Internet Safety and Your Child The Internet has a lot to offer you and your child. There are thousands of great sites for providing rainy day activities, school research and entertainment. But how do you shield your child from all those sites you don't want them to access? A safety bar might be your answer. There are several sites that offer parents easily downloaded safety bars that will filter out and block the bad stuff. Go to surfmonkey.com to download your free safety bar. The bar installs in one quick step and sits at the bottom of your browser window. Surf Monkey continually updates its safety filters and can be easily turned on or off. Your child can experience all the fun and learning the Internet has to offer while feeling confident that the bad stuff isn't getting through. Other Internet filters include: CyberPatrol CrayonCrawler SurfWatch A watchful eye In addition to filtering you may want to monitor you child's online activity. CyberSnoop will record the Web sites your child visits as well as monitors chat room activity and email messages. You can buy CyberSnoop for $49.95 Also See: • Guidelines for online safety