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HOME, SCHOOL & INTERNET SAFETY
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Internet Use Contract
Use these guidelines to ensure
your child's online experience
is productive, fun, and safe.
Print this contract out, have
everybody sign it and then post
it by the computer...
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How to help your kids use social
networking Web sites more safely
You may already know that
blogging—keeping a public "Web
log" or personal journal
online—is common among teens and
even younger kids...
more [Microsoft]
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Economical Family Fun:
Inexpensive Ideas at Home and
for Travel
With the average cost of
amusement parks tickets
teetering around $50 a person
and an overwhelming amount of
video and computer games on the
market, it’s easy to spend large
amounts of money trying to
entertain your kids...
more [iParenting]
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Keeping Your Family Safe: What You
Need to Know
Have you spoken to your kids about
abduction? Are you confident that
you've covered all the bases?
While it's important to discuss
the "stranger danger" basics, it's
crucial that both you and your
child are aware of the more
detailed, convincing ploys...
more
[Parent
Soup]
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School Violence Safety Strategies
From garden-variety bullies to
kids with weapons, the threat of
school violence is a parent's
worst nightmare. If you have a
school-age child, you no doubt
also have fears that your child
may be exposed to a violent act,
or worse, become...
more
[iVillage]
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10
Rules of Internet Safety for Kids
When your child spends time on the
computer, do you know what he's
doing or who he's communicating
with? A study by the National
Center for Missing and Exploited
Children revealed that, while a...
more
[Parent
Soup]
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Children Online
Computers have traditionally been
trusted by both children and
adults as reliable and accurate
sources of information. The rapid
growth of online services and
Internet access has added a new...
more
[AACAP]
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Protect Your Child From School
Bullies
Bullies. Every school has them.
They taunt, tease, shove, and beat
up other kids. Indirect bullying
-- where kids are ignored or
excluded -- can be just as
devastating as a...
more
[Child Safety Experts]
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Being Safe in the Kitchen
Do you like putting on an apron
and making a delicious snack for
your family? How about helping out
at the stove, stirring and
sniffing the sweet smells? Or
making cookies by...
more
[Family Doctor]
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Child safety: Checklist for
toddlers
Never, ever leave child in tub
unsupervised, not even for a few
seconds.
Put a non-slip mat in bathtub.
Nice to have: Soft cover for
bathtub spout
Covers for bathtub knobs. Bedroom
safety...
more
[Parent Center]
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Tips for safe bathing
Bath time can be fun for you and your child, but you can't be too cautious.
Start early by teaching your little one water safety basics, and keep these 12
safe bathing tips in mind...
more [Baby Center]
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How to Keep Kids Safe Around Swimming Pools
More
than 250 U.S. children under age 5 drown in pools every year, reports the U.S. Consumer
Products Safety Commission (CPSC). Drowning is the second leading cause of death...
more [Parenthood]
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Is Your Child Safe Online?
Most people who go online have mainly positive experiences. But, like any
endeavor — Going outside, cooking, or attending school —
there are some risks.
The online world, like...
more [Child Safety Experts]
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Are Your Kids Ready to Stay Home Alone?
When is it okay to begin leaving your child at home alone? The answer really is
different for every child. In general, children under 10 should not be left on
their own, and babies...
more [Child Safety Experts]
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Teaching Your Kids About Personal Safety
1. Teach your children safety information when they are ready to learn
and remember it. Consider their level of maturity in setting expectations about
what they are able...
more [Parent Soup]
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Online Safety
Even if you don't know much about computers, you do know your daughter. And your
knowledge of your daughter's needs and interests will serve as a great
foundation for building...
more [PBS Parents]
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Could Your Child be Playing with Fire?
Experts say it is normal for children to be curious about fire. Blowing out
birthday candles and roasting marshmallows over an open flame are fun family
activities. But if your child tries...
more [Parenthood]
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15 Tips to Keep Your Baby Safe at Home
Are you doing enough to protect your baby from household hazards? Bring your home up
to code with these baby-proofing strategies. Each year, more children die in
home...
more [Parenthood]
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School Bus Safety
Riding the school bus can be an exciting experience for your child. She may have
the opportunity to ride to and from school everyday, or she may only ride the
bus once a year on...
more [Teacher Source]
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Teach your kids how to read warning labels
1. Kids can learn important words with flashcards. Learning to read this
way isn't usually as good as the more-involved learning we have across this
site. Teach your kids how to...
more [PBS Kids]
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Keeping Kids Safe on the Internet: Warning Signs
According to CyberPatrol’s Safe Surfing Guide, the following are some warning signs
for parents that their child may be involved in inappropriate Internet activity...
more [Parenthood]
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Keeping Kids Safe on the Internet: Parent Power!
Now for the good news: Parents have more choices and tools than ever before to
help keep their families safe online. They can stock a technology toolbox, full
of filtering, blocking...
more [Parenthood]
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Keeping Kids Safe on the Internet: Profile of a Predator
Of all the hazards online, contact by strangers, whether sexual, angry or
predatory by nature, is the most common – and potentially the most dangerous.
Nearly every instance of...
more [Parenthood]
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Keeping Kids Safe on the Internet: Online Risks and Threats
With three-fourths of U.S. homes wired for online service and thousands more schools and libraries connected, the majority of children
today have access to the Internet...
more [Parenthood]
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Keeping Kids Safe on the Internet
As sexual predators increasingly turn to chat rooms, e-mail and Web
sites to target children, parents need to watch for the warning signs. Here’s
how you can make the Internet a safer place...
more [Parenthood]
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Disney Characters Preach Virtues of Internet Child Safety
I've been writing about Internet safety for kids since 1994 and for the past
three years, have been operating a Web site (www.safekids.com) that provides...
more [Safe Kids]
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Online Safety: Guidelines for Kids
Parents: Print the following guidelines and share with your kids, friends and
teachers. Consider using these points as the basis for a Family Internet Use Contract...
more [Parenthood]
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Cyber Tips for Parents
As parents, we want to know everything we can about our children’s likes and dislikes, their friends,
musical tastes and academic achievements. Therefore, experts say...
more [Parenthood]
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Help children know the risks of chat rooms
Much has been written about dangers on the Internet, but if your child is
going to get in trouble online, chances are that it will be because of
something that happens in a chat room...
more [Safe Kids]
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Protect Your Children from the Internet's Seamy Side
As parents, we try to protect our children. We tell them to look both ways
before crossing the street, never accept rides from strangers and say no to
drugs. But two-thirds of American...
more [Children Today]
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Biking and Your Child's Safety
Carol Breau remembers the day Richie died -- the day her own son said good-bye
to his best friend. Richie rode...
more [Children Today]
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Child Abduction: Tips for Parents
According to the FBI's National Crime Information Center, more than 840,000 children were reported missing in the United
States in 2001. There are, however, measures that parents can...
more [Children Today]
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Child Abduction: Waking Up to Every Parent's Worst Nightmare
Another state, another bedroom, another innocent sleeping child abducted in
the middle of the night. Another mother and father awakened from sweet dreams to
be thrust into...
more [Children Today]
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Be Aware! Burn Prevention Tips
From hot ovens and ranges to irons, room heaters, hot liquids or an open
flame, a burn injury is one of the most painful and devastating injuries a child
can suffer. Because young...
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[Preschoolers Today]
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Fire Safety Training: A Lesson for Life
Would your child know what to do if he detected a fire in your home? The
right answer could save his life. Jonelle, a mother of two
in Las Vegas, Nev., asked her son what he would do if...
more [Children Today]
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Swimming Safely: Don't Let Summer Fun Turn Tragic
Not many kids would turn down an invitation for a mid-afternoon swim on a
hot, sunny day. But, a fun day in the pool could turn tragic if safety is not a
factor in their afternoon plans...
more [Children Today]
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Teaching Your Children the Dangers of Strangers
Parents have the ability to empower their children against abduction by
educating them about the dangers of strangers and helping their children to help themselves...
more [Children Today]
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Bus Safety – For The Safety of Our Kids
There are many rules and regulations to teach your child when school begins.
Some rules will come from teachers, administrators and bus drivers, and others
will come from you...
more [Children Today]
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School Bus Safety Tips
Is your child going to be riding a bus to school this year? Are you worried
about his or her safety on the bus? Although riding the school bus is an
extremely safe method of transportation...
more [iVillage]
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Sexual Abuse: How to Prevent It
Preventing child molestation starts long before you leave your child at baseball
practice or swimming lessons. Children are more likely to be molested by someone
they know than by...
more [Children Today]
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My Child is Sexually Harassed at School
My son is in the fourth grade. His classmates are
ridiculing him. Most of the comments are sexual in nature...
more [Parent Soup]
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Sexual Harassment in Schools Is Not "Routine Adolescence"
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy angrily denounced the Supreme Court's ruling that
school districts can be held liable for...
more [Parent Soup]
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Help Your Kids Feel Safe at School
With school violence becoming an all-too-regular part of
the nightly news, my 11-year-old is afraid to go to school...
more [Parent Soup]
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How Safe is Your Child's School?
The recent violence that has exploded in classrooms, cafeterias and gymnasiums
across the nation probably has you concerned. Now is the time to as...
more [Parent Soup]
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School Violence Safety Strategies
From garden-variety bullies to kids with weapons, the threat of school violence
is a parent's worst nightmare. If you have a school-age child, you no doubt...
more [iVillage]
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Child Safety on the Information Highway
Whatever it’s called, millions of people are now going
online to exchange electronic mail, surf the World Wide Web, post and read
messages in newsgroups...
more [Safe
Kids]
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