Five Steps You Need to Take for Your Children's Safety to Put Your Mind at Ease by Victor Kimura - HTML preview

Other Resources:

http://www.childnet-int.org/ - Childnet International, a non-profit organisation working with others to “help make the Internet a great and safe place for children”.

http://www.wiredwithwisdom.org/ - prepares children, teens, and adults to make wise choices when using the Internet.

http://www.safetyed.org/ - a non-profit organization founded in 1998 and dedicated to internet safety education, child advocacy and child protection.

http://www.getnetwise.org/ - learn to stay ahead of pornographers, hackers, child-predators and others who abuse the information from your children.

http://www.fkbko.co.uk – For Kids By Kids Online is a site teaching kids the do’s and don’ts of Internet child safety.

http://www.safekids.com/ - Useful links to other sites about children’s safety online, game playing, music online, social networks like MySpace.com.

http://www.cyberpatrol.com/Default.aspx?id=97&mnuid=6.2 - download the “SurfWatch Safety Program Digital Toolkit” which includes a presentation to teach your kids about Internet hazards and what they can do about it. Download a sample “Internet contract” for you and your children to abide by to keep your family safer.

http://livewwwires.com/ - view this short flash presentation on the dangers of online predators.

http://www.wiredwithwisdom.org - helping kids, teens and adults make wise choices when it comes to using the Internet.

Report Abuse Resources:

http://www.childquest.org/cqsafetytips.php - though this site is dedicated to the protection and recovery of missing, abused and exploited children, and at-risk adults in the San Francisco Bay Area, this site also contains documents for your children’s safety.

http://www.iwf.org.uk/ - this is a hotline site for reporting obscene and hateful messages by sites hosted in the UK.

http://www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com - made up of police forces from around the world working together to fight online child abuse. Reports are shared with international law enforcement agencies.

http://www.missingkids.com/ - National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. You can report sightings of missing children.

http://www.ic3.gov/ - the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is collaboration between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (http://www.nw3c.org/) where you may report cyber-crimes if you are a victim. This action will notify criminal and civil violations to the appropriate authorities.

Some Safe Websites for Kids:

http://www.nasa.gov - the National Aeronautic and Space Administration website.

http://www.ala.org - lots of links to kids sites.

http://disney.go.com - Disney’s website for your kids.

http://www.yahooligans.com - web guide for kids.

http://www.zeeks.ca - cool games for kids.

http://www.si.edu - explore and learn from the Smithsonian Institute

http://family.go.com - in beta release, but a portal for family exploration.

Now it’s your turn to come up with some safe websites for your kids. Write them down here: