Safety Related Websites

Internet Safety Game
Play this Internet safety game. Learn how to PLAY SMART, STAY SAFE, and HAVE FUN while you are on the Internet.

Net Safe Kansas
This new website was created by the Kansas Attorney General’s Cyber Crime Unit to help increase awareness and education about internet crime.  Net Safe Kansas is part of Attorney General Steve Six’s ongoing effort to prevent online crime in Kansas.

My Rules for Online Safety
An agreement for children and their parents or guardians about online safety.

Librarian’s Guide to Great Web Sites for Kids
Safety tips for children’s Internet safety from the American Library Association.

SafeKids.Com
SafeKids.Com is where you’ll find tips, advice and suggestions to make your family’s online experience fun and productive!

Get Net Wise
The Internet offers kids many opportunities for learning, constructive entertainment, and personal growth. At the same time, parents are concerned about the risks kids face online. The challenge for parents is to educate themselves and their children about how to use the Internet safely.

Common Sense Media
A trusted source for family friendly reviews of movies, TV, games, music and websites.

Microsoft Security at Home: Protect Your Family
Whether your kids go online to browse, research school projects, play games, or chat with friends, you can help to keep them safer while they explore online with the articles and tips found at this site.

Net Family News
A nonprofit public service providing a forum and “kid-tech news” for parents and educators in more than 50 countries.

NetSmartz Workshop
An interactive, educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® and Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The goal of the NetSmartz Workshop is to extend the safety awareness of children to prevent victimization and increase self-confidence whenever they go online.

In February of 2006 Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline announced that the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kansas has been awarded the first Young Kansans ‘n’ Safe Kids Grant to take the NetSmartz online safety program statewide.

Be Safe Online
The aim of this website is to provide information and advice to adults, especially parents and teachers, about potential problems of life on the Internet and how to behave.

Search Engines for Kids

Search Tools geared towards Kids and Young Adults.

Choosing A Website

Quick
How do you decide which websites will be useful? Quick will turn you into explorers. It will help you find clues so you can decide if the information in a website is any good.

Netmom
Read reviews of websites and check out 100 Hot Sites for Families.

To Filter or Not to Filter

SuperKids
Read reviews on filtering software.

TSCPL uses Websense to filter its computers.

Safe Chats for Kids

Family Guide Book 

Internet and a Child’s Education

“No Child Left Behind”, President Bush’s plan for educating every child to his or her fullest potential. Learn about the power of the Internet in a child’s education. You can find more information about this plan by going here.