While I can appreciate the way InfamousBrad was brought up, when we were kids there was no such thing as internet predators and cyber-stalking.

I let my not-yet-teen daughter buy almost anything she wants with her own money (there are a *few* things to which I say, "wait another year or two") and I let her play most non-M games, but games that allow unrestricted communication are subject to my parental supervision.

For the most part we game together - especially in the case of WoW, where she hardly ever logs in without me (by choice - she doesn't like to solo).

Claytondora, this isn't micromanagement, it's called parenting. She gets loads of privacy from me; but when it comes to rubbing virtual elbows with the unwashed masses of the internet, I'm going to be there to watch over her, just like I am in crowded public spaces in the really-real world. If you don't agree, then raise your kids different (whenever you finally get old enough to have kids).

Thanks to Massively (and Lisa Poisso) for starting this series, please continue!