Safety on the Internet

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Kids' Rules for Online Safety

1. I will not give out personal information such as my address, telephone number, parents’ work address/telephone number, or the name and location of my school without my parents’ permission.
   
   
2. I will tell my parents right away if I come across any information that makes me feel uncomfortable.
   
   
3. I will never agree to get together with someone I "meet" online without first checking with my parents. If my parents agree to the meeting, I will be sure that it is in a public place and bring my mother or father along.
   
   
4. I will never send a person my picture or anything else without first checking with my parents.
   
   
5. I will not respond to any messages that are mean or in any way make me feel uncomfortable. It is not my fault if I get a message like that. If I do I will tell my parents right away so that they can contact the service provider.
   
   
6. I will talk with my parents so that we can set up rules for going online. We will decide upon the time of day that I can be online, the length of time I can be online, and appropriate areas for me to visit. I will not access other areas or break these rules without their permission.
   
   
7. I will not give out my Internet password to anyone (even my best friends) other than my parents.
   
   
8. I will be a good online citizen and not do anything that hurts other people or is against the law.

Here are few sites that provide you with guidelines to ensure your children are safe on the internet:

Safekids.com - Let your kids listen to 'Kids Rules for Online Safety', take part in an 'Online Safety Quiz', find out where to get more information and download Tools for families including an 'Online Safety Slide Show'.

The following sites, have been selected as safe sites for kids to use while surfing the net. If you find any problems with the sites listed on this page, please let us know immediately so we can investigate. Likewise, if you find other search engines that should be listed, please let us know.

Ask Jeeves for Kids
A natural language search engine that is filtered. By natural langauage, you can enter in questions like "why is the sky blue." Try it now!

Yahooligans
A database of about 20,000 sites that are kid safe. You can search or select from a directory.

Lycos SafetyNet
You must first register with this service, but once you do, any search done is filtered.

OneKey
A closed search engine that requires web sites to meet an editorial policy.

Education World
A database of 56,000 sites.

Classroom Connect
A search engine designed for K-12 educators and students.

Study Web
73,000 "research quality" web sites.

KidsClick!
Put together by librarians for kids, the database, as of July, 1998, contained about 2600 records. Well organized and easy to use, though not as thorough as the others.

Directory Services

Lycos Kids
Disney Dig Internet Guide
WebCrawler Kids and Family Channel
Yahooligans