Check out the ELF child-safe browser!
Worried about what your kids might access online? Check out the ELF browser, which shows kids only kid-safe content.
Free products to help keep children off unwanted websites
There are a number of free products that help parents and guardians keep their children away from unwanted websites.
- Ask for kids: Search engine for children
- Google's Safe Search: Set under Google preferences
- Mozilla Firefox Kidzui: Firefox's add-on with access to millions of websites
- YouTube Safety Mode: Can easily be turned on and off
Internet safety sites
Selected weblinks from the Library staff.
Be Net Savvy
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Deals with issues connected with social networking, cyberbullying, and more.
I Keep Safe
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Tips for kids, parents, and educators.
NetSmartz Kids
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Online resource with interactive activites and games teaching children, teens, parents & educators safety on the Internet.
Parent's Guide to the Internet
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A publication from the US Department of Education.
Safe Kids
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Child safety on the information highway.
Surf Net Kids
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Website reviews for kids, parents, and teachers.
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NetSmartz Kids
Concerned about how your kids might use the internet?
The library offers NetSmartz presentations for teachers, kids, & parents. Please call 334-3941 to schedule a presentation for your class or community group.
Keeping safe online
Ten Internet Safety Tips
- Let your parents or guardian know where you go on the Internet. Show them your favorite websites.
- Use good manners and always be polite in chat and email. Let your parents or guardian know if someone else is rude or uses bad language.
- Your name, address, phone number and the name of your school is all personal information. Don’t share any personal information unless your parents or guardian say it is okay.
- Don't send any pictures of yourself, or open pictures that you get in email, unless your parents or guardian say it's okay.
- Show your parents or guardian any emails from people you don’t know before you open them.
- Ask your parents or guardian before taking any surveys or entering contests.
- Tell your parents or guardian about friends that you meet on the Internet.
- Don't go visit friends you have met on the Internet unless your parents or guardian come with you.
- Don't borrow words or pictures you find on the Internet to use for your homework, unless your parents, guardian, or teacher tells you it’s okay.
- If you see a picture or read anything that makes you feel scared or upset, turn off your computer monitor and get your parents or guardian.
