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Wichita,
Kansas 67203
Tel:
(316) 337-6552
Fax: (316)
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Child
Safety on the Information Highway
The
Benefits of the Information Highway
The
vast array of services that you currently find online is
constantly growing.
Reference information such as news, weather, sports, stock
quotes, movie reviews, encyclopedias, and airline fares are
readily available online. Users can conduct transactions such as trading stocks, making travel reservations,
banking, and shopping online. Millions of people
communicate through electronic mail (E-mail) with family and
friends around the world and others use the public message
boards to make new friends who share common interests. As an
educational and entertainment tool users can learn about
virtually any topic, take a college course, or play an
endless number of computer games with other users or against the
computer itself. User " computing "
is enhanced by accessing online thousands of shareware and free
public domain software titles.
Most
people who use online services have mainly positive experiences.
But, like any endeavor -- traveling, cooking, or attending
school -- there are some risks. The online world, like the rest
of society, is made up of a wide array of people. Most are
decent and respectful, but some may be rude, obnoxious,
insulting, or even mean and exploitative.
Children
and teenagers get a lot of benefit from being online, but they
can also be targets of crime and exploitation in this as in any
other environment. Trusting, curious, and anxious to explore
this new world and the relationships it brings, children and
teenagers need parental supervision and common sense advice on
how to be sure that their experiences in "cyberspace"
are happy, healthy, and productive.
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