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Every day children are inundated by endless messages intended to educate, entertain, or influence their behavior. It takes commitment and effort on the part of parents to monitor and help interpret these external influences on children.

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Log On to Safety

Despite the benefits, using the Web is not without danger, especially for children and teenagers who have yet to learn how to avoid Internet danger zones. Inappropriate material, identity theft, predators, and “cyberbullies” are just a few of the threats lurking “out there.”

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A Minute for Kids: Cyber Bullying (Video)

A Minute for Kids: Media Violence (Video)

A Minute for Kids: Social Media and Your Child (Video)

Buying Digital Gifts for Kids (Audio)

Cell Phones: What's the Right Age to Start?

Chat, E-Mail, Web, and Chat Room Slang and Acronyms

Creating a Positive Path Online

Cyberbullies (Audio)

Cyberbullying

CyberSafe Glossary

Food Ads on TV (Audio)

How to Talk to Your Kids Using Technology

I Want That! (Audio)

Internet Safety Tips (Audio)

Kids and Social Media (Audio)

Log On to Safety

Logging on for Children's Health Information

Media and Children (Audio)

Media and Technology: The Impact on Children, Adolescents and Parents (Audio)

Media Education: What Parents Can Do

Media Time Family Pledge

Media Use and Early Brain Development (Audio)

Medicine Ads

Monitoring Your Child's Media Diet (Audio)

Movie Ratings and What They Mean

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