Navigating Cyberspace with Your Child PDF Print Email
by Boston Teen Ministry -- Boston, MA  -  Friday, 25 April 2008

The internet is a wonderful means of communication, connection, and information. We use it for fun, school, and our jobs. As parents we need to be aware of some of the potential risks the internet poses when used unwisely or inappropriately. In Part I of a three-part series from the Boston Teen Ministry, we list some valuable resources that every parent can utilize.

Internet Safety Resources for Parents

 
Books
Logged On and Tuned Out: A nontechie’s guide to parenting a tech-savvy generation, Vicki Courtney
 

Disconnected: Parenting Teens in a MySpace World, Chap & Dee Clark

Generation MySpace: Helping your teen survive online adolescence, Candice M. Kelsey

 

The Ultimate Guide to the Internet for the Christian Family: Thousands of family-friendly web site addresses and descriptions, Christopher D. Hudson

 
Internet Safety Sites
FBI Safety Tips for Kids Online
URL: http://www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguide.htm
 
ABA Tips for Preempting Child Predators
URL: http://www.abanet.org/abanet/media/release/news_release.cfm?releaseid=298
 
Online Resource for Answering Questions about Internet Safety
URL: http://www.netsmartz411.org/
 
The Internet and Your Child
URL: http://www.theinternetandyourchild.org/
 
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Safety rules for kids and parents: at home, online, on the street.
URL: http://www.missingkids.com
 
Protect Kids: Making the Internet Safer for Children and Families
URL: http://www.protectkids.com/
 

Cyber Bullying Tips

URL: http://www.enough.org/inside.php?id=BDCXOS7OS

 
Computer Monitoring Sites
PowWow
Home POWWOW is a powerful, easy and secure web-based solution for managing safe internet experiences. It contains all youneed - a social network monitor, chat room monitor, a web browser monitor, and much more. URL: http://www.doyoupowwow.com/

 

Bsafe Online Family Filter
Bsafe Online is a simple, yet powerful software program that puts YOU in control. It filters online, inappropriate adult content,monitors Instant Messaging. URL: http://www.bsafehome.com/

 

Safe Eyes

Safe Eyes is internet parental control software. Safe Eyes is a flexible set of tools that allows anyone to determine the type of Internet usage that is appropriate. Includes web blocking, time limits, and social network features. URL: http://www.internetsafety.com/

 

 

 

 

Spector Soft

SpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC/Internet monitoring and surveillance products for business, education, government and general home users. Recognizing that corporations, schools and families need to know how people are using their PCs and what they are doing on the Internet, SpectorSoft was founded to provide the first useful and intuitive recording and playback products for Windows and Mac OS based computers. *PC Magazine double award winner. URL: http://www.spectorsoft.com/

 

 

 

NetNanny

All the features you need to keep your family safe.

URL: http://netnanny.com

 

 

 

Last Updated:   Wednesday, 28 May 2008
 
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