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I started using the Internet when I was 12 years old. I would go into chat rooms and flirt. It was the beginning of the Internet for young people.

As children, many of us were taught never to talk to strangers. As parents and grandparents, our message must change with technology to include strangers on the Internet.

I first started using social media when I was 12 or something - not publicly; I had private accounts.

Parents have the ability to screen their children's Internet access at home.

I use Facebook all the time. I'm not a believer that they're going to do everything on the Internet better than anyone else.

Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources; many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them.

My opinion, young people go to the Internet. To the Internet distribution system right now, you put it up there and it's accessed by the world.

Anyone can use these sites - companies and colleges, teachers and students, young and old all make use of networking sites to connect with people electronically to share pictures, information, course work, and common interests.

Children who use the Internet are much better informed than when I was young. Use this to your advantage.

I was involved with MySpace and Facebook and everything at a very young age because it's so casual now, and I'm into texting, obviously. But I've never been involved in any type of chat room. My parents are pretty cautious about it and know all my passwords and know who my friends are and who I'm talking to.