Tips for Kids Searching Safely Online (by Michelle Lee)

There are one or two computers in most homes these days. And most children want their own laptop and cell phone. With so much adult content available on the World Wide Web it is our duty as responsible parents to know what Web sites our kids are visiting and who they are talking to.

I want to protect my children from uncontrolled exposure to grown up topics like sex and drugs. These are subjects that should be learned about in the proper environment when the time is right, not from a Google search.

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Get Involved…It’s a Family Thing!

At Glubble we know one thing for certain: only parents know which Web sites are appropriate for their children. And suitable content differs for each child, and at different ages.  Just as parents choose which books to read to their children—and approve which TV shows and movies they’re allowed to watch—the same parental oversight applies to the Internet.

That’s why Glubble lets parents pre-approve the Web sites their children visit, and even approve different sites for children of different ages.  And since Glubble is safe, families no longer have to worry and they can now focus on FUN.

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Parents Talk To Their Kids About Safety Online, Don’t Always Follow Up

HighlightsParents.com Poll Shows Parents Sometimes Give Unfettered Access

November 13, 2008 (Columbus, OH) – Kids are using the Internet on their own, according to a poll conducted by Highlights for Children, the best-read children’s magazine in North America, and Glubble.com, the leading online activity center for families with children under 12. And while most of the families surveyed have held conversations about Internet safety, parents are still concerned.

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How to switch to the Kids Page

Within Glubble each of your children has an individual homepage that gives them access to thousands of carefully selected Web sites bursting full of fun activities, sharing and viewing photos in the family’s Photo Album and sending messages to you and other family members. The Kids Page is a safe environment in which your child can only access and search web sites you have pre-approved.

In order to get access to the Kids Page you need to create at least one child profile in your Family Page.
Go to ‘My Account’ at the right top of your Family Page, click the tab ‘Users’, and select ‘Child’.

Once you’ve added the profile information, click the ‘Save’ button and go back to the Family Page.

Now you can easily switch to the Kids Page of this child. There are 2 ways to do this. First, if you move your mouse to the profile picture of your child on your Family Page, you will see a menu appear that allows you to switch to that child profile. Select the “Switch to Lisa”  option and you are taken to Lisa’s personal Kids Page.

Remember that the Kids Page is a safe environment for your child. The only way to get out of this safe environment is to know the family password. Be sure to remember it when you change to the Kids Page otherwise you can’t get back!

Another way to switch to your child’s Kids Page is to  click the Kids Page icon in your browser tool bar.

To get back to the Family Page, click the ‘unlock’ button, and type the family password.

Tip: Do you have more than one child registered? You can easily switch between their personal Kids Pages by clicking on their large profile photo in the Kids Page. A dialogue will appear in which you can select another child and you are immediately switched to that child’s personal Kids Page.

Tip: Are you using a computer with the entire family? Please be sure that you switch to a Kids Page before you close Firefox. That way Firefox will automatically start up in the protected child’s mode.

Safe Internet Browsing For Kids Under 12

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