There is no doubt that the Internet is one of the
greatest humankind's inventions of the last century. It is fast and easy way to
get a lot of valuable information. However, I think that the Internet creates
many problems as well, and it's not always good idea to allow children to use
the Internet. There is no doubt that the Internet offers many positive educational and social benefits to young people. It is also a very good entertainment for children. Unfortunately there are risks, too. One of the potential dangers of using the Internet is that children may be exposed to inappropriate material. This may be material that is hateful, violent in nature or even pornographic. Such kind of materials causes children to do activities that are dangerous or illegal, since children are green hand, and they don't have immunity to refuse some hazards. I don't think that it is normal for children to know about things that they are not allowed to.
But there is a further more subtle point we must
consider. Some children may become involved in the buying and selling of stolen
goods, participation in religious websites or do something illegal. Since it is
not so difficult to get an access to online gambling, sites selling
weapons or hacking
sites. Moreover, suicide sites, and sites providing recipes for making
drugs or bombs are also of great concern.
In brief, perhaps there are some advantages that the
Internet might give to children, but its disadvantages outweigh the benefits.
So I recommend people not to permit children to use the Internet at an early
age.
