Online Safety

By Stefanie Miller

The best safe search engines for kids. Find kid-friendly search engines, browsers, and Chrome extensions to keep kids safe online.

By Dr. Amy Webb, Ph.D.

Studies show nature is better for kids than screen time. Tips for getting kids to play outside more and spend time in nature instead of on their phones.

By L. Elizabeth Forry

Why parents should worry about posting their kids on TikTok and how you can protect children's data on social media with parental controls.

By Deborah Cruz

Are Roblox and other popular online video games with chat safe for kids? We help parents understand if Roblox is appropriate for young kids.

By Stephanie Sokol

Social media influencers and family vloggers may not realize the danger of posting kids on social media. Learn to protect kids' privacy online and stay safe.

SAP Learning Math Grade 1 is an engaging interactive workbook that makes math easy to understand! Specially developed for kids who struggle with learning math, it provides students (and teachers and parents) a summary of learning objectives, practice worksheets for checking/recalling important math formulas, exercises for becoming familiar with various types of assessment questions, non-routine questions for developing analytical skills and carefully worked out step-by-step solutions. What's amazing about this courseware is the gradual presentation of lessons and the numerous practice tests it includes that will facilitate better absorption of the mathematical lessons for young minds and also ensure that multiple concepts are understood.

CyWell is the first of its kind - fun, highly engaging, interactive courseware produced by leading e-publisher Amdon and SOOS-OIO designed to provide students a guide for dealing with online security and safety threats. With just 10 minutes a day for 1 week, parents, students, and teachers can learn how to spot warning signs of online dangers that are often overlooked by most people. What’s awesome about CyWell is how it tackles not just protection from online threats but also provides tips on improving emotional wellbeing while interacting with other people online. To keep readers engaged, the program is designed in bright, fun colors, peppered with entertaining animation clips and lively game immersion. Students will be inspired to earn badges - and prizes - while playing the game and learning how to stay safe in cyberspace!

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

National Bullying Prevention Month is wrapping up, but that doesn't mean that parents should let down their guard. Learn the signs of cyberbullying from the Center for Cyber Safety Educaton.

Risks and Rewards of Virtual Reality

Do you know how your child is spending his time on the Internet? Find out how much time he is actually spending surfing the Web and what he is doing, such as playing games or visiting social networking sites.

Concerned about your child's Internet safety and how much time she spends online? Print out this form as a contract between you and your child to help protect her from Internet predators, cyberbullying, and too much screen time. Also, check out these apps that can help you monitor your child's online safety and set healthy time limits.

Learn what you can do to keep your children safe while they're surfing the Web.

Does your teen guard her online privacy with her life? Use these words to talk about wise Web decisions.

Though the main characters dress up like cartoons, TV wrestling is not for kids.

Cyberschooling -- learning on the Internet -- is not separate from homeschooling, but rather one more choice available to those who choose to learn at home.

Safety trumps issues of confidentiality when it comes to telling another parent that their child is visiting harmful web sites.

Once the Internet rules have been laid out and violated, parents need to follow through on the consequences that they set up for their children.