quote from yoshi,
“The thing you should know is most websites have age restrictions, but that age is from 12 and under”
From the rest of your comment I wouldn’t think that you would say that (I’m not trying to offend you or anything). When you say age restrictions, that could mean two things. One that there’s a button there that says, “I agree that I am 13 or older”, which is a joke because as we all know anyone can hit that.
The other one is that they require you to put in a birth date, and I hate to break it to you, but it’s not so hard to put in a fake one. There are no good restrictions on the internet except for maybe credit card numbers, but from what I’ve heard, not many sites require that. Besides for that they can do whatever they want.
There’s absolutely no reason for letting kids use the internet, and I personally know people who have been affected by the internet (like inappropriate sites and using “im-ing” to talk to people they shouldn’t talk to) and are not doing so well Yiddeshkeit wise right now. If they have to do a report, fine. Let there parents do it or have someone stand over them while doing the research, but to daily allow them to use it is one of the best ways to guarantee that the child won’t grow up to be the way you want him or her to. That’s just my two cents.