More and more websites focus on sexually explicit material . While this is disturbing and potentially harmful to both the useful future of the 'Net and to your child, these locations should not frighten you out of using the Web to great advantage. By far the most effective tools for both parents and teachers are information and involvement . Guiding children to appropriate information, providing them with decision-making skills, and discussing their responsibilities to and with their friends and peers has lasting educational benefits that extend beyond use of the Internet. Become familiar with these options on the browser toolbar.
Web filters are available to parents for use at home.
This screening software, like SurfWatch from Spyglass and Cyber Patrol from Surf Patrol, Inc., is designed to filter out unwanted content. Adult Content Gets Through. Subject-content restrictions often eliminate desired sites because of the difficulty in describing or narrowing what should be excluded. It is vital that any filtering software be configurable by the adult supervisor and that the adult supervisor be able to determine what specific sites the software is blocking. Software which does not provide these options should not be selected for use.