Online Safety

Concerned about your child's Internet safety and how much time she spends online? Print out this form as a contract between you and your child to help protect her from Internet predators, cyberbullying, and too much screen time. Also, check out these apps that can help you monitor your child's online safety and set healthy time limits.

Learn what you can do to keep your children safe while they're surfing the Web.

Does your teen guard her online privacy with her life? Use these words to talk about wise Web decisions.

Though the main characters dress up like cartoons, TV wrestling is not for kids.

Cyberschooling -- learning on the Internet -- is not separate from homeschooling, but rather one more choice available to those who choose to learn at home.

Safety trumps issues of confidentiality when it comes to telling another parent that their child is visiting harmful web sites.

Once the Internet rules have been laid out and violated, parents need to follow through on the consequences that they set up for their children.

Potential problems have been noted for the many children who spend hours at school and at home in front of a computer.

Having a second screen that mirrors what appears on your son's computer is an excellent way of monitoring Internet use.

What can you do when your son starts viewing online porn?

What's the best way to handle the situation when your son is caught using profanity online?

It's not a healthy practice for a child to spend three to five hours per day on the computer.

In this article, an expert offers some DO and DON'T advice for parents of teenagers who are instant messenging.

A child who won't follow the rules about Internet use should face the consequences: no computer use at all.

Step one in avoiding chat room problems is to succeed at some form of authentic communication with your child.

If a three-year-old enjoys playing with a computer, he certainly should be allowed to be curious about it and enjoy what pleasure it can afford him.

An expert advises against any formal computer training for a three-year-old -- not now, and not for many, many years.