Additional Resources

Teach children about safe surfing

Here are some good resources to help teach children about how to stay safe on the Web. Also, many of these sites have adult components that are worth taking a look at. Remember to check out the safe surfing for kids resources right here at 4Kids!

Disney International enlists the popular cartoon character Doug to help kids acquire Internet safety skills on its site Safe Surfing with Doug. "Doug's Interactive Story" is a great exercise for encouraging smart Web decision making for kids and there are extra features including printable pages explaining things like emoticons :) and tips for safe surfing.

Safe Surfin' for Kids & Teens provides safe surfing pointers from athletes and celebrities and a "Driver's Ed Challenge" to give scenarios about difficult Web situations. It also provides a few sites that kids might enjoy.

Kid-friendly search engines

Many of the search engines that are popular with adults have special ones for kids. There are also others that provide sites containing exclusively-kid content. Just remember, many of these search engines may link to sites containing advertisements or have advertisements themselves.

Yahooligans! is Yahoo!'s web site for kids ages 7-12. The search engine does contains ads, although some promote safe Web surfing. There is also a good section on safe surfing for kids and adults. However, many of the sites the search engine links to contain ads.

Ask Jeeves for Kids is geared towards a younger audience, but it does contain ads, both on the site, and in the content to which it links. However, while it does have message boards, it does not host any chat rooms for kids.

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