What are some good websites for teens?

What are some good websites for teens?

• What are some good websites for teens. Every time I get on the computer, all the websites I go on are getting old for me. I don't want to meet anybody on the computer, but I want to do something else like games or quizzes or read articles or post messages. Any ideas?

• Answer:

  My daughter is 14 and plays on a site called "GaiaOnline." There are moderators on there to report any abuse to and it keeps her busy for hours. You can chat with teens in other countries and many of her local friends are members also. There is lots of artwork and you can build a very elaborate profile. As far as games though, I haven't seen my daughter play too many other than virtual hide-and-seek. She has a character that she has styled to look like herself and there is a setting that she and others can go to where all the characters kind of bump around hiding from each other. There are tons of quizzes that she takes on there though. Ages appear to range from tweens to high school. I know some parents who have built avatars also in order to keep tabs on things. I did advise my daughter that anybody could be behind one of those characters--even dirty old perverts and to never give out what city she lives in, her phone number or her last name.