George, your caution in correspondence with minors over the internet is proabably understandable in this day and age, but it is such a shame that even though she was approaching you, not the other way round, you felt unable to send her what she was asking for.

We're giving kids, and even adults it seems, the message that all contact with adults that you don't know is sinister and should be avoided at all cost when the evidence actually points to most abuse being carried out by relatives or other family aquaintances. I agree that parents need to teach their children to be wary of contact made over the internet, but surely in realation to when the contacts want to further their relationship by meeting. It's a tricky one, but a shame none the less.

Also with reference to your original problem. I got what I thought was a FB friend request from someone I'd sort of met once or twice. I thought about it for a while because I was surprised that he remembered me. It was only when I was nearly about to click on the 'Accept' button that I realised that it was just a recommended friend, i.e. one that had just been randomly recommended by FB because we had a mutual friend.

I'm just saying that what FB is doing is not always obvious; if I'd clicked on the button it would have sent a friend request to this chap who would then have thought 'I wonder who this is why is she sending me a friend request?'.