Family Resource Center: Internet Safety for Kids, Teens & Adults

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Marian Merritt, Internet Safety Advocate

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Try OnlineFamily.Norton

Symantec has launched a new online service for your family that lets you check in on what each child in your family is doing online, no matter where you are. It’s easy to set up, access, and use.

Here’s a new way to connect with your kid’s online world.

True Transparency – When setting up the service, parents and kids are encouraged to sit down and create the House Rules for online activity together.
Understand Their Intent – Parents can view search words and phrases a child searches on sites like Google, YouTube and Wikipedia, and where they lead the child online.
Access to Social Network Information – OnlineFamily.Norton monitors activity on social networks like Facebook and MySpace with the ability to see how kids represent themselves.
Real-Time Messaging – Kids can send information to their parents in real-time, via the OnlineFamily.Norton site or through email, about their intentions when attempting to visit a blocked Web site.

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