Greetings all!  

This thread is meant to document research completed in January 2008.

In January 2008,  the Albuquerque Homeschool Co-op researched the possibility of hosting "junior members" on this website after such a service was requested.  After researching FCC policy and COPPA, it was agreed that such a move might incurr an enormous liability upon the website owner; in short, we decided to NOT host junior members.  Below, you will find several useful websites with relevant information about this topic.

COPPA, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act:  http://www.coppa.org/

Federal Communication Commission (FCC) article:   http://pcworld.about.com/news/Aug092006id126666.htm