We teach our kids from an early age: Stranger danger. Yet they're talking to strangers on the Internet all the time.

The Internet is provided for academic use.

It's a great idea, and it's a lot of fun for the kids.

The scary part is how comfortable they are because they think they're talking to kids their own age. It's a virtual supermarket for sexual predators. Kids, by their very nature of being kids, don't think about it.

Her dream was to be a vocal performer. I've got three kids and they're about the same age as two of her kids, so we've got that in common.

Youngsters find that on Internet chat sites, they can talk about the most intimate of issues with total strangers - including vague notions of wanting to die.