Penpals are friends you don't know in person, or do know, just can't stay in touch with, to chat via messages. [emails, messageboards, handwritten mail, and online videogames].
To get a pen pal, you can create a thread that says [LF(looking for) penpal!] you can ask them about their interests and if you believe that they will be uncomfortable saying that information on the forums, you can have them PM [private message] you.
Since kids obviously want a penpal, if you're being.. mature.. please tune it to PM if you respect your privacy, or you can just put [PG-13] in the title, that way anyone who is just bored and wants to read won't stumble upon that.
Rules of the PP [penpal] forum.
Please, beware giving any information away UNLESS you know them or have met them personally, it's very dangerous.
Please RATE your thread or TAKE IT TO PRIVATE MESSAGING if it's above PG.
Don't be judgmental, all of them will their thread removed if it has anything that the one you're talking to finds affensive.
That's it!