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		<title>How Parents And Teachers Can Best Monitor And Filter Internet Usage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Safety for Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Safety for Teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childrens internet safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are not the only parent concerned with their child&#8217;s safety online. Keeping your child safe is of utmost concern to internet programmers and site owners. With this in mind, they are constantly trying to improve websites so children can be safer and more secure from the possible threats they can easily face on the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are not the only parent concerned with their child&#8217;s safety online. Keeping your child safe is of utmost concern to internet programmers and site owners. With this in mind, they are constantly trying to improve websites so children can be safer and more secure from the possible threats they can easily face on the Internet. In order to safeguard one&#8217;s kids, parents need to take an active role in internet monitoring. </p>
<p>you can place the computer in easily accessible areas so that you can watch the child in which website he is seeing while you are standing in the room.</p>
<p>Internet monitoring lessens the chances of children visiting inappropriate sites. The less privacy they have on the Internet, the safer they are, even if they don&#8217;t like it. </p>
<p>There are programs created each year which allow you to pick and choose the sites you feel are most appropriate for your child to visit. If they attempt to enter a site they are not allowed access to, then they will be prompted to enter a password. Without the correct password, they will be unable to enter the site. This leaves you in complete control over their Web browsing. </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t keep the same password for long and change it regularly in such a way that is beyond your child&#8217;s imaginary powers. Giving your children access only to sites which do not have a chat function can be most effective when trying to protect them from potential online predators. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s important to be proactive, but teaching your child how to stay safe when they&#8217;re online is the best weapon you can use against <a href='http://websafekid.com/category/online-safety/' target="_blank">online predators</a>.</p>
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		<title>A Guide For Parents On How To Monitor And Filter The Internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Safety for Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet safety tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You are not the only parent concerned with their child&#8217;s safety online. Internet programmers and website owners are also concerned about your children being as safe and as healthy as possible. Keeping this in mind, they&#8217;re constantly attempting to make websites safer and more secure for children, and trying to protect them from possible Internet [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are not the only parent concerned with their <a href='http://www.websafekid.com' target="_blank">child&#8217;s safety online</a>. Internet programmers and website owners are also concerned about your children being as safe and as healthy as possible. Keeping this in mind, they&#8217;re constantly attempting to make websites safer and more secure for children, and trying to protect them from possible Internet threats. To combat threats against your children, you need to be proactive about their safety online. </p>
<p>Keep any computers in the house in easily accessible areas, where you can see what websites your child is visiting, while you are standing in the room. Internet monitoring lessens the chances of children visiting inappropriate sites. The less privacy they have on the Internet, the safer they are, even if they don?t like it. </p>
<p>There are programs created each year which allow you to pick and choose the sites you feel are most appropriate for your child to visit. If the child tries to go on a site which is restricted, he or she will be asked for a password. If the wrong password is entered, access to the site will be denied. This way you can monitor and regulate their internet surfing.  </p>
<p>Remember to change your password frequently and make sure it is not something your child will be able to easily guess. Giving your children access only to sites which do not have a chat function can be most effective when trying to protect them from potential online predators. </p>
<p>It?s important to be proactive, but teaching your child how to stay safe when they?re online is the best weapon you can use against online predators.</p>
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		<title>Preventing Cyber Bullying</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Chat Rooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Safety for Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Safety for Teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chat Room Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stop Cyber Bullying]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cyber bullying is a very serious issue many children and teens are facing today. Parents are becoming more aware of these issues, due to highly publicized tragedies involving suicides of children and teens, due in part to cyber bullying by peers. It?s important not only to talk about what cyber bullying is but how to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cyber bullying is a very serious issue many children and teens are facing today. Parents are becoming more aware of these issues, due to highly publicized tragedies involving suicides of children and teens, due in part to cyber bullying by peers. </p>
<p>It?s important not only to talk about what cyber bullying is but how to stop cyber bullying. Talking to children about the consequences of cyber bullying is often not enough. Teaching your children to respect one another and getting them to report any behavior to you they find inappropriate is important, as well.</p>
<p>Once <a href='http://websafekid.com/category/internet-safety-tips-for-parents/' target="_blank">cyber bullying</a> starts your response may need to depend on the situation. Parents can?t usually turn to schools for off-campus incidents, even if the students attend school together because the law often says when schools are involved they are infringing on a student?s right to speech. So, parents often must handle the situation without the school?s help. </p>
<p>Parents need to have honest conversations with their children about what they see and do online, to prevent cyber bullying. Children should be able to come to a parent or another trusted adult if they are being cyber bullied. </p>
<p>By giving a child this open line of communication, a parent can help them deal with anything which comes their way. Parents should take what their child says seriously and be sure they act upon anything suspicious or bothersome to their child. In addition, parents should set limitations on children and teens regarding Internet use to avoid the possibilities of cyber bullying.</p>
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		<title>Better Online Safety Through Internet Filtering And Monitoring Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Safety for Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Filtering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You are not the only parent concerned with their kids safety online. Internet programmers and website owners are also concerned about your children being as safe and as healthy as possible. Keeping this in mind, they&#8217;re constantly attempting to make websites safer and more secure for children, and trying to protect them from possible Internet [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are not the only parent concerned with their <a href='http://www.websafekid.com' target="_blank">kids safety online</a>. Internet programmers and website owners are also concerned about your children being as safe and as healthy as possible. </p>
<p>Keeping this in mind, they&#8217;re constantly attempting to make websites safer and more secure for children, and trying to protect them from possible Internet threats. To combat threats against your children, you need to be proactive about their safety online. </p>
<p>you can place the computer in easily accessible areas so that you can watch the child in which website he is seeing while you are standing in the room.</p>
<p>This lessens the chances of them visiting sites you may not deem appropriate. The less privacy they have on the Internet, the safer they are, even if they don?t like it. </p>
<p>There are programs created each year which allow you to pick and choose the sites you feel are most appropriate for your child to visit. If the child tries to go on a site which is restricted, he or she will be asked for a password. If the wrong password is entered, access to the site will be denied. This leaves you in complete control over their Web browsing. </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t keep the same password for long and change it regularly in such a way that is beyond your child&#8217;s imaginary powers. Giving your children access only to sites which do not have a chat function can be most effective when trying to protect them from potential online predators. </p>
<p>Teach your child how to stay safe when they are online; it is the best way to protect them against the bad guys.</p>
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		<title>Internet Filtering And Monitoring For Parents</title>
		<link>http://www.websafekid.com/weblog/online-safety/internet-filtering-and-monitoring-for-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Chat Rooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Space safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Safety for Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chat Room Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Monitoring Programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet safety tips]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are not the only parent concerned with their child&#8217;s safety online. Internet programmers and website owners are also concerned about your children being as safe and as healthy as possible. With this in mind, they are constantly trying to improve websites so children can be safer and more secure from the possible threats they can easily face on the Internet. To combat threats against your children, you need to be proactive about their <a href='http://www.websafekid.com' target="_blank">safety online</a>. </p>
<p>Keep any computers in the house in easily accessible areas, where you can see what websites your child is visiting, while you are standing in the room. This lessens the chances of them visiting sites you may not deem appropriate. The less privacy they have on the Internet, the safer they are, even if they don?t like it. </p>
<p>You can choose sites you feel are the most appropriate for your child to visit with programs. If the child tries to go on a site which is restricted, he or she will be asked for a password. Without the correct password, they will be unable to enter the site. This leaves you in complete control over their Web browsing. </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t keep the same password for long and change it regularly in such a way that is beyond your child&#8217;s imaginary powers. Giving your children access only to sites which do not have a chat function can be most effective when trying to protect them from potential online predators. </p>
<p>It?s important to be proactive, but teaching your child how to stay safe when they&#8217;re online is the best weapon you can use against online predators.</p>
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		<title>Parents Can Help Prevent Cyber Bullying</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Safety for Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyber Bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet safety tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cyber bullying is a very serious issue many children and teens are facing today. Parents are becoming more aware of these issues, due to highly publicized tragedies involving suicides of children and teens, due in part to cyber bullying by peers. It is necessary not to just discuss the meaning of cyber bullying but also [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cyber bullying is a very serious issue many children and teens are facing today. Parents are becoming more aware of these issues, due to highly publicized tragedies involving suicides of children and teens, due in part to cyber bullying by peers. </p>
<p>It is necessary not to just discuss the meaning of cyber bullying but also how to eliminate cyber bullying. Just talking to children about the risks and outcomes of cyber bullying is not enough. Teach your children to respect each other and how to report inappropriate behavior.</p>
<p>Once cyber bullying starts your response may need to depend on the situation. When things happen to students off campus, parents are on their own without the school&#8217;s help. Even if the students go to the same school, when the school gets involved the law states its going against the student&#8217;s right of speech. Often, parents must take care of the situation without the school&#8217;s help. </p>
<p>Parents need to have honest conversations with their children about what they see and do online, to prevent cyber bullying. Children should be able to come to a parent or another trusted adult if they are being cyber bullied. </p>
<p>By giving a child this open line of communication, a parent can help them deal with anything which comes their way. Parents should take their child seriously, and take action against suspicious and bothersome activities. Internet usage needs to have a limit on it for children to help prevent them from <a href='http://www.websafekid.com' target="_blank">cyber bullying</a>.</p>
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		<title>Web Safety Recommendations For Young People</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Safety]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Web Safety for Teens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While on the Internet, there must be a complete agreement between parents, teens and even younger children saying they will look out for one another when it comes to being and staying safe. Most commonly associated with breaches of online safety are the suggested meet ups between posters who only know one another from online [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While on the Internet, there must be a complete agreement between parents, teens and even younger children saying they will look out for one another when it comes to being and staying safe. </p>
<p>Most commonly associated with breaches of online safety are the suggested meet ups between posters who only know one another from online chat rooms. </p>
<p>It is easy for the more skilled predators to sweet-talk naive teens with promises of hanging out, being friends and even romance. A lot of these meet ups result in missing teens. </p>
<p>Even worse, nary a one of these teens was not aware of their parent&#8217;s expectations when it came to online safety. Something did not work?</p>
<p>Typically the concept is that this particular internet user is different, or the young adult is way too smart to get taken advantage of and put in harmful situations. </p>
<p>In their online safety talks, parents should make it a point  to stress the simple techniques used by online predators and those who would seek to worm confidential information out of the kids. </p>
<p>Parents are still the most powerful online safety tools available.</p>
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		<title>Keeping Kids And Teens Safe On The Internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Safety for Teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids Internet Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While on the Internet, there must be a complete agreement between parents, teens and even younger children saying they will look out for one another when it comes to being and staying safe. The problems most commonly associated with breaches of online safety are the suggested meet ups between posters who only know one another [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While on the Internet, there must be a complete agreement between parents, teens and even younger children saying they will look out for one another when it comes to being and staying safe. </p>
<p>The problems most commonly associated with breaches of online safety are the suggested meet ups between posters who only know one another from online chat rooms. </p>
<p>In these venues it is easy for the more skilled predators to sweet-talk naive teens with promises of hanging out, being friends and even romance. </p>
<p>Many of these meet ups result in missing teens. Teens was not aware of their parent&#8217;s expectations when it came to online safety one of these is nary. </p>
<p>What happened?</p>
<p>Most commonly it is the idea this one poster is different, or the teen is far too savvy to get caught up in a dangerous situation. </p>
<p>In their online safety talks, parents should make it a point to stress the simple techniques used by online predators and those who would seek to worm confidential information out of the kids. </p>
<p>Online safety is not negotiable. At the end of the day, parents are still the most powerful online safety tools available.</p>
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