Children are locked into these safe spaces in various ways. In one case, the service is a separate, private network like the old days of America Online and Compuserve. The concepts and features aren't particularly new, but they're combined in new ways, and the absence of filtering technologies is notable. But first the e-playgrounds. Calif.-based Two Dog Net, Inc., have a much more ambitious vision for The Children's Internet.
Parents can add and delete allowable Web sites.
The Children's Internet is going after the school market as well, offering its safe Web database for individual teachers to customize for specific subjects and classes. CTG says a later version will include an option allowing parents to be copied on all incoming and outgoing email. Another difference is, Crayon Crawler is B2B as well as a consumer service. That's not El St. John's recommendation, though. And one of those choices is their own network, she added.