The Internet used to be a very different place it used to be a place for geeks and then a place for adults with fancy computers and now it is a place for everyone including children. The problem of course is that although there is lots of useful stuff for children on the web there is also a lot of stuff intended for the webs other audiences which in some cases is totally inappropriate for children. They may also be people on the internet who are looking for like minded people to talk about adult themes with. A lot of the time these people may not know they are talking to a child and so they conversation could be very bad for a child to hear. But don’t worry there are ways to protect children online and you can find out more here.