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<h2>Keep Your Kids Safe on the World Wide Web</h2> <p> You may be wondering how you can make the Internet safe for your kids. You'd like to protect them from the objectionable sites and emails that would be so easy for them to find.<br /><br />Perhaps you'd like to buy a solution that you can use on your computer that will not allow them to look at objectionable sites, yet will allow them to freely browse.<br /><br />I have sad news for you--there is no such perfect solution. There are solutions out there, such as NetNanny, that block any site mentioning one of a list of objectionable words. The result can be funny, such as blocking the word "arm," and at the same time can drive you nuts if you really want to do regular research on, say, breast cancer.<br /><br />But programs like this fail when trying to filter objectionable photo sites that have no objectionable words. So, how do I know this? I am sad to say that my teenage son enlightened me. Using Google Images, he searched for objectionable sites and found them, even though the filtering program was on.<br /><br />In fact, the filter program could never block these sites because it searches for words. It can't evaluate pictures.<br /><br />So, how can you protect your child?<br /><br />*Put the computers the kids use where YOU are in your home. Then monitor what they are doing.<br /><br />*Have a login password that only the adults know. The kid has to have permission, and oversight, to use the computer.<br /><br />*Require the child to log off when he is done. Now the password is required for the next session.<br /><br />*Use NetNanny or a similar filter. It can only help.<br /><br />*Make sure the kids know your expectations and the consequences for disobeying.<br /><br />*Unplug the Internet cables if the child doens't need to access the Internet for his task.<br /><br />*Make younger kids use your email address. Then you can be sure to delete that filth that lands in the inbox from time to time. Or, as the kids get older, give them their own but instruct them to give out their address only to trusted friends.<br /><br />Following these precautions will help you keep your kids safe, and will teach your teenagers good habits for avoiding temptations. <p style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top:5pt"> <font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10pt">Article Source: <a href="http://www.ArticlesMaker.com">ArticlesMaker.com</a></font></p> <h3>About the Author</h3> Phyllis Wheeler, the Computer Lady, gives this advice for parents. She also furnishes <a href="http://www.motherboardbooks.com" target="_blank">homeschool computer courses</a> via MotherboardBooks.com, which has provided self-study computer skills and programming courses for kids and teens since 2003.

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