There are many companies dedicated to helping you ensure the safety of your family and protecting your children not only from accessing the material but being targeted by sexual predators.

Important Guidelines:

1. Install and use parent control software on all computers
2. Know what sites your children frequent and monitor their online activity
3. Foster communication with your children so they understand the potential dangers they may be exposed to online.

• Windows Parental Control Software - Vista and Windows 7 offer parental controls as a standard feature. (click to view)
• Apple Parental Control Software - OSX also offers parental controls as a standard feature. (click to view)
• Parental Control Toolbar - The ParentalControl Bar is a free public service that helps concerned parents prevent their children from accessing adult-oriented websites. (click to view)
• Ins@fe - Online safety - information for parents and carers. (click to view)
• ConnectSafely - A site where parents, teens and others can talk about safety on the social web. The site has tips for teens and parents, as well as other resources for safe blogging and social networking. (click to view)
• Parental Controls and Online Child Protection - A Survey of Tools & Methods: A report on state-of-the art online safety technologies by The Progress & Freedom Foundation. (click to view)
• GetNetWise - GetNetWise offers a comprehensive, searchable listing of tools to help protect kids on the internet. (click to view)
• StaySafe.org - An educational site intended to help consumers understand both the positive aspects of the Internet as well as how to manage a variety of safety and security issues that exist online. (click to view)
• SurfSafely.com - A comprehensive Internet safety portal presenting breaking news, product reviews, forum discussions, public event listings, free newsletter subscriptions and the world's largest Family Friendly Web directory of voluntarily labeled online content. (click to view)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - A Parent`s Guide to Internet Safety (click to view)
• The NetSmartz Workshop - is an interactive, educational safety resource for children aged 5 to 17, parents, guardians, and educators to teach children how to stay safer on the Internet. (click to view)
• wiredsafety.org - How children use the Internet and how to help them have a safer and more enjoyable surfing experience. (click to view)
• Kidzui - A free kid friendly browser replacement. Also hosts Zuitube: a kid friendly video site. (click to view)
• Visikid - Monitor your child's activities online for free with the Visikid basic version. (click to view)
• Pikluk - Another safe, kid friendly, browser that parents can easily configure. (click to view)