A Li'l Bit is a website that was created by some youth workers that are all about authenticity and truth. These guys wanted to provide a weekly podcast where kids could simply hear God's word presented in a real and relevant way. Nothing crazy, nothing too hard to understand... just pure truth shared in 10 minute "easy to understand" segments. This is a great site for parents to encourage their teens and pre-teens to use with today's technology...the ipod. Must have itunes downloaded to use this free podcast.
Our goal is to help parents and leaders understand the influence entertainment can have and to communicate values to their children. Our purpose is to help you teach your children how to think; not merely what to think. . This is a great resource for parents as there are tons of articles on movies, tv, video games, music, social issues, and parenting.
www.biblicalparenting.org/ParentTips.asp
Free Email Parenting Tips - Receive guidance and inspiration a couple of times a week in your inbox. Free parenting tips give practical suggestions to help you relate better to your kids (2-18 years old) and help your kids change their hearts, not just their behavior. Sign up for free email parenting tips now. You can remove yourself from the list at any time. Your email address will not be shared or sold to others.
www.charter.com/customers/support.aspx
After getting to this website, click on “parental control help” under the top category, Cable Help. This will give you tips and information on how to set parental controls when using Charter cable.
ChristianLyricsOnline.com is your source for all your Christian song lyric needs. Here you can find over 7000 of your favorite free Christian music lyrics and check out the latest Christian music news and new releases. You can also checkout your favorite CDs, DVDs or Sheet Music from our partners and don't forget to visit our sponsor sites!
This website offers reviews on books, movies, TV, video games and more. It also features articles, tip sheets, a newsletter, and other resources on topics related to teens (like obesity, teens and sex, academics, body image, violence, and more). A great resource for getting information about topics that are important to teens and tweens.
ConnectSafely is for parents, teens, educators, advocates - everyone engaged in and interested in the impact of the social Web. This forum is designed to give teens and parents a voice in the public discussion about youth online safety. In addition, the site has tips for teens and parents, as well as other resources for safe blogging and social networking.
Accountability software that monitors websites visited by the Member. Internet activity will then be monitored and recorded by our servers and reports are forwarded to accountability partners. All the websites visited by the Member are scored specifically for objectionable or mature (pornographic) content and the high scoring sites are presented (in one of two formats which the Member chooses) in an easy-to-read Accountability Report.
www.cpyu.org *****
This Christian website is designed to bridge the cultural-generational gap between parents and teenagers. It’s chocked full of articles on youth culture, resources, teen trends, statistics, and more. Great resource tool for parents and youth leaders.
Cybersitter is a full-featured content management product that keeps kids safe by restricting access to millions of objectionable Internet websites, providing detailed logs of all Internet access, and much more. New categories include social networking sites such as MySpace, FaceBook and others. CYBERsitter is the only Internet filter to receive the prestigious PC Magazine editors choice award 5 times. NEW!!! SnoopStick is a USB flash drive that allows you to: monitor real-time activity, view instant messages, record websites visited, restrict activity by day and time, disable internet access remotely, gives screen snapshots, records all incoming and outgoing email activity and more.
The CyberTipline handles leads from individuals reporting the sexual exploitation of children including child pornography, online enticement of children, child prostitution, child sex tourism, misleading domain names and child sexual molestation (not in the family).
eBlaster software records - Emails (both sent and received). This includes web mail from Myspace, Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, Outlook / Outlook Express and Many other Popular email services; - Chats and Instant Messages, Receive BOTH sides of chat in instant messages from AOL Chat, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Myspace Chat, MSN Messenger, Trillian, Skype, Google Talk, Meebo and several java or “lite”version chats; Keystrokes Typed, If any keystroke is typed, it could be a password for an email account, something written in a word document, ANYTHING that is typed, eBlaster will capture it; - Web Sites Visited, eBlaster will record all websites visited. You will know what web sites they go to and how long they were visiting it for; MySpace Activity, eBlaster will record all activity on MySpace. You will see every time that they change their profile, post pictures, make comments to other users, send messages to other users, send or accept a friend invitation and much more. You will even see the account login information for their MySpace account; Applications Run, Whenever a program is run, eBlaster will tell you who used it, what they were doing on it, and how long they used the application; - Peer-to-Peer Downloads, Programs like Kazaa, Morpheus, Limewire and Gnucleus will be captured in eBlaster, you will know what they were searching for and what files they have downloaded; User Logon/Logoff, When a user at the monitored computer logs on or logs off, eBlaster will record the activity and include it in your Scheduled Activity Report.
www.esrb.org/about/resources.jsp
This web page gives parents links to easily access parental control instructions for game stations, including, Xbox, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlaySTation 3, PSP User Manuals, and more!
www.esrb.org/ratings/ratings_guide.jsp
ESRB stands for Entertainment Software Rating Board. This website provides descriptions of the ESRB ratings found on video games and computer software games. It will help you understand what how to determine if a game is appropriate for your children. This site is also full of other helpful information as it relates to gaming stations and devices.
Use this Focus on the Family website for their section on media. Scroll down the left hand side and press Media and Culture for Film reviews, Music Reviews and TV reviews. The Film reviews are from a Christian perspective and list all positive elements, spiritual content, sexual content, violence, etc.
Family Watchdog is a website that allows you to see where registered sexual offenders live and work around you. Family Watchdog can proactively notify you when a registered sexual predator moves within up to five miles of three different addresses that you care about. (click on get free alerts at the top of their web page).
The CARA Movie Database contains all movies rated by the Classification and Rating Administration since 1968. (Not all films distributed in the United States and Canada have a CARA rating.) This database is updated when a new ratings bulletin is published (generally, once a week).
www.getnetwise.org *****
GetNetWise is a website designed to help ensure that Internet users have safe, constructive, and educational or entertaining online experiences. The GetNetWise coalition wants Internet users to be just "one click away" from the resources they need to make informed decisions about their and their family's use of the Internet. The Spotlight section features information about the latest issues and concerns facing Internet users and illustrates helpful safety techniques with step-by-step video tutorials.
www.homeword.com *****
HomeWord seeks to advance the work of God in the world by educating, equipping, and encouraging parents and churches to build God-honoring families from generation to generation. A great resource for parenting information, including a daily devotional and a monthly e-newsletter. Check out the radio program, online listening available.
Use this website to get lyrics for songs. (You may have to click on the lyrics button on the flashing icon, located on the right side of the screen.). Many of the songs will have a link to watch the video (thanks to youtube). Doesn’t have a big list of Christian songs.
This site is a storehouse of pop culture information and programming ideas that will help youth workers use media to relate the gospel to teenagers. We've tried to make a strong distinction between ideas that are meant for use within a youth group setting and ideas that are offered for use outside the youth group with kids who've seen a questionable movie or listened to a questionable artist.
This the Michigan State Police (MSP) Public Sex Offender Registry (PSOR) website. This registry is made available through the Internet with the intent to better assist the public in preventing and protecting against the commission of future criminal sexual acts by convicted sex offenders.
www.mymobilewatchdog.com *****
RADAR is a monitoring and filtering system that safeguards your child while using cell phones and immediately alerts you if he or she receives unwanted or suspicious email, instant messages*, text messages or phone calls. Monitoring and Reporting Software.
Net Nanny is a filtering and reporting software that provides full protection on the internet, including the Usenet, Peer-to-Peer downloading networks, Chat Rooms, Instant Messages, FTP, Forums and email. This software lets you monitoring your computer remotely. Filtering Software.
NetSmartz411 is parents' and guardians' premier, online resource for answering questions about Internet safety, computers, and the Web. Search our knowledge base for answers to all of your questions about the online world! If you can't find what you're looking for, use the "Ask the Experts" tab to send us a new question.
NetSmartz411 is parents' and guardians' premier, online resource for answering questions about Internet safety, computers, and the Web. Search our knowledge base for answers to all of your questions about the online world! If you can't find what you're looking for, use the "Ask the Experts" tab to send us a new question.
A division of netsmartz.org, this site uses cartoons and videos to encourage students to user navigate the internet safely. This site offers also offers teaching tools on educating students on safe internet use as well as real-life video stories on topics such as cyberbullying, social networking, etc.
www.parentstv.org *****
This website is a great place to get ratings (rated by parents) on the latest shows on TV. It uses a red light, yellow light, green light approach and gives details about each show. It also displays an up-to-date “tv guide” using the color three color system to let you know if shows are family friendly. This website also gives you a voice by sharing names, phone numbers, and email addresses of ad sponsors, as well as contact info on the network affiliates. Use this website to keep up on the latest efforts that this non-profit organization is undertaking in attempt to keep harmful and negatives images from affecting our children.
Curious about the latest blockbuster movie or favorite TV show? Find movie and TV show ratings, content information and additional resources here. It's easy to help your child choose music you both can be happy with. Click here for resources to help you make easy music decisions. Need help choosing video games appropriate for your family? Find ratings and content information for video games here.
www.pluggedinonline.com *****
A GREAT website from Focus on the Family featuring articles on youth culture and reviews on books, movies, video games, television, music, and DVDs. This site features upcoming movies, new releases, as well as a great archive of older movies. Christian. E-subscription available. (Click on About Us at the bottom and then subscribe).
This website is a sub-part of connectsafely.org. It offers help on how to safely navigate the internet, gives tips on blogging, social networking, and more. There’s a great article on how sexual predators “groom” teens for sexual exploitation.
Esteemed film critic Roger Ebert named Screen It one of the top 5 most useful movie sites on the Internet. This site gives movie reviews from an age appropriateness view as well as an artistic view. To use the free version, you must scroll to the bottom of the screen and click “no thanks”. In order to access the extras, you must subscribe to this service.
A part of Wiredsafety.org, this website’s mission is to spread the news on online safety, privacy and security. It is a great resource for cyberbullying…defining it, comparing it to cyberstalking, giving you resources on how to handle it and more.
Norton Personal Firewall, a two-way firewall system, that offers many great features including protection from viruses, spyware, identify theft, hackers, phishers, and more. Offers virus protection for emails and instant messaging. Offer parent controls. February 2008 Computer Shopper's "Shopper's Choice Awards". Firewall software.
Enjoying keeping up on the latest news as it relates to text messaging. This is a great way to stay on top of how cell phones (especially texting) are being used by the general population all over the world. Informational.
Sponsored by the Ad Council, this website gives parents the tools and information they need to guide their children’s television consumption. This sites gives information on age-appropriate programming, tips on how to use parental controls on televisions, and more.
www.topix.net/gadgets/cellphones
If you are interested in all of the latest news on cell phone technology, this is the site for you. This site allows you to personalize the webpage so it can track news articles in your city. It’s a great way to keep up on latest trends and info related to the use of cell phones.
www.tvguidelines.org/ratings.asp
This site gives definitions of the rating system used for television shows (TV-Y, TV-14, etc.) It also gives answers to frequently asked questions relating to TV monitoring, such as the v-chip.
WiredSafety provides help, information, and education to Internet and mobile device users of all ages. We help victims of cyberabuse ranging from online fraud, cyberstalking and child safety, to hacking and malicious code attacks. We also help parents with issues, such as MySpace and cyberbullying. This is a great resource to access curriculum, printed material, animations, and videos.
X3watch is accountability software designed to help with online integrity. When you browse the internet and access a site which may contain questionable material, the program will record the site name. A person of your choice (an accountability partner) will receive an email containing all questionable sites you may have visited. This information is meant to encourage open and honest conversation between friends and help you be more accountable to your online adventures. Additionally. Safe Eyes, is a parental control software that provides similar accountability features and the capability to block objectionable websites, instant messaging, setting time limits, email blocking, social networking, program blocking, usage reporting, and instant alerts. This software program has is the two-time award winner from PC Magazine. Monitoring and Filtering Software.
This website provides news, commentary and resources about commercial media for teens (teen magazines, websites), entertainment for teens (movies, video games, television, music, books), technology used by teens (cell phones, instant messaging, hardware and software), the news media's desire to attract teens (newspapers, cable news), marketing and advertising (targeting the teen market) and non-profit youth media (highlighting organizations' efforts at promoting youth voices in media and creating media by and for youth).
www.zonelabs.com (ZoneAlarm orZone Alarm Pro)
ZoneAlarm protects over 60 million PCs from viruses, spyware, hackers and identity theft. The award-winning Internet security product line is installed in consumer PCs and small businesses, protecting them from Internet threats. The ZoneAlarm family of products is among the most popular and successful Internet security products available on the market. Firewall Software.