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In just a few years, this little girl might be running for President." width="325" height="280" align="right" border="0"><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Resources for Children and Pre-Teens: From Internet Safety, to Physical Fitness and Online Games, these resources will help keep Your Kids physically and mentally fit, and safe.</b></font><font size="2"><br> </font><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <b><font size="3" color="#dc0099" face="Verdana">Safety First:<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><b><font size="3" color="#dc0099" face="Verdana"><br> </font></b><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><b><a title="Halloween Fun for Children With Allergies" href="http://www.aaaai.org/patients/elements/1008/08halloween_checklist.stm" target="_blank">Halloween Fun for Children With Allergies</a></b></font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b> Parents of children with allergies must be extra vigilant to insure their child is not at risk of a reaction. Here are safety tips for a safe Halloween from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.</b></font><font size="2"><br> </font><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><b><a title="Kim's 10 Commandments for Kids Online" href="http://www.komando.com/kids/" target="_blank">Kim's 10 Commandments for Kids Online</a></b></font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b> An online safety agreement parents can make with their kids, provided by talk radio hostess Kim Komando (America's "Digital Goddess"), herself a parent. Also features common-sense internet safety tips for parents, including reviews of games you should not let your children play.</b></font><font size="2"><br> </font><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><b><a title="Surf-Swell Island - Internet Safety Game" href="http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index.html" target="_blank">Surf-Swell Island - Internet Safety Game</a></b></font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b> A</b></font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>n online game featuring Disney Cartoon Characters, Donald Duck, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, and Goofy. This game teaches young people how to use the internet safely, by teaching them about safe practices to use when talking to internet friends, sending and receiving text messages, and downloading e-mail and other information. This game also teaches internet etiquette. Surf Swell Island is an entertaining way to learn about cyberspace!</b></font><font size="2"><br> </font><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><b><a title="The Internet Keepsafe Coalition" href="http://ikeepsafe.org/iksc_kids/" target="_blank">The Internet KeepSafe Coalition </a></b></font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>The iKeepSafe.org website uses an animated icon / mascot named Faux Paw the Techno Cat to teach children the importance of protecting personal information and avoiding inappropriate places on the Internet. </b></font><b><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial">The iKeepSafe.org website teaches children to safely navigate the Internet through a virtual playground, Faux Paw's adventures in storybooks, an animated video download, and educational games. Educational materials, including worksheets and tests, are also available for parents and educators.<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><b><a title="Net Bulilies - Handling Internet Hassles" href="http://www.netbullies.com/pages/1/index.htm" target="_blank">Net Bullies - Handling Internet Hassles</a></b></font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b> Netbullying takes place far more often than most adults realize. Most kids today either know someone who has been netbullied, have netbullied someone else, or have been the victim of netbullying themselves.</b></font><b><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial"> </font></b><font color="#006600"><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Unfortunately, thousands of 11-year olds and other preteens and young teens receive threats and hateful messages every single day. Yet for some reason, most of it has remained under their parents' radar. More than half of the children/preteens between the ages of 9 and 14 polled in person at grammar and middle schools in the United States (approximately 2000 children) had either been netbullied, had a close friend who had been netbullied, or had themselves netbullied another child. If you want to know how prevalent it is, ask a school. They deal with these issues every single day. Parry Aftab, an internet privacy and security lawyer, teaches children, teens, and parents how to effectively deal with this type of harrassment.<br> </font></b></font><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><font color="#006600"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> </font></b></font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><b><a title="Wired Safety.org" href="http://www.wiredsafety.org/index.html" target="_blank">Wired Safety.org</a></b></font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b> provides help, information and education to Internet and mobile device users of all ages. They help victims of cyberabuse ranging from online fraud, cyberstalking and child safety, to hacking and malicious code attacks. Wired Safety also helps parents with issues, such those which might be encountered when their children meet preditors masquarading as teenagere using sites such MySpace or when their children experience any form cyberbullyingl Wired Safety also provides forms for reporting various forms of cyberabuse<br> </b></font><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <b><font size="3" color="#dc0099" face="Verdana">Physical Fitness:<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><b><a title="Fit 4 Fun Youth and Adaptive Fitness" href="http://worknotes.com/IL/Chicago/Fit4FunKidsFitness/" target="_blank">Fit 4 Fun Youth and Adaptive Fitness</a></b></font><b><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font></b><font color="#006600"><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Chris Chapan is a special education teacher who deals with mentally, emotionally, and physically challenged students every day. She has developed an exercise, diet, and fitness program which anyone can tailor to improve his or her fitness level despite physical disabilities. Finally, a program which allows people with physical challenges the opportunity to become truly physically fit!<br> </font></b></font><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <b><font size="3" color="#dc0099" face="Verdana">Online Fun and Activities:<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><b><a title="Disney Online" href="http://www.disney.com/" target="_blank">Disney Online</a></b></font><b><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial"> Disney.com has something for everyone! Exciting games, music videos, classic Disney cartoons, and so much more. Find all your Disney favorites right here. Very easy site to navigate, even for the youngest websurfers.<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><b><a title="PopCap Games - Play Online" href="http://www.popcap.com/" target="_blank">PopCap Games - Play Online</a></b></font><b><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font></b><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial"><b>PopCap's goal is to create fun games that literally everyone can enjoy. Their games are easy to learn, tough to master ... and utterly addictive! Best of all, they're FREE! You can play their web games right in your browser. Or download the free Deluxe games in just a few minutes, to enjoy anytime, anywhere  without being connected to the Internet. Then, when you're hooked, you can own the complete version of the game for unlimited play, with special features, new characters and more. All for less than $30.<br> </b></font><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <b><font size="3" color="#dc0099" face="Verdana">Learn and Grow:<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><b><a title="FirstGov for Kids - Cool and Amazing Stuff" href="http://www.kids.gov/" target="_blank">FirstGov for Kids - Cool and Amazing Stuff</a></b></font><b><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font></b><font color="#006600"><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Kids.gov is organized into three audiences: Grades K-5, Grades 6-8, and Educators. Each audience tab is divided into educational subjects like Arts, Math, and History. Within each subject, the websites are grouped as either government sites (Federal, state, military) or other resources (commercial, non-profit, educational). The sites listed under the other resources category are maintained by other public and private organizations<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> </font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><b><a title="Netiquitte: The Social Grace of Cyberspace" href="http://www.albion.com/netiquette/index.html" target="_blank">Netiquette: The Social Grace of Cyberspace</a></b></font><b><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial">"Netiquette" is network etiquette, the essential do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal "rules of the road" of cyberspace. The Netiquette home page provides links to both summary and detailed information about Netiquette for your browsing pleasure.<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><b><a title="Yahooligans! Web Guide for Kids" href="http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/" target="_blank">Yahooligans! Web Guide for Kids</a></b></font><font color="#006600"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"> An online community where kids can play games, watch music videos, check out movies, learn about science, read jokes, send e-cards, learn internet safety, get homework help, look up words. ask questions, and explore an encyclopedia. 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