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Free Webcam Chat Rooms for Kids - Is it Safe?
Access to free webcam chat for kids is a reality today. Nonetheless, growing concerns of parents and teachers about the safety of using chat rooms is not only justified, but also encouraged.
- In the case of singular predators that are after children, they will actually learn how kids talk, what they talk about and try to imitate them.
- They will then pose as kids and enter chat rooms with fake display photos and names.
- Once they are set, they will seek their target and begin harassing him/her. Remember that it always starts subtle, usually with a day or two of apparently friendly banter.
- Here they will find out which school the child goes to, where they hang out, their Facebook ids, etc.
- Then they will either propose to meet somewhere, or the offender will simply start oppressing the child.
- They will tell the child to keep it quiet and threaten to release any vital information that the child has told them.
- The other problem with webcam chat rooms, or just about any chat room in general, is that there will always be bullies there. More often than not, they will also be children.
- Children can be particularly nasty online, because their identity is safe and they don't directly see what happens to the victim.
- A simple poll to find out who the ugliest girl in school is, or flaming someone (a type of argument that is usually aimed at humiliating the opponent), acting friendly with someone till they spill some personal secrets and then outing them to the public, or even ignoring someone completely (it's much easier to do online) are just a few of the things that can happen.
- Never show any part of your name to the other chatters.
- Never give any kind of personal information like age, address, Facebook id, and phone number, no matter what anyone says.
- Never click on any link someone shares over the chat.
- Chat moderators usually have a special spelling to their names (most times their names begin with '@'). You can contact them directly if you're feeling uncomfortable because of someone.
- Stay clear of people who directly start by asking your age/sex/location (or a/s/l for short). I've found that most of these chatters are just looking for anyone above the legal age (and opposite sex) to harass.