Online Family Magazine

One 2003 study on Internet by children has shown that the segment of Internet users who record the fastest growth is precisely that of children under school age. Despite the limitations of ability to concentrate on the online activities of children in this age group, images and sounds of the Internet are able to stimulate their imagination and enrich their experiences.
Activities on school age children connected to the Internet

Parents and school age children can explore the Web to visit Web sites for smaller and use online games. At this age, adults play a crucial role in the safe use of the Internet and monitoring the reactions of children to material online.

Safety Tips

Here are some suggestions for security to keep in mind when connected to the Internet along with children from 2 to 4 years:

• Assisting always children in this age when they are connected to the Internet.
• Add sites deemed acceptable to your Favorites list to create an environment in line custom that children can use.
• Use search engines attentive to the needs of children, such as MSN Kids Search, or search engines that have parental controls.
• Information on tools for Internet filtering, such as parental controls MSN Premium, to use as integration of supervision by parents, not as substitutes.
• Protect children against pop-up windows offensive using the software that crashes. The latest version of Windows XP and the toolbar MSN are equipped with a feature pop-up blocker built.
• Start to teach children the basics of privacy protection. If a site encourages children to enter their names to personalize Web content, help your child create an alternative name in line that does not reveal any personal information.
• All family members should work together to serve as models for young children starting to use the Internet.

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