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Family and Kid Friendly Sites
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Publications for your Family
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Online Security while Traveling /
FREE Identity Theft Guide /
Home Security
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Protection from
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Readers Questions
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INVITATION
Teaching Your Kids to be Safe Surfers -
An Invitation to Help others by Sharing Your Experiences in
Teaching Your Children To Be Safe When They Were learning to Surf the Internet
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Family Security and Caring
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Family Caring- At some time
in our lives, family members and friends may need caring support
and special understanding.
download
is Free Care Giving/Care Receiving manual
from the Senior2Senior.org website. |
►We post Kid Safe Sites, because like you, we care about
the safety and security of our children and grandchildren...
...and to help parents,
grandparents and guardians guide today's young internet surfers to
safe sites. There are many other website creators who feel the same
concerns and responsibility. These are just a few of their sites that
we have personally reviewed and tested as safe for our Grandchildren.
Check them out and share them with the young people you care about.
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"Personal
Safety for Children – a Guide for Parents"
is one of
many publications by the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children. You can visit their site at
www.missingkids.com. where many are available as Free
downloads.
Personal
Safety for Children is a
quick and fun guide for parents to share with their children -
only 16 pages and available as a Zipped pdf file. You can
download and unzip your copy by Clicking
HERE. |
Please note the 'AMBER ALERT" scrolling at the bottom of this table
If you would like to help support the Code Amber project,
please
click here.
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Reviews of
Family Safe Sites |
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CRAYOLA
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The Crayola
website goes
beyond being just for Kids with its sections for Parents
and Educators, too. We wouldn't hesitate to send our children
and grandchildren here for entertainment and education. Here's
the
LINK |
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PBS Kids is a respected and trusted site.
We would not hesitate to send our children and grandchildren
there for entertainment and education, either. Their Privacy Policy is
very assuring. Families visiting the site can feel safe
regarding potential threats to family privacy and their children's
welfare. Jump to it from
HERE http://pbskids.org/ |
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Ask Jeeves for Kids |
Ask Jeeves is a
trademark of Ask Jeeves, Inc., Copyright Ask Jeeves,
Inc.
Ask Jeeves for Kids has great Study Tools, Fun and Games and
News Resources, all Safe.
Visit Ask Jeeves
for Kids Home page Here |
Kid Safe Site from
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A really cool Index to the Web for
net Surfers ages 8 - 14. Parents will love this one, too. |
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Check out the
Kid Friendly pages HEREand the
Parent Friendly Links
HERE |
Click to visit Site |
Your Site Support
Supporting your Play Time with Kids
for Kid approved
activities that grownups love |
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Welcome to the
U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal. This site was
developed and is maintained by the Federal Citizen Information
Center.
It provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the
best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by
subject.
Explore, learn, have fun and add to your favorites! |
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Visit
KidGrid
Here It's an interesting and comprehensive directory of safe
kid's resources |
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Discover the Secret Weapon
used by Parents, Grandparents and Care Givers all over the
world.
Little Kids Crafts for all Seasons and Little Kids Paper Plate
Crafts
You Can Quickly and Easily Get Simple High Quality Little Kid Crafts
Guaranteed To Ignite Your Child's Imagination and Thirst for
Learning Without Pulling Your Hair Out!" |
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We receive no compensation for
displaying these links and you will be under No Obligation when
you visit them. They are here because we care about the safety
of everyone who uses the internet, especially our Kids. |
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Help for Parents and
Grandparents. Add to your computer
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Cyber Sentinel™ 3.0 w/ PredatorGuard™
provides families with the next generation of PC and Internet
Parental Controls and it's the only software solution that
protects your children from online Predators and Pedophiles who
use chat rooms, instant messaging and e-mail to pursue children.
The Home Edition Features:
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Real-time protection
in Instant Messaging, Chat Rooms,
E-mail and Attachments
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E-mail notification to parents
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Reviews both outgoing and incoming data
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User defined library to
prevent distribution of personal information
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Detects, captures, logs and reports violations
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Works as a stand-alone application
or with existing site blocking programs (AOL Parental
Controls, Cyber Patrol, Net Nanny, and more.)
Get Cyber Sentinel Software HERE
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Please accept our
INVITATION
to Help Parents
Teach Their Kids to be Safe Surfers –
an Invitation to Help Other Parents, Grandparents and Guardian by Sharing Your
Experiences from
Teaching Your Children To Be Safe When
They Were learning to Surf the Internet.
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The Internet has
revolutionized how we learn about the world. The
possibilities for education and fun are endless. Unlike
ourselves, our children are no longer constrained to the
12 or 24 volume encyclopedias we were provided. The
world is virtually at their fingertips and we should do
everything we can to encourage their exploration.
Unfortunately, it’s a sad testimony to the times we
live in that such a wonderful tool is also a very
dangerous weapon. And, there are thousands of unsavory
predators lurking in the shadows just waiting for an
opportunity to strike.
Here is
the 'Must Have' Information
for every Parent, Grandparent
and Guardian who cares about their children's safety
when they're surfing on the Internet.
Check
Out - Keep Your Children SAFE
ONLINE eBook
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Publications - Use these Reports to help your
family and friends:
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those of you who have visited our Firewalls website and Security Alert Blog, you know that the information there is directed toward keeping
you safe from hacker and cracker attacks. Additions to our bookshelf
are selected with the same purpose - and we encourage you to share our
reports
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Bookshelf and
Special Report Aler ts
Free
Identity Theft Guide
A Breach in your personal privacy protection could easily lead
to online and offline Hackers and thieves stealing your
identity.
The contents of this Free Guide
include
 Protection Strategies
Safe Credit Card
Practices
Why reveal your Social
Security number?
Document Destruction
Common Sense Things to
avoid
What you must do if
the Worst Happens
with the telephone numbers to call and the
organizations to contact.
It's a five page report you can download, print and freely share
with your family and friends.
Download the Identity Theft Guide
by CLICKING HERE.
Save the file to your
Desktop - it'll be easier to find.
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"23
CRITICAL ALERTS
You Should Consider
when Maintaining
Your Computer Security and Protecting
Your Personal Safety"
FREE Downloadable eReport
for ALL Subscribers
to the
Security Alert News Reporter
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Protect Yourself
and Family from Dangerous Chat Rooms and Instant Messages.
If you use them, you and
yours are the Hacker's newest targets.
Hackers are already taking advantage of problems with today's IM
systems. People not familiar with these new threats could easily
open a new, harmless looking IM message that pops up on their
screen. With one well intentioned click of their mouse on a Hacker’s
phony message, could get infected.
It's no longer just the teen age Chat Room users that
are in danger.
Whole families are threatened
Did you miss this FREE report on the
Firewalls-and-Virus-Protection website?
You can read
it here. Please print the report and share it with your
family, friends and associates. Help them avoid the hidden
dangers and threats often buried in IM messages and of predators
lurking in Chat Rooms.
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If you take your laptop computer with you on your travels, this
interview with the Author of "Travel Cheap-Travel Well" contains
tips and advice to help maintain your
Online Security while Traveling in the United
States and Abroad.
The author, Victor K Pryles, discusses computer security and
offers first hand advice on maintaining personal safety while on
the road, high seas and in the air.
Click to READ it
here or Down Load it from this link and share this FREE 10 page
report with the travelers you care about. (It's in eBook format;
download in less than a minute and zip to open)
DOWNLOAD HERE |
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Don't
get trapped by Rogue Anti-Spyware
software
Trying a new anti-spyware program? Avoid being duped or robbed by false
positives.
"Rogue/Suspect" means that these products are of unknown, questionable, or dubious value if used for anti-spyware protection.
In case you missed this FREE report on the
Firewalls-and- Virus-Protection website, you can read
it here. Please print the report and share it with your
family, friends and associates. Help them avoid the hidden
dangers and threats often buried in software programs that are
supposed to clean up, not infect your computer.
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Is Your
Firewalls and Virus Protection Safe
Enough?
This
FREE report will help you identify viruses, prepare for attacks
and infections and guide you in their removal. It's a
9 page,
easy reading guide that covers the threats we all face in our
daily use of the internet. It's a basic education in
understanding and Avoiding Virus Grief
Down load it from this link (it's in PDF format):
http://www.RichardPresents.com/safefirewall.zip
The download includes a ReadMe page with instructions for
unzipping and using your Acrobat Reader, and even a link to the
Adobe website where you can get your own free Acrobat Reader if
you don't already have one
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Is a Keystroke Logger Being Used To Spy
On You?
Many of the tools and tricks in use today to spy on
your internet activities are exposed in this 7 page report. This
look into spyware will alert you to the ease in which your
identity could be compromised, or stolen.
Open the
FREE report
in a new webpage by clicking
Are
Keystroke Loggers
Spying On You?
(No downloading necessary, and you can print it right from
your
browser window.)
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How Much Money would it cost you to
regain the use of your computer after a serious virus infection?
It cost one of our friends a whole lot of money, much aggravation
and lost time, lost records, and a major inconvenience to recover
from the havoc caused by the worms and viruses that had infiltrated
their computer over a period of many months.
In case you missed this FREE report on the
Firewalls-and-Virus-Protection website,
you can read
it here. Our friends have recovered full use of their
computer and now encourage everyone to learn from their
experiences. Please print the report and share it with your
family, friends and associates.
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What's an Internet Glossary?
Ours
is FREE. It's an alphabetical list of dozens of
the terms you'll find used in many of the articles
and news reports that relate to the Internet.
With our Glossary, you'll be able to decipher
acronyms, like CGI, CSS, DSL, GIF, ISP, and more
Do you know the difference between
Cookies and Crackers?
Firewalls and flame?
Internet and Intranet?
Surfing and Scrolling?
Get the answers from our FREE Internet Glossary.
Click HERE to Download yours
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Home Security,
and How to Protect your
Family and Your property.
It's no secret that crime is increasing every year and is
invading our communities. Burglary is a crime of
opportunity where entry is gained due to the carelessness
of homeowners.
There are many things an average person can do to make
their home less of a target.
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This
Free little book will help you strengthen your
defenses against intrusion and loss.
Download the zip file HERE |
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There are a lot more Articles
and Reports
at the Firewalls and Virus
Protection website. Look them over for the helpful 'keeping
safe' info they contain.
Some of our recent library additions include
Social Networking on MySpace and Friendster -
Are your kids networking safely in the popular
Internet Social Communities?
Security Measures for Home and Business
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Prepare a disaster plan for your home and business
in order to maintain as much
control of things in
this situation as possible.
Paper Trails Leading to Loss of Identity
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While it
isn't heavily emphasized in the news media these
days - there's
a lot of security lost on a regular
basis through the careless handling of paper. -
and
visit the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
website with its many publications relating to protecting
the security of your family, both on the internet and off.
They are FREE.
You can go to their pages covering
Consumer (family)
Protection
HERE.
or take a look at
"Take Charge - Fighting Back Against Identity Theft"
Free report
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