Children's Web Sites Can Lead to Adult Content

Dec. 7, 2009— -- Kids are more and more Web-savvy these days. They play games, work on their vocabulary and do math exercises -- all online. But some of those kid-friendly Web sites they go to may be opening doors to other content parents don't want them to see.

Parents might think Nickelodeon's Web site Nick.com is worry-free.

Robin Stoehr never thought twice about her kids, 8 and 11, using it until she saw games like Naughty Baby-Sitter and Spank the Monkey.

"I wouldn't have imagined that they could get in there so quickly and easily and see things that they shouldn't be seeing," Stoehr said.

By clicking "more" on Nick.com's Games site, her kids could tap into racy and even violent adult-themed games. And while those Games are hosted on a different Web site, the Nickelodeon logo was still on top.

How is this happening? Nick.com links to AddictingGames.com, another site the company owns.

There is notification on the Nick.com to signal when a user is leaving for AddictingGames.com, Nickelodeon told ABC News said in a statement. (CLICK HERE to read the full statement)

Nickelodeon says it is constantly reviewing its policies and hired Internet safety lawyer Parry Aftab, executive director of Wiredsafety.org.

Aftab has been closely watching a proliferation of sites she says are blurring the lines between child and adult content.

"You're seeing cartoons, you're seeing what looks kid-friendly," Aftab said. "But underneath it all it may not be."

She took us to a site called GaiaOnline.com and set out to chat. And within minutes the game was asking Aftab to engage in kissing.