Parents congratulate yourself as you have made the first step in making the internet a safe journey for your children.

Internet Savvy for Parents Part 1, discussed,* Internet Service Providers with Parental Controls* Search Engines with Filters

It is advised that you read part 1 to ensure that you have all of the information to make an educated decision as to how to protect your children on the internet.

CONTENT ADVISORS

Internet Explorer

You can use the Content Advisor filter built in to Internet Explorer to prevent access to many websites. Go to Internet Explorer:* click on Tools* go to Internet Options* click on the Content tab* then click on Enable* go to ratings tab*set all levels to 0 for language, nudity, sex and violence, (read each description for levels)

* go to general tab and create a password* go to approved sites tab to approve or disapprove websites

You may go to help, click on Contents and Index, and type in content advisor for further assistance.

Internet Content Rating Associates www.icra.org/parents/

Their web page States, "The ICRA empowers parents to make choices about what digital content their children can and cannot see. Choice not censorship is the phrase that best sums up our philosophy. The ICRAplus platform allows parents to filter web content according to the ICRA system together with other filtering technologies. The basic ICRAplus filtering platform is free!"

Safe Surf www.safesurf.com/iesetup/

A free content filtering rating system that works with Internet Explorer. Visit site above for more information. Excellent instructions are provided in, Frequently Asked Questions.

RULES FOR THE INTERNET

Once you have the other safety feature in place it is almost time to allow your children on the internet. Parental rules and guidelines should be established before your children are permitted to access the internet. SafeKids.Com founder Larry Magid has an excellent list of rules for online safety go to

http://www.safekids.com/kidsrules.htm for a copy.

Parry Afab of Wiredsafety and WiredKids has created a booklet that is available free online. Her booklet covers internet safety for parents and provides a cheat sheet for parents also a contract with a list of rules for children to sign and to follow when using the internet. You may acquire this book by go to the following site

http://wiredkids.org/parents/parentingonline/index.html.

Parents you have been provided with enough information to get started on creating a safe surfing environment for your child. I have also developed a list of, Kid Friendly Sites you may get a copy of this free list by going to

http://911parenting.com/AV%20Kid%20Friendly%20Site.htm

Explore the Internet and Safe Surfing to you and your children...

About the Author

Resource Specialist, and a Credentialed Special Education Teacher in the State of California for over 20 years. I have worked with hundreds of children in both regular education and special education classrooms. Creating a successful teaching environment depends upon many factors, and working with the parents has always been the most important factor.