Internet Safety Parent Links

For an indepth look at the online world visit PBS Frontline: Growing Up Online and Digital Nation

  Provides information on how media “can shape your child’s development and what you can do to create a media-literate household.”

  Provides a “guide to making the Internet and Technology fun, safe, and productive.”

     Advice and information about Internet safety for parents and teachers, plus opportunities to discuss problems and share solutions.

     GetNetWise is a public service created by Internet industry corporations and public interest groups with the goal of having “Internet users be only "one click away" from the resources they need to make informed decisions about their and their family's use of the Internet.”

     Created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and Boys & Girls Clubs of America, “ the NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational safety resource to teach kids and teens how to stay safer on the Internet.”

     kids.us is an Internet domain where “affiliated sites are regularly screened and monitored” so that “parents and children can trust the sites to provide educational and appropriate online fun.”

    Provides family friendly reviews of media (TV, film, music, Web sites, games, and books) and parent tips on “healthy media diets” for families.

    Run by the author of Net-mom's Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages, a family-friendly directory to 3,500 of the best children's resources the Internet has to offer, this site highlights good sites for kids and provides safety tips for parents.