E-mail

E-mail is typically communication from one individual to another known individual. However, you can also e-mail to a whole group at the same time. By the time some common messages are forwarded, you have become another address in a chain of forwarded e-mails

Benefits:

	Keeping in touch with friends, family, teachers
	Practicing writing
	Communicating with people around the world

Risks:

	Companies may acquire access to e-mail addresses for the purpose of online advertising.
	E-mail may not always be coming from the person on the return e-mail address
	Inappropriate "spam" (unsolicited e-mail advertisements) may be sent to your child's e-mail address
	E-mail may contain computer viruses, included as attachments
	Any inappropriate e-mail should be forwarded to your Internet service provider

In general, children should not share any personal information via e-mail unless they know the person they are corresponding with very well. Do not open attachments in e-mail from someone you don't know or that you are not expecting - this is a common form of computer virus transmission.