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The CyberAngels 
CyberAngels is non profit organization dedicated to everything you ever
wanted to know about your cyber-neighborhood
watch and about protecting your children in cyberspace
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This is the second time we've reviewed this site, and it keeps getting better. CyberAngels is an excellent site for helping parents learn more about the
Internet and how to protect their kids when the kids surf online. A
wonderful resource that this organization has produced is the
"Parents Guide to the Internet". This book was released on
1/12/00, but many chapters can be found on their website. (visit:
http://www.cyberangels.org/parentsguide/contents.html) The chapters
cover everything from 'what is the Internet' to 'choices as parents' to
'when should your child start using a computer'. It's a book that
covers a wide range of technology-related subjects that impact
our children. You'll also find a chapter on special needs children
and on families keeping in touch via e-mail.
Elsewhere on the site you'll find articles, links and information
about online safety.
Overall, this is a very informative site to visit if your
school age children are starting to use the Internet. Review
the rules you find here with your children. And if have questions
about using the Internet for your own use, you may find the
answers here as well!
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GetNetWise
GetNetWise is a public service brought to families by Internet industry corporations and public interest organizations to help ensure that families have safe, constructive, and educational or entertaining online experiences. The GetNetWise coalition wants Internet users to be just "one click away" from the resources they need to make informed decisions about their family's use of the Internet.
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This is another excellent site for families to learn more about the Internet
and how to protect their children from the dangers when they are online.
It differs from other Internet safety sites in that it has a very large
and complete searchable database about Internet safety products and services. Parents can search for products that will filter out a specific type of
objectionable material or they can search by technology. You can look up
specific products or services and see their characteristics and specifications. I
especially liked their online safety guide broken out by a child's age.
In summary, this is another excellent site on Internet safety and it offers
very different information from other sites we've reviewed in this category.
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Child Safety on the Information Highway - by SafeKids.com
SafeKids.Com is where you'll find tips, advice and suggestions to make your family's online experience fun and productive.
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This is a great starting point for all information about safety on the Internet - whether it's for your young child, your teen or even yourself. Review the safety 'rules' with your children, read up on privacy issues and if you don't already have software to filter out objectionable sites, review their list.
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Kids and Parents Guide to Surfing the Information Highway
Topics on this helpful site include: using your home computer, computers and technology, homework helpers, raising readers, a guide to safe surfing and more. Provided by the Salt Lake City County Library System.
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This site is a good 'starting guide' in how and why to use computers with
your kids - from helping them read to surfing the Internet to help with
their homework.
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Surfing the Net with Kids
Although it is easy to navigate the Web, finding quality family
sites is frustrating and time consuming. That is why hundreds
of thousands of newspaper readers rely on Barbara J. Feldman's "Surfing the Net with Kids." Each weekly column rates and reviews five fun, educational Web sites on topics as diverse as Stock Market Games, Ben Franklin, Paper Airplanes and Tigers.
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If you and your kids spend time surfing the internet for homework or fun, this site is going to be one of your favorite bookmarks. Their site gives short description (pre-screen sites) about where to find this month's featured topics and sites categorized by subjects such as math, science, history and geography.
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Parents Educators and Publishers
The PEP site is an informational resource for Parents, Educators, and children's software Publishers. It contains information on computer products, camps, Internet safety, computer recycling and more.
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There are many useful areas on this site, such as the section on Internet safety, lists of computer camps for kids and many links to other areas. This is a good place to start if you're looking for information on your child and computers.
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