Safety Monitor: How to Protect Your Kids Online

This book provides hands-on, step-by-step, practical instruction for parents. Using this book as a guide, they can take an active role in protecting their children from exploitation, sexual predators, adults-only content, pornography, and other harmful content that comes with computer and Internet access. You will learn: How to Talk to Your Kids about the Internet: Includes an ‘online contract’ to be signed by both parents and children; How to Set up a Safe Computer: Learn how to configure a browser, and how to load and use child-protection software programs; How to Set up a Safe Internet Service: Using parental controls, restricting access, and setting up E-mail and file sharing on AOL and other ISPs; How to Supervise Your Child’s Internet Activity; How to Spot and Deal with Problems; How to Master Advanced Internet Issues: Creating safe family Web sites and pages, and Internet usage outside of the home. The Internet is an integral part of daily life in the modern world. With the help of Detective Sullivan, parents can learn to maximise the benefits for their children while still ensuring their safety.