Wow, that's shocking. Really bad that parents don't teach their kids never to give out phone numbers, addresses etc. (or maybe they do teach them and kids ignore it? I dunno...)

The internet can be a real "Wild West" at times. When I was a teen (back in the day... ) the internet was just developing so although we had it at home, we had just one computer in the front room. So it was fairly easy for my parents to see what I was doing, I guess. How parents can keep an eye on their kids now, when many have internet access in their bedrooms, on their cellphones, etc. I have no idea.