The Kid Safe Searching Page

You want to give the kids access to the Net.
It can be a tremendous help with schoolwork, developing analytical and information finding skills,
developing computer familiarity and technical skills, and many more pluses.

There are some down sides, both on and off the net, over which we as parents have no control, (and really no right to try and control anyway, stray behavior in a community should first be judged and dealt with at the community and peer level (appeals always possible).

The best thing we can do for our children
is to either facilitate, or to help them,
"learn to learn."

(How do you learn a new concept, skill, and how do you apply it.)
(frustrated and ignorant)

The Brave New World
is going to operate and run like a
Live T.V. "puts you in the action" Game Show
(Where everything is computer driven, everyone is watching, and everything is constantly changing.)

(They had better be able to adapt.)
So banning them from the computer is not going to help, educating them will.

Quick Check (After the Fact)
(Want to see where they've been? just check the history.
(remember some of these could of been stupid pop-ups and they may have tried to just close them)
(Just don't show the kid or they will be getting deleted on you)

Here is a very easy to use and fairly safe start page or home page you can
use for the computer your kids access the net with. Save it.
Use it to learn your HTML if you want and change it to how you want.

Get it!
KidStartPage.exe is (KidSafe.html + bookmark.html + MyPicture.gif) archived to extract into c:\MyLinks

Kid Safe Searching! You want to give the kids access to the Net. It can be a tremendous help with schoolwork, developing analytical and information finding skills, developing computer familiarity and technical skills, and many more pluses. There are some down sides, both on and off the net, over which we as parents have no control, (and really no right to try and control anyway, stray behavior in a community should first be judged and dealt with at the community and peer level (appeals always possible). The best thing we can do for our children is to either facilitate, or to help them, "learn to learn." (How do you learn a new concept, skill, and how do you apply it.) (frustrated and ignorant) The Brave New World is going to operate and run like a *Live T.V. "puts you in the action"* Game Show (Where everything is computer driven, everyone is watching, and everything is constantly changing.) (They had better be able to adapt.) So banning them from the computer is not going to help, educating them will. Quick Check (After the Fact) (Want to see where they've been? just check the history. (remember some of these could of been stupid pop-ups and they may have tried to just close them) (Just don't show the kid or they will be getting deleted on you) Here is a very easy to use and fairly safe start page or home page you can use for the computer your kids access the net with. Save it. Use it to learn your HTML if you want and change it to how you want.** Get it! KidStartPage.exe is (KidSafe.html + bookmark.html + MyPicture.gif) archived to extract into c:\MyLinks
Major Children's Guides The kid safe directories below use human beings to filter out sites that might be considered objectionable for viewing by children.
AOL NetFind Kids Only http://www.aol.com/netfind/kids/	From AOL, it contains links to sites that are safe for kids.
Ask Jeeves For Kids http://www.ajkids.com/	At Ask Jeeves For Kids, answers have been vetted for appropriateness. If Ask Jeeves cannot answer a question, it pulls results from various search engines in its metacrawler mode. At Ask Jeeves For Kids, no site that is on SurfWatch's block list will be listed.
Yahooligans http://www.yahooligans.com/	Yahoo for kids, designed for ages 7 to 12. Sites are hand-picked to be appropriate for children. Also, unlike normal Yahoo, searches will not be forwarded to Yahoo's search engine partner Inktomi if there is no match from within the Yahooligan listings. This prevents possibly objectionable sites from slipping onto the screen. Additionally, adult-oriented banner advertising will not appear within the service. Yahooligans is the oldest major directory for children, launched in March 1996.
KidsClick! http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/	Backed by librarians, KidsClick lists about 6,500 web sites in various categories.
ALL fields Subjects Titles Descriptions Limit by:
Major Filtered Search Engines Filtered search engines allow you to search the entire web rather than just through a handpicked selection of kid safe sites. Results are then filtered to remove possibly objectionable material.
AltaVista Family Filter http://www.altavista.com/	AltaVista Family Filter is designed to protect children from seeing objectionable material when searching the entire web. Enable it by selecting "AV Family Filter" from the links below the main search box, in the "Specialty Searches" section.
Excite's Magellan http://magellan.excite.com/	From Excite, Magellan offers the ability to search only kid-safe "Green Light" sites via an option which appears below the search box, on the home page.
GOguardian http://www.go.com/	Provides filtered results at the Go Network (Infoseek). To enable, select the GOguardian link below the search box, on the home page. Also, even if Guardian is not enabled, Go will warn if it thinks search results contain possibly objectionable material.
Ah-ha.com http://www.ah-ha.com/	Billed as a kid-safe service powered by FAST Search, though some adult content does slip through. Also allows paid listings to appear at the top of its results.
CleanSearch.com http://www.cleansearch.com/clean-search-index.html	Inktomi-powered search engine that attempts to filter out adult content, web sites promoting hate, and possibly offensive material. Also accepts paid listings at the top of its results. Directory listings are created automatically using Inktomi's classification technology.
Berit's Best Sites	This is a directory of safe, recommended Web sites for children up to age 12. Each selected site has been carefully reviewed and given a rating out of 5.
Homework Help
Britannica.com	Britannia Encyclopedia
Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition	Columbia Encyclopedia
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary	Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Thesaurus	Thesaurus
Wordsmyth exactbroad "contains the word..."spelled-like "spelled like..."	A terrific word finder.
ThinkQuest Library Exact Match Any Match ThinkQuest ThinkQuest Junior Tomorrow's Teachers	Over 1500 student created Web sites.
Awesome Library	15,000 carefully reviewed resources.
Searchopolis Education Web The Internet	Uses the Bess database to eliminate adult and other objectionable content; uses the Inktomi database of Web sites to provide comprehensive search results.
StudyWEB	Search a collection of over 121,000 education oriented URLs
Education World	Search a database of over 120,000+ education related sites

Kid Safe Searching!

Major Children's Guides