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Dear Deidre
OUR 15-year-old daughter is visiting adult chat rooms and my husband and I, who are both in our late 30s, are very worried about her.She just keeps saying she doesn't give out her e-mail address so it's OK. But it's far from OK. Her sister, who is 12, looks up to her big sister and we're afraid she'll follow in her footsteps. This worries us even more.How can we make her understand that these places are dangerous?DEIDRE...
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