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An interesting incident occurred the other day involving young children and their online experience.
A friend of ours has a young daughter who is starting to go online. She is guided by parental controls and advice from her parents. But something happened that no one forsaw.

Mom went upstairs to see how her daughter was handling an online game. She was in the process of playing it when her mom asked about signing up.
Did you use your own name and personal information?
Of course not was the answer.
So you made up a name and address to fill in?
Oh no. I used my friends name and personal information.

This presents a quandry. Do we teach kids to make up an alias to use online until they are old enough to use their real names? Certainly you do not approve of using their friends information. Honesty vs anonymity. This is a tough message to get across.

Doug