe for 12-18 year olds to be in a chatroom/?

If their parents are keeping a close eye on them. When kids are home alone and keeping secrets form their parents, sneaking online that is when they get in trouble. Parents need to make sure they know what their children are up too. I am so happy my mother and father kept on top of me the way they did, I was protected from things and dangers I didn't even know existed!

I don't think so, you really don't know the person on the other end. my best friend's niece goes into chat rooms to talk to people and she put up some pics of herself, they were pretty provocative. she is 14 years old but when you see her picture she looks like she is 20 and guys leave her messages and talk to her like she is a woman. When my friend told the little girls mom, she tried to go onto the computer to check it out but the little girl had her password on and by the time she found out that her mom knew she changed her pics so she wouldn't get in trouble but after she showed her mom her page she changed it back. Kids at that age are curious and think that talking to people on the Internet is fun and games and it's no harm. guess what it can be, you don't know the person on the other line they can be anyone.

Yes it is safe for them to be in a chatroom as long as they do not give out any personal information such as ASL (age, sex, or location). Also dont say your address or phone # to anybody. But use caution because the person you are talking to might not be who you think it is.

Depends on the type of chatroom, depends on the level of moderation and supervision in the chatroom as well. I would say an older teen would be safer in a chatroom rather than a pre-teen/young teenager, but it depends on the child. I hope you have the computer in a public area where you can supervise them as well.

Maybe not 12-13 or even 14 year olds. AOL does have fun kids chat rooms though! However, any age over 13/14-ish should be smart enough to know what is safe to say and what isn't. But you can't really put a specific age limit on it. It really depends on the maturity and intelligence of the child.

as long as they are careful about what they say and who they say it to...there should be no talk of anything sexual...because that is a indication that there might be a deviant around or if the minor is'nt careful...a sexual predator will be drawn to them.

No.

Yes and No. How responsible is the child? I'm 25, and grew up when the Internet was just getting big, I used chatrooms at 14. There was a lot of crazy **** going on then, and I would closely monitor any kid if they were to use it. There are some very very sick people out there, and the Internet allows them to act out on their sickness with little to no reprocussions.

yes/no if they r not giving out info (personal)like where they live and ignore dum ?'s yeah No if they are irresponsible and give out #'s addresses and personal info.