Try This: Protecting Children on the Web

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How about not letting them on the internet!.problem solved.

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Closely monitor your child while they're online. The computer should be in a central location, with you in the same room preferably. Parents have no idea what their kids do online.I work in chat for an online retailer and you would be amazed at the number of kids (under 12) that we have trying to chat with us. One girl asked me to help her find an outfit that would make everyone think she was a good kisser!! Another was a (supposedly) 5 yr old who gave me her mom's full 16-digit credit card number and wanted me to help her order "some clothes and shoes"!! Parents PLEASE monitor what your kids are doing online and never assume "my kid would never do that". Also, know the computer usage rules at other peoples' homes if your kids spend the night with friends. Maybe you limit internet activities/time, but not all parents do.

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Why didn't AOL ask any dads? The answer is simple: SEXISM, unmitigated SEXISM.

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I can't believe the inanity of these "parents." Why have children if you have no clue how to handle the simplest of issues raising them?

First YOU are the parent. Not CPS. Not the teacher. Not the school system. Not the the state. Not the parish church--and certainly NOT this bungling bunch of AOL "experts" who are little more than free lance writers looking to make a buck at YOUR expense.

If you plug your kid into the Internet, TV, MTV...whatever...without your supervision, then you have only YOU to blame for the results.

Parent filters exist for a reason. Use them. Sit with your child while on the Internet. Report to the police ANY suspicious email, post, Twitter, Facebook, whatever, your child receives. Report any threats to the police or, if you suspect the perpetrator is out of state, to the FBI.

Don't let your kid use his real name as his on-line name. Certainly, you will never let him/her divulge his real address or phone number on ANY social network.

Do NOT let your child associate with other children whose parents you don't know well, or whose parenting is far more "permissive" than yours,

Your child is a dependent minor until 18. That puts YOU in charge. Exercise YOUR parental authority. When you do it when this kid is two, you don't have an out-of-control, mouthy brat when the kid is 13.

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Angela, you are so right about not assuming what your kids will and won't do! I've seen enough programs about experiments done to show how well kids have learned the lessons parents have tried to instill in them and it's just shocking to see how easily they can be fooled into completely forgetting what their parents have taught them. Best to regard your children as children until they prove they are adults.

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To J V L: Good point about knowing the parents of your children's friends. I once warned a mother not to let her 10 yr. old son go to the house of a neighbor who I knew for a fact had committed -- and been imprisoned for -- two crimes, one of which involved her shooting someone, but who still owned a gun and several times threatened to use it on people she had issues with. Unsupervised internet and video games are bad enough but this is something I think parents need to check out before the worst happens!

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Larry: AOL didn't ask any dads for the same reason that it's still the moms who are cleaning up the house after dad, the kids and the dog turn it into a pigsty. Dads will never count until the first one gives birth.

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An awesome download to help prevent your children from going anywhere you don't want them to is: Blue Coat K-9 Web Protection. It is a free program and is excellent at protecting kids from unwanted web sites. You are able to monitor internet activity and set up a high level of protection and it also allows you to make exceptions for those sites that you want to allow them to go onto.

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And once again, ParentDish helps push fatherhood and boys clear out of the parenting equation. Moms... Moms... Moms... I watched the video. "I have to watch over HER... SHE'LL be the victim of internet predators..." Are we REALLY trying to wipe men off of the face of the earth? Create an atmosphere where men shouldn't be expected to participate in the child-rearing process? Keep pushing the FEMALE agenda by banging it into our heads nonstop? So boys take care of themselves, grow up, get a job and WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK (ad nauseum) so women can keep making them these maligned scapegoats? Now that men are no longer the majority in the work place or higher learning, when are PEOPLE going to look after US, instead of just the 'weaker' sex?

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Tiding , This method is the most solution for all setbacks from internet Just control your computer as you like and you then can ensue the result , the best for your child . Just follow these simplified steps :
First of all don't use except internet explorer in order to apply this steps
1/ Open internet potions ( in tools menu from internet explorer windows , therefore choose internet options ) ..
2/ Activate the classification sign " content" in the dialoug box .
3/ Into Content Advisor in diloug box , click Enabled button . would open this next dialoug box which is menu with elements incite the almost from use it . The buttom here means that the level is zero then confine its use at whole portion . If you draw to the right side , you will allow a specific level from the deal with what ever you like .
After determination from elements menu , which aware the almost from limit its use . So, if you would like to proscribe the use , you can leave the slided button in the box on zero .
4/ Click ok in the box , will open a box to write your password . in order that unable any user except you changes the level you determined.
Tip; Bookmark the favorite ones for other users or yout child .

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what we really need is tips on how to keep your parents safe on the internet.. you know how many viruses my parents have accidentatly downloaded? sheesh!

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Try This:.....DO NOT LET THEM ON THE INTERNET UNTILL THEY HAVE HAD TRAINING AGAINT THE EVILS OF THE INTERNET AND THEY ARE 18..........if they have to do research for school .......HELLO PARTENTS ...try this this concept......WATCH THEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Try This:.....DO NOT LET THEM ON THE INTERNET UNTILL THEY HAVE HAD TRAINING AGAINT THE EVILS OF THE INTERNET AND THEY ARE 18..........if they have to do research for school .......HELLO PARENTS ...try this this concept......WATCH THEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I use a program called Refog - www.refog.com . I use the REFOG Personal Monitor which costs $69.95. Its the best money I've spent. It sends a log file to your email address but be aware that you may not like what you read or see. I have a teenage child and when I see something I dont like I try to go around it to talk with my child, it usually works. Like I said...best money I've ever spent. Kids know how to delete history!!

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