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Aug 22 |
New Site Offers Free Parenting Advice & Software to Protect Families from Online Predators
Posted by - NA - on 22 August 2006 05:48 PM
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New parenting advice web portal launched at http://www.kidsafe.com that offers free advice, consumer reports and free software to protect children from online predators. Children’s Educational Network (CEN) announced today the launch of their new website, Kid Safe.com to offer free parenting advice, tools and services. The website is designed to provide tools, information and resources to help busy parents in keeping their homes and families safe. Read more » | |
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Aug 22 |
Kid Safe Email Helps Protect Children Offered By Children’s Educational Network
Posted by - NA - on 22 August 2006 05:29 PM
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The TUKI Browserâ„¢ Software Educates, Entertains and Protects Children & Families – Gives Kids Safe Email Interface Escondido, CA (PRWEB) May 12, 2006 -- Children’s Educational Network (CEN) announced today that their kid safe email system, bundled with their free Internet filter and parental control software (a kid safe browser) designed to protect and educate children on the Internet, provides children with the ability to utilize email capabilities in a safe, locked-down environment as part of their premium TUKI Kids Club Membership. Read more » | |
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Aug 22 |
Free Internet Filter & Parental Controlled “TUKI Scout Browser™†Launched
Posted by - NA - on 22 August 2006 05:27 PM
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The New TUKI Scout Browserâ„¢ Launched To Educate, Entertain and Protect Children & Families Online. Escondido, CA (PRWEB) May 5, 2006 -- Children’s Educational Network (CEN) announced today the launch of a free Internet filter and parental control software (a kid safe browser) designed to protect and educate children on the Internet. The new TUKI Scout Browserâ„¢ (http://www.scoutbrowser.com) created by CEN is a kid safe browser designed to educate and protect children from pornography, hate, violence, online predators and other Internet perils. Read more » | |
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Apr 2 |
“Homeschool.com Joins Internet Safety Crusadeâ€
Posted by CEN Support - GDW on 02 April 2006 07:07 AM
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San Diego – March 21st, 2006,  CA. - San Diego, Ca. based Children's Educational Network (CEN) and Auburn, Ca. based Homeschool.com announced today a Joint Venture agreement for CEN to create a Homeschool.com TUKI Kid Safe Browser. This new browser will have a built in Internet filter and parental controls designed to protect children from the perils of the Internet, built on CEN’s proprietary technology that allows children to surf only safe, parent approved, child appropriate web sites. Unlike a typical filter, this browser works on an "include list" methodology that is considered by industry experts to be the safest and most reliable methodology available today. "We are very happy to partner with CEN to protect children from pornography, hate, drugs, violence & online predators while embracing a family’s dedication to education. The educational aspects are endless and we our proud to be a part of Children’s Educational Networks mission to protect and educate children online.†Said Rebecca Kochenderfer, co-founder of Homeschool.com. “The Homeschool.com Kid Safe TUKI Browser will provide a safe haven for children surfing the Internet, be positive, instructive and deliver daily educational content to children and their parents in an effort to teach proper Internet safety rules and netiquette†said Greg Writer, CEO and founder of Children’s Educational Network. “I am extremely excited to have forged this alliance with the number one home schooling site on the Internet. With our strategy to offer educational content in addition to protection we feel that this partnership will allow us to continue to be the leader in Internet safety and education. It is very exciting to have such an incredible partner embrace our vision to build “The Ultimate Kids’ Internet™†built on safety and educationâ€. The Homeschool.com Kid Safe TUKI Browser will be offered as a free download from the web site http://www.homeschool.com and will be officially launched in July 2006. The browser and safety features offered for free will be bundled with educational content and a closed filtered buddies-only email system that incorporates personal information filters and language filters to help prevent children from giving out their personal information and using inappropriate language. These premium features, along with many others, are part of Children’s Educational Networks “TUKI Kids Club†and are offered for a monthly fee of $4.97. TUKI TVâ„¢, TUKI Tunesâ„¢, TUKI Moolaâ„¢ and other premium features are currently under development and will be part of the TUKI Kids Club Membership. About Children’s Educational Network: Children’s Educational Network (CEN) is building the premier, online community for children – “TUKI†™, The Ultimate Kids’ Internetâ€â„¢ – specifically designed to provide a safe, fun and educational Internet experience only accessible through CEN’s TUKI Browsers. Through each themed browser, “TUKI’s†core function is to protect children from pornography, hate, violence, online predators and inappropriate content on the Internet while also offering fun, educational content that inspires and motivates children in a positive manner. CEN offers its TUKI Kid Safe Browser for free and allows other organizations to participate in protecting kids on the Internet, expanding their brand to the desktop and building customer loyalty by co-branding and private labeling CEN’s technology. Partnership information or press contacts: Children’s Educational Network, http://www.ChildrensEducationalNetwork.com 760-233-2863. About Homeschool.com Homeschool.com is the #1 homeschooling site and one of the top 45 sites on the Internet, according to Forbes magazine. With over 2 million visits a year, Homeschool.com offers information, products and support to new and experienced homeschoolers around the world. Homeschool.com, http://www.Homeschool.com 530-887-1684. # # # Read more » | |
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Nov 2 |
Cyber Bullies – What You And Your Kids Need To Know Now!
Posted by CEN Support - GDW on 02 November 2005 03:01 AM
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As thousands of students are looking forward to the launch of their next school year – new school supplies, readying that new outfit or new uniform shirt, or just getting together with friends to embark on yet another scholastic roller coaster. There are many others, however, who look upon the beginning of school with trepidation. They are the new kids, the shy kids, the kids who would rather be anyplace else but in school. Why? The reasons take on a myriad of variations, many grounded in plain old “coming of age†angst or the “end of summer†depression, but within this group there are some kids who are in a class all by themselves. These are the kids who, as a result of embarrassment, shame, or fear, have either been, or fear that they will be harmed by their peers, or worse yet, by themselves because they believe they are alone and “the problem†is to big for them or anyone to handle. At first blush, you may be thinking I’m talking about “in the hood†gang crime. It’s nothing that obvious. In fact, this crime happens under the roofs in what appears to be happy families. This crime is insidious, cowardly, and criminal. There’s a ground swell of it within schools across this country. It’s called “Cyber Bullyingâ€. Cyber bullying takes what used to be schoolyard insults, pushing, and shoving to a whole new, expansive, and very dangerous level. The cyber bully uses email, chat rooms, instant messaging, cell phones and text messaging to insult, demean, threaten, humiliate, harass, deceive, impersonate, and in many cases, posts lewd or embarrassing photographs online of their peer - while hiding behind a veil of anonymity that the Internet provides. On the middle school level, typical insults include comments like “U R ugly, U R fat, U R a liar, Nobody likes youâ€, however when kids reach 13, the comments are often sexual in nature, include profanity and detail true or untrue reports of promiscuity. Photos, which are sometimes altered, and video from cell phones are posted in emails and on familiar file sharing sites such as Myspace.com, Xanga.com, LiveJournal.com, Blogger.com, and others. Even poor childish choices such as when a student puts up a website devoted to posting pictures of the ugliest or fattest kids in school, or when a 7th grade girl in Manhattan posted a video that a boy sent her of him serenading a song to her to her because he liked her and she didn’t like him back. It just seemed like a joke to her, that is, until it ended up being laughed at all over the Net. Needless to say, this young boy was devastated. Unlike the schoolyard bully, these attacks aren’t by some scary kid wanting to push his weight around. They can be by anyone or no one that the child knows. Tragically, it’s sometimes by someone that the child thought was a friend. And unlike the schoolyard bully, a cyber bully can be comprised of one or many kids and by the time the posting hits the Net, literally thousands, if not millions of people have seen it, if it’s been shared around the world. And unlike the schoolyard bully, the cyber bully hits their victim in the sanctity of their own home or bedroom – where they feel that they can’t escape. Suzanne Stanford, CEO of My Internet Safety Coach (http://www.myinternetsafetycoach.com) , notes: “Often, kids are afraid to tell their parents for fear that their computer will be taken away or that their parents will make the situation worse. What they don’t realize is that unless the bullying stops immediately, it can escalate and leave permanent psychological scars. That’s one of the reasons Ms. Stanford recommends Children’s Educational Network’s FREE Internet Filter and Parental Control software and there TUKI Browser (available at http://www.TUKI.com and a Christian Version at http://www.noahsnet.com ). Kids need to know how to navigate safely within this environment, so they’ll know how to prevent and protect themselves from these situations. Additionally, we make it very clear to kids who might want to engage in this type of activity, that there are severe personal consequences to their behavior. For example, we want them to consider “before†they make poor choices that whatever is posted on the Net is there forever, and as much as they may regret later that they did this to someone, the damage is done and irreversible.†Experts in the field state that victims of these crimes suffer psychological trauma requiring professional help, have had to move to other schools, their mental state has resulted in their grades dropping to such a degree that they cannot qualify for college upon high school graduation; many are afraid to form close relationships with new people; and in more severe cases, suicide or murder has resulted. These are not just childhood pranks. These are serious crimes, and several states are enacting laws, such as Florida, making these emails felonies. In Pennsylvania, cyber bullying, harassment and stalking carry stiff jail sentences and fines for those convicted. Cyber bullies need to realize that they may be able to hide from their victims behind screen names, but they cannot hide from law enforcement. Mark Franek, Dean of Students at the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, explained the process very well: “Each time the Internet is accessed, an IP (Internet Protocol) address is established. The 12 numerals punctuated by the 3 periods is the electronic fingerprint that can be accessed by the authorities to trace all electronic communications between computers and/or mobile phones. No computer or mobile phone – or its user – is really anonymous in cyberspace.†According to a survey conducted in June of 2000 by The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on 1,500 children aged 10-17, 1 in 17 youths had been threatened or harassed over the Internet and about one-third of those found the incidents extremely distressing. A study in Britain in 2004 by NCH, a British children’s charity, found that 1 in 4 students had been bullied online. According to a CBS 2 (television) Special Report, conducted in 2005, more than 50% of 4-8th grade students have been bullied online. A recent nationwide survey of children and pre-teens by i-Safe America found that 57% of kids in grades 4-8 said someone had said hurtful or angry things to them online, 13% "quite often"; 53% admitted to saying mean or hurtful things to others, 7% "quite often"; 35% had been threatened online, 5% "quite often"; 42% had been bullied online, 5% "quite often"; and 58% had not told their parents or another adult about receiving mean or hurtful comments. In the UK, 33% of 9-to-19-year-olds who use email, chat, IM, and/or text messaging phones at least once a week "have been sent nasty or hurtful messages, and only 4% of parents say their child's been bullied online, according to very recent research from the London School of Economics and Political Science. The Internet and cell phones have become, in large part, the fabric of the social lives of tweens and teens. As such, they are prime targets for this kind of attack. The first thing kids need to understand about Instant Messaging, and blogs (web logs) or live journals, is that the more personal information you give someone, the more it can be used against you by not only those whom you wanted to read it, but by others whom you didn’t. Whenever you type something online and press “sendâ€, you have just given up your privacy. Additionally, people online will pose to be people they aren’t for purposes of deception and in many cases, to commit crimes – often stealing someone’s identity in the process. Some helpful tips for kids and teens regarding Cyber Bullying: • Know that there are ALWAYS people available to help you that will make cyber bullies stop. These people are law enforcement; your school teacher, school counselor, principal; your parents or a nurturing, responsible adult; Cyber crime reporting sites such as: www.cybertipline.org, www.wiredsafety.net, www.KidSafe.com and safety@worldkids.net. • Don’t give out any personal information such as your name, your school’s name or the name of any of the sports teams in which you play, your home telephone or cellular phone number, your address-- including the city where your other parent lives if they are divorced, your parent’s office address, or the address of your school. • Don’t ever use your real name as your user or screen name. If you find that you are a victim of cyber bullying: • Do not respond to the harassers directly because that is exactly what they want. Don’t give them the pleasure of knowing that you’re upset by it -- Stay cool. • Save and print out all messages – DO NOT ERASE THE EMAILS. • Report this crime to the police. If possible, report it as it is happening. • Take notes: State the name of the harassers, if you know it, and all the details about the incident(s) • If you are afraid to call the police, email a report of the incident(s) to cyber crime reporting sites such as: www.cybertipline.org, www.wiredsafety.org, or safety@worldkids.net. REMEMBER: YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF YOUR ONLINE EXPERIENCE. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR YOU TO BE VERBALLY ABUSED OR THREATENED If you want to BLOCK USERS from contacting you via email, do the following: • Look for the “Block†button. Sometimes it is in your Inbox. • You block someone by highlighting or checking the box next to their email and then clicking on the Block button. When you do this, all the emails form the address you blocked will not go through to your Inbox. In Outlook Express, you go to a “Blocked Senders Listâ€. To do this, do the following: Click on: • “Tools†• “Message Rules†• “Blocked Senders List†• Click on “Add†• Type in the persons email address in the box, or right click on the name of the person in your contact list. • Click either “Mail Messages†to block only emails; “News Messagesâ€, if you want to block communication from a news group or someone in a newsgroup; or “Mail and News Messagesâ€, to block the persons personal email and communication via the news group. If you’re still getting messages from someone who is harassing you online, after you do the above, change your email address. It’s an unsettling thought for any parent to think that their child may be a victim of a Cyber Bully, or be one. As difficult as it may be to consider, parents and teachers alike need to talk about this subject at home and in the classroom. We need to raise awareness of this issue and be pro-active. At present, lawmakers are drafting laws to prevent and prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes. Education, Vigilance, and strict laws are key in disarming bullies. # # # # # Read more » | |
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Nov 2 |
TUKI - The Ultimate Kids’ Internet - What's It All About
Posted by CEN Support - GDW on 02 November 2005 02:57 AM
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Finally there is a solution for parents and grandparents who want to allow their children the freedom to surf the Internet without the fear that they may stumble across the “wrong things†online. Children’s Educational Network has designed a very unique, free Internet filter and parental control multiple themed “Kid Safe Browser†which is the gateway to what they call TUKI. Most everyone with children has either experienced first hand or knows someone with children who have stumbled across negative content (either innocently or intentionally). The Kid Safe Browser is designed to give parents the ability to have a say as to what their kids are looking at. Parents are given the tools to either delete or add (pre-approve) websites that they deem appropriate or inappropriate. TUKI is the acronym for “The Ultimate Kids’ Internet†(http://www.TUKI.com) and this is the membership portion of the their service which offers many premium features. The one very important and meaningful benefit for you and your family is the educational aspect of the Kid Safe Browser. Management of the Company are committed to not only protecting children with technology but also offering educational messaging to teach children the ins and outs of being a responsible, safe web surfer. This educational messaging is a real powerful feature that we found with TUKI and could not find any other Internet filter or parental control software that also offered an educational aspect. The Kid Safe Browser gives access to thousands of pre-approved (by teachers and parents) websites that can be surfed (NASA, Nickelodeon, Disney etc.). If a child tries to go to a website that has not been pre-approved the browser displays a message that reads: “This website is not in the ‘Approved List’. Parents can then decide whether or not that site is acceptable for their child to visit and choose to add it if meets their approval. There is also a “Internet Protection Lockdown†feature that prevents the user from exiting the Kid Safe Browser and entering another browser (AOL, Netscape, IE etc.) that allows access to potentially controversial websites. Yet, another concern for Parents is that they might receive unsolicited (spam) email. As part of the TUKI membership kids are issued a spam free and safe email account. Again, parents are given the keys to their children’s email box so to speak. Parents pre-approve who the child can send and receive email from. Parents can also add key words (to an already existent ‘Ban List’ that a child cannot send out via email & chat. For instance, a child would be prevented from giving out private information such as a home address, home phone number, school name or sports team or any other bit of information that a parent might feel would compromise their privacy or safety. Other features of the TUKI membership are “Chore Reminders†and “Encouraging Wordsâ€. Since each browser has it’s own (themed) animated talking Internet Guide, (The Noah’s Net Browser has Noah – The Mindstein Browser has Professor Mindstein) Parents can dictate some of the things that the Internet Guide will pop up and say; “Mandy – did you feed Fido today?†“Billy, Your Mommy loves you so much!†For the most part, the Kid Safe Browser is pretty easy to use. Mostly, your kids will love the talking animated characters; the many games included with the software, and homework sites that make keeping with their schoolwork easier. Meanwhile, you will love the fact that you can sleep at night knowing you’ve taken action in preventing your child form being exposed to sites and sounds that he or she shouldn’t. As a child advocate I recommend everyone to take action and get this new free Internet filter and parental controlled Kid Safe Browser. To get your own Kid Safe Browser visit http://www.tuki.com and download your very own Kid Safe Browser. Features at a Glance: • Fully capable Web browser with parental control over websites that children can surf. • Ability to ban potentially objectionable words • Options to approve which buddies your child can communicate with • Chore Reminders • Encouraging Words feature • Talking animated character, emails and instant messaging System Requirements: • Windows 98/ME/XP Home or Professional • Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher (included with installation) • Internet Connection at 56K or faster • 133 MHz Processor • 64 MB RAM • 10 MB free disc space • Sound card and speakers Read more » | |