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Internet Dangers and Safety Tips

Keeping Your Children Safe Protecting your children on the Internet is a responsibility that must be taken seriously. Children are like sponges soaking up these new technologies so care must be given to avoid placing unnecessary restrictions. Set up good boundaries and guidelines they must follow in using the computer, but at the same time be reasonable. You would never allow a stranger to enter your house and give your child material, books, and information you know nothing about. Without guidance from you, this is what is happening when they use the computer. Read more...

Hidden Danger - File Sharing Programs

File-sharing programs can be very helpful, but there is a hidden danger. Popular Internet file-sharing programs such as Kazaa, Morpheus, and Grokster give unsolicited access to pornography through their networks. Innocent searches for files containing images of singers, actors and popular cartoon characters also produce thousands of graphic pornographic images—including illegal child pornography.
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