Kids & the
Internet

What the internet (and computers) has to offer kids (& parents)

Children's Partnership: What's At Stake? http://www.childrenspartnership.org/parentguide/partI.html#stake

Children's Partnership: What Does Using Computers Actually Do for Your Child? http://www.childrenspartnership.org/parentguide/partI.html#whatdoes

Pros and cons of our children using the internet

Pros: education, entertainment, info/technical literacy

Cons: child safety concerns, "internet addiction", pornography

Overall: the internet usually is a safe, pleasant, good place for kids. The Pros far outweigh the Cons, especially if parents are active in their child's exploration of cyberspace.

Rules/tips for online safety

Lawrence J. Magid's Child Safety on the Information Highway
http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm

Lawrence J. Magid's My Rules for Online Safety
http://www.safekids.com/myrules.htm

Use your browser's bookmarks, history files, and content filtering options

Web guides/sites for parents

Parent's Guide To Cyberspace (American Library Association, ALA)
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/guide.html

The Parents' Guide to the Information Superhighway
http://www.childrenspartnership.org/parentguide/parentguide.html

Educational web sites

50+ Great Sites for Kids (American Library Association, ALA)
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/50.html#kids

50+ Great Sites for Parents (American Library Association, ALA)
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/50.html#parents

Larry's Links for Kids, Parents, & Teachers
http://www.larrysworld.com/kidslinks.html

Educational Places to Go on the Internet
http://www.yamhillesd.k12.or.us/ESDPage/links/links.html

Research/homework help sites

StudyWeb
http://www.studyweb.com/

Yahoo's Yahooligans Homework Answers
http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Homework_Answers/

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
http://tristate.pgh.net/~pinch13/

Kids Identifying and Discovering Sites (KIDS)
http://wwwscout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/KIDS/index.html

Control/monitoring tools parents can use to help manage children’s internet access

RSACi (Recreational Software Advisory Council on the Internet)
http://www.rsac.org/

Cyber Patrol
http://www.microsys.com/cyber/default.htm

Net Nanny
http://www.netnanny.com/

SurfWatch
http://www.surfwatch.com/

Others
http://www.larrysworld.com/parental_control.html

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