Family Friendly Internet Sites
The Internet can be a wonderful learning and entertainment tool for you and your family. Here are a few sites you and your family might enjoy and find educational:

Kids’ Sites
Children’s Television Workshop
www.ctw.org
Cyberkids
www.cyberkids.com
Walt Disney
www.family.com
Kidlink
www.kidlink.org
KidsCom
www.kidscom.com
Web Wise Kids
www.webwisekids.com

Teen Sites
Do Something
www.dosomething.org
Mighty Media
www.mightymedia.com
Resources for Youth
www.preventviolence.org
Youth as Resources
www.yar.org

Parents’ Sites
Baby Center
www.babycenter.com
Parent Time
www.parenttime.com
Parent Soup
www.parentsoup.com
Kids Health
www.kidshealth.org
Parent Partners
www.parentpartners.com

Suggested Guidelines for Your Children’s Internet Use
Never give out personal information over the computer.
Never arrange to get together with someone they meet online.
Never send a picture of himself or herself to someone they meet online.
Tell parents immediately if they come across any information that makes them uncomfortable.
Understand that not everything they read online is true.
Remember that people online may not be who they seem.
Never open attachments sent from someone you don’t know.
Watch out for junk e-mail or “Spam” which may include unwanted solicitations.

Signs that your child may be at risk online:
Your child spends extensive time online, especially at night.
You find pornography on your child’s computer.
Your child receives phone calls from someone you don’t know or is making calls, sometimes long distance, to numbers you don’t recognize.
Your child receives mail, gifts or packages from someone you don’t know.
Your child turns off the computer monitor or quickly changes the screen when you come into the room.
Your child becomes withdrawn.
Your child is using an online account that belongs to someone else.

What to do if you suspect your child is communicating with an E-Predator online:
Talk openly with your child about your suspicions and tell them the dangers of computer sex offenders.
Review the contents of your child’s computer, including the temporary Web files.
Use Caller ID to monitor the people calling your child, and block numbers that are suspect.
Monitor your child’s access to all types of live electronic communications-like chat rooms, instant messages, and e-mail.
Contact law enforcement if anyone in your household has received child pornography or if you child has been solicited in any way by someone who knows the child is under 18.

Reprinted with permission from Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina. Source: Information compiled from the FBI’s A Parent Guide to the Internet and Prevent Child Abuse America’s Internet Safety Tips for Families and Keeping Kids Safe on the Internet.