| At any given time, on any given day, you will find a | | | | You may even want to take advantage of kids email |
| great number of children and teenagers surfing the | | | | as well. Kids email is essentially an email service for |
| internet, chatting with their friends, playing games and | | | | both families and kids. Your kids get access to a safe |
| sometimes even doing their homework (but | | | | email account and parents are aware of all |
| unfortunately, this is not the norm when it comes to | | | | correspondence that their children send and receive. |
| kids). What are you doing to teach to them about how | | | | This way, you get to decide who your kids can and |
| to protect themselves from predators, pornography | | | | can't send and receive message with, and filter all |
| and other internet dangers? | | | | incoming and outgoing emails. With kids email enables |
| An effective way to teach your kids about the | | | | kids to learn about technology and be safe at the |
| dangers, other than lectures, which everyone knows | | | | same time. You need to know what your kids are |
| just bore kids to tears and don't usually have any | | | | doing online in order to protect them from the |
| effect, is to let them surf the net with a special | | | | numerous dangers that are facing them every time |
| browser for kids. These browsers allow your kids to | | | | they surf the net. |
| have all of the advantages of the internet, without any | | | | When you set limits on your kids' internet usage with |
| of the dangers. | | | | kids browsers and kids emails, you need to explain to |
| When your kids are using a kids browser, you have | | | | them why you are doing this. Let them know about the |
| the option of setting the browser so that it is the only | | | | dangers that are out there. If they are old enough to |
| browser they can use, and others, such as Internet | | | | use the internet, they are old enough to be taught how |
| Explorer, are blocked. Kid safe browsers ensure that | | | | to use it safely. When they understand why you are |
| your kids are only looking at the things that they should | | | | setting so many restrictions, they will be more apt to |
| be looking at and are not coming into contact with | | | | accept them. |
| online predators. | | | | Talk to them on their own terms, and don't lecture |
| We all know that kids will spend all day and all night on | | | | them. Keep things light hearted, and let them know that |
| their computers if we let them. In order to combat this, | | | | you are always there if they have any concerns or |
| you can control when and how long your kids can be | | | | questions about anything they see, and not just on the |
| online, and you will be able to see how long your kids | | | | internet. The world is filled with many dangers to kids, |
| have been online each day. This is wonderful for | | | | and it is your job as a parent to let them know what |
| working parents who can't be home in the afternoon. | | | | can happen when they visit websites that they |
| They can set the kids browsers to only allow kids to | | | | shouldn't and chat with people that they don't know. |
| be online during the times when parents know they will | | | | The more they know, the safer they will be, and the |
| be home. | | | | better you will feel about letting them use the internet. |