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Tips Make the Internet Safe for Children

Parents worry about the kind of stuff kids can run into on the Internet, and they are not being paranoid - Internet safety is a real issue. Fortunately, you can do some things to help make the Internet safer for your children, which is good, because you probably can't keep them away from the Net.

In fact, in most households, the kids can find an Internet site faster than the parents. While parents wade through vague searches, due to vague search criteria, kids seem to guess right instinctively. They are at the site they need, reading or downloading, while their parents are still trying to figure out which site holds the stuff they are looking for. Because you are sharing the Internet across your network, if you are working at a computer while your kids are on other computers, you can't see what your kids are doing.

In this tutorial, you will learn some solutions for controlling Internet access. Don't rely on them, because you can only impose them in your own house. Your kids are almost certainly going to access the Internet from friends' houses or from public computers. In the end, there is no substitute for good parenting - discuss the issues openly.