Protect Your Kids Online with Free Norton OnlineFamily

There are tons of software packages out there that allow you to monitor and control your kids’ internet usage, but I have found none as complete and easy to use as OnlineFamily by Norton. It allows you to not only monitor what web sites your kids are visiting, but also limit their total computer time, restrict where they can go, supervise their social web site activities, and even protect their personal information. And the best part is that the interface is dead easy to use (even if you are technically challenged). If you sign-up now, you can get the service for free until January of 2010.

To get started, click here to sign up and download the software. After registering, you will be asked for the names and ages of each child you want to monitor.

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http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/protect-your-kids-online-with-onlinefamily-by-norton/

Teen girls' online experiences 'scary' | Cincinnati Enquirer | Cincinnati.Com

Teenage girls who’ve suffered child abuse and who design sexy avatars to represent themselves on sites like Facebook and MySpace are more likely to be victimized than girls that don’t by people they meet online, according to new research from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

The results, published in the June issue of the journal “Pediatrics,” highlight the need for parents and pediatricians to more closely monitor their teens’ online social lives, said Jennie Noll, a Cincinnati Children’s psychologist and lead author of the study.

Noll’s research found that teen girls who chose provocative avatars – or electronic images used as portraits – and those who had experienced abuse were more likely to receive online sexual advances, and to go on to meet their online “friends” face-to-face.

Read more:

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090526/NEWS01/305250031/Teen+girls++online+experiences++scary++

Top News - Colleges scan Facebook during admissions

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=58714

Quintura for Kids

Quintura. This kid-friendly search engine lets you type in a query and/or click your way through a word cloud and get G-rated results in return.

http://www.quinturakids.com/

Windows Live Family Safety

With Family Safety, you decide how your kids experience the Internet. You can limit searches, block or allow websites, decide who your kids can communicate with when they’re using Windows Live Messenger, Hotmail, or Spaces and monitor what websites they're visiting.

http://download.live.com/familysafety

KOL

Cross AOL's longstanding free e-mail service with a child-oriented Web portal, and what do you get? KOL, which offers not only games, music, movies, and other stuff aimed at teens and tweens, but also free e-mail accounts with robust parental controls.

http://kids.aol.com/

 

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The Tide Online- Richard Montgomery's Student Newspaper

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