Resources in the Awesome Library have been reviewed for child-safe content, but adult supervision is still appropriate.   Children can leave the Awesome Library; its doors are not locked.

To restrict children to safe sites, several approaches are available:

1.)   In addition to actively supervising your child's exploration of the Web, perhaps the next best solution is to use a "Family Friendly" Internet Service Provider (ISP's) that blocks inappropriate material before it can get to you. A listing of ISP's that provide this filtering service is available here.

2.)   Use software that provides filtering at your computer. Go to Parental Controls and select the software you want; some of it is free, some is not.

3.)   Use filtering software when this safety feature is included in search engines.

Alta Vista - Turn "on" the Family Filter (to the right side of the search box).
Infoseek - Turn "on" GoGuardian (under the search box).
Lycos - Turn "on" SearchGuard (using Parental Controls under the search box).

Your "cookies" need to remain "on" for the above guards to work.   Users of your computer can turn the filtering software off if they know how, so adult supervision is still always appropriate.

4.)   Have your children use the "Homework Helper".   This page includes Web searches just for Kids; ask your children to use only this page for keyword searches.  You can also make the Homeworker Helper page your Home Page.   Then, from anywhere on the Web, your children can select "Home" on the toolbar to return easily.


Exploration of the World-Wide Web can be a great adventure if a few reasonable precautions are taken.   Have a safe and pleasant journey.