Children as young as five are being targeted in a new online safety campaign by the UK body charged with protecting children from abuse.

The campaign uses cartoons to show five to seven-year-olds that people are not always what they seem.

It is thought 80% of children in this age group use the web and one-in-five parents of this age group worry about who their children contact online.

BBC News - Online safety push for five-year-olds


Sorry but what responsible parent would let their child surf the internet without them being present. William is 7 and he's only allowed on 4 websites ... CBBC's, Club Penguin, Moshi Monsters, and Chatanplay, and I am always close to him making sure he stays on those sites and the protection for him through those sites are brilliant, and I'm protecting him like a parent should.

To me a responsible parent should not have anything to worry about if they are with their child while they are on the internet, a irresponsible parent who hasn't brought their child up very well, of course, would let a 5 year old sit and surf on their own and leave them open for abuse.

Ridiculous - makes me wonder what sort of parents there are out there, you wouldn't take your 5 year old to a large superstore and tell them to meet you back in an hour - would you ??? they'd be left available for kidnapped and God knows what else- so why leave them on a PC with access to over millions of paedo's and porn sites.

Am I strange or something??? Common sense tells me, that if you type in Google Britney - for Britney Spears you are 9 times out of 10 going to get a semi naked woman or a porn site come up.

Internet security and programs like "Mother says No" where you control what sites they can visit etc

To be honest the video is a good idea for parents who can't be bothered about their children and doesn't accept responsibility for them.

Sooo now I've had my moan :D what do you think???