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The Internet can be a mysterious yet powerful place. How can I better understand the web...so I can better give guidance to my children?

Through this site, we hope to help teach you to help your kids be critical thinkers on the web and other areas of their digital lives

Unlocking kids' potential
Extending their education
Providing tools to enrich their lives through the Internet
Helping kids grow their worlds

Check out the resources below to help make yourself smarter. And e-mail us at admin@maremel.com to sign up for our e-newsletter on parent tips for building great net citizens.

First, how do I start with my kids? How does the web work? Can't I just tell them where not to go? How do I begin to teach my kids about the Internet? Follow this link.

Learning About Safe Internet Use for Kids

There are many diverse resources on the web to teach you and your children about Internet Safety. Here are a few:

Blog Safety -- updated to help parents understand how to Blog safely ("Blog" is short for "Web log," an online journal). Link to Blogging Basics.
i-Safe -- http://www.isafe.org -- Funded by the Dept. of Defense
GetNetWise --

Make an Internet Contract with you child -- see http://kids.getnetwise.org/tools/toolscontracts for links to several suggested contracts.

Wiredkids.org and WiredSafety
The world's largest Internet safety, help and education organization. -- http://www.wiredkids.org/parents/index.html and http://www.wiredsafety.org
Staysafe.org -- http://www.staysafe.org/parents/default.html -- funded by Microsoft
ProtectKids.com -- http://www.protectkids.com/tools/index.htm
Net Family News -- http://netfamilynews.org/index.shtml -- past newsletters at http://www.netfamilynews.org/letterindex4.html
NetSmartz Workshop -- http://netsmartz.org/netparents.htm
Do I need an Internet filter? Though review sites always have to be taken with a large grain of salt, take a look at http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/index.html for a comparison chart of the top tools

Family Tech News and Ideas

Net Family News -- Weekly "Kid-Tech News" e-mail, newsletter, blog
FamilyTechTalk -- Podcast -- up-to-date news by Larry Magid and Anne Collier (NetFamilyNews.org)
Yahooligan's Parents Guide --
How to work with your kids on the web, including Family Pledge topics for discussion
Robin Raskin's Raising Digital Kids -- Great tips!
Surfing the Net with Kids Archive -- Suggestions from Barbara Feldman's syndicated column

Search and Resources

Wiredkids Safe Search -- Excellent search -- by topic and age range
AOL@School for Parents
Net Mom's Nice Sites
TekMom's Search Tools for Students -- All-in-one search page for kid search sites and research resources.
Kids Search Tools -- Search a variety of kid-safe search engines from a single page.
Education World -- Over 500,000 sites of interest to educators. Browsable or searchable, with the ability to narrow in by appropriate grade level. Launched in spring 1996.
SearchEdu.com -- Index of pages built by crawling education web sites.
Teach-nology.com -- Directory of web sites for teachers and educators.
Internet Content Rating Association
Top Rated Sites for Childr -- interesting listing of top-rated kid-safe sites -- non-profit in UK
Family Friendly Sites
Math Forum @ Drexel -- cool resources for math help -- also check out their "Ask Dr. Math"
Children's Literature Web Guide -- University of Calgary
Kidspace @ Internet Public Library -- Univ. of Michigan
NIEHS Kids Pages -- Cool online games, songs, materials, from National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Family Education Network -- Pearson's resources for families
Childnet Academy -- Kids can win a place at an international Internet academy by submitting their own cool Internet creations
Librarians Internet Index -- Publicly funded research library online with safety in mind
Ben's Guide: U.S. Government Sites for Kids -- Cool iste with links to all sorts of kids' sites made by different government agencies, like Agriculture, Treasury, Smithsonian, etc.
KidsOLR -- Kids' Online Research Tools

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PBS -- Great site on web basics -- http://www.pbs.org/parents/siteguide/basics_browser.html

Paws, Claws, Scales, & Tales -- Librarians' Internet Index info on critters and pets galore
http://lii.org/pub/topic/pawsclaws
Paws, Claws, Scales, & Tales, Part II -- California's Summer Reading Program -- http://summerreading.cla-net.org/index2006.html

Looking for media that's good for your kids? Check out Common Sense Media --
AOL has created a new Family Friendly Entertainment Guide
Ben's Guide: U.S. Government Sites for Kids --Cool iste with links to all sorts of kids' sites made by different government agencies, like Agriculture, Treasury, Smithsonian, etc.
Parents' Choice Awards Spring '05 -- Link here for top websites for kids. These include:
- Gold Award: Conservation Central, 10 & Up
- Gold Award: Scholastic's Homework Hub, 8 - 13 yrs.
- Silver Award: PEEP and the Big Wide World, 3 - 5 yrs.
- Silver Award: P.O.V.'s Borders/ Environment, All Ages
- Silver Award: Teachers' Domain, 6-18 yrs.
- Recommended: SparkTop.org - Where No Two Brains Spark Alike, 8 - 12 yrs.
- Recommended: Arthur, 4 - 8 yrs.
- Recommended: RIF Reading Planet (Reading is Fundamental), 5 - 15 yrs.
- Recommended: Zoom: Zoomcational Foundation, 8 - 12 yrs.

Computer Security Tools and Filtering Products -- We aren't experts in this area, and suggest that you look at PC Magazine and other venues for current reviews. One ranked highly by PC Magazine is CyberSitter -- http://www.cybersitter.com/, chosen as Editors' Choice in 2004 by PC Magazine.