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Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet

By Beverly Hernandez, About.com

The internet is a great learning tool and resource for finding information. But, there is a lot of harmful material readily available. Follow these simple steps to help prevent your children from stumbling across objectionable sites.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 30 minutes

Here's How:

  1. Warn your children of the dangers.
  2. Install a filtering or blocking program on your computer or activate the feature provided on your browser or ISP.
  3. Keep the computer screen in plain view.
  4. Keep the logs available, don't allow them to be erased.
  5. If the logs are erased, investigate why.
  6. Keep your children accountable to you or someone else.
  7. Be careful if using chat rooms.
  8. Don't allow personal information to be given out.

Tips:

  1. This is very important, don't put it off. In my searching for educational material for this site, I've been subjected to more than I bargained for. Don't let this happen to your children.
  2. These sites are targeting our children and are very persistent.
  3. The internet can be an enjoyable addition to your children's education, just be wise and supervise.

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