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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/parent Kim Komando (America's "Digital Goddess"). Also features common-sense internet safety tips for parents. Includes reviews of several new games on the market that you should NOT let your children play ... and why.</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"><a title="AmberWatch helps prevent Child Abduction" href="http://www.amberwatch.com/" target="_blank"><b>AmberWatch helps prevent Child Abduction</b></a></font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b> The AmberWatch® is a safety device for kids. It's a child's wristwatch that features a super loud alert signal the child can activate when feeling threatened or scared. The purpose of the AmberWatch® is simply to bring attention to a dangerous situation in order to help prevent the child from being abducted, hurt or lost. Because attention is the key to prevention!<br> </b></font><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"></div> </td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="300"><font size="2"><img src="../resources/planet/parents07a.gif" alt="Illustration: A father helping his son learn to walk." width="295" height="281" border="0"><br> </font><img src="../resources/planet/parents07b-an.gif" alt="" width="295" height="27" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"> <div align="left"> <font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><b><a title="Wired Safety -an online safety and help group" href="http://www.wiredsafety.org/" target="_blank">Wired Safety -an online safety and help group</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 as those which might be encountered when their children meet predators masquerading as teenagers using social networking sites, or when their children experience any form of cyberbullyingl Wired Safety also provides forms for reporting various types of cyberabuse<br> </b></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" 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><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 polled) 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 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><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <b><font size="3" color="#dc0099" face="Verdana">About Social Networking Online ...<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="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"> "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="Protecting Your Kids from Cyber-Predators" href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_50/b3963015.htm" target="_blank">Protecting Your Kids from Cyber-Predators:</a></b></font><b><font size="2" face="Arial"> The Internet is just like any large city. There are a lot of things to see and do, and places to go, and people to meet. And just like any large city, there are good neighborhoods AND bad neighborhoods. And sometimes, even bad people in the "good" neighborhoods. Here's an important "Business Week" article containing tips on how to effectively keep your kids safe from predators who roam the Internet. This article is a "MUST-READ" for parents ... and you might want to also read the various user comments that have been posted, to get a better idea of what's going on out there.<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="The"MtSpace" Generation" href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_50/b3963001.htm" target="_blank">The "MySpace" Generation</a></b></font><b><font size="2" face="Arial"> This article in "Business Week" discusses how the internet has replaced shopping malls as a hang-out for kids. According to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey, the biggest increase in computer use among children, teenagers, and young adults is for activities such as social networking, which has soared nearly threefold since 2000, to 1 hour and 22 minutes a day on average. This article provides a very interesting description of how these online social networks work, how they're promoted, and why they're so popular.<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <b><font size="3" color="#dc0099" face="Verdana">Caregiver Issues:<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="Coping with Caregiving (Online Radio Talk)" href="http://www.wsradio.com/internet-talk-radio.cfm/shows/Coping-with-Caregiving.html" target="_blank">Coping with Caregiving (Online Radio Talk)</a></b></font><b><font size="2" face="Arial"> This resource covers a wide-range of caregiving issues and contains some very helpful information from people who have personal experience with caregiving. The place to go for advice on caregiving as well as the place to go for advocacy and support. Archived radio discussions cover a wide variety of caregiver-related topics.<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <b><font size="3" color="#dc0099" face="Verdana">Resources for Children with Disabilities:<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" face="Verdana"><b><a title="Family Values" href="http://www.familyvoices.org/info/about.php" target="_blank">Family Values</a></b></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><b> is a grass roots organization dealing with the special needs of children and youth with challenging health conditions  physical, mental, or emotional  that can make their lives and their families’ lives more complicated. It is estimated that 9.4 million children in the United States have special health care needs. Like other children and youth, those with special health care needs deserve a happy, healthy childhood and youth  attending school, enjoying community events, living with their families, and worshiping with friends and neighbors  as well as the opportunity to become productive adults.<br> </b></font><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <b><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><a title="National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities" href="http://www.nichcy.org/" target="_blank">National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities</a></font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial"> serves the nation as a central source of<a title="Netiquitte: The Social Grace of Cyberspace" href="http://www.nichcy.org/" target="_blank"> </a>information on: </font><font size="2" face="Arial">disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth, IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education, No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities), and research-based information on effective educational practices.<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <b><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><a title="National Center for Children with Disabilities" href="http://www.nichcy.org/" target="_blank">National Center for Children with Disabilities</a></font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial"> The Children's Disabilities Information website has a special focus on the special needs needs of preemies and young adoptees,<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <b><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><a title="Kids Together,Inc" href="http://www.kidstogether.org/" target="_blank">Kids Together, Inc</a></font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial"> a volunteer group whose goals include a desire to remove barriers that exclude people with disabilities. They support the belief that children with disabilities, like all children, have the need to be welcomed, cherished and embraced in our communities.<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><br> <b><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Verdana"><a title="Special Child (information and support for parents)" href="http://www.specialchild.com/index.html" target="_blank">Special Child (information and support for parents)</a></font><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial">an online publication dedicated to parents of children with special needs. <br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"></div> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"> <center> <center> <center> <table width="725" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <div align="center"> <img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><b><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial"><a title="Go to the Top of this page" href="#anchorplt07fstop" target="_top">Go to the top</a><br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"><b><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial"><br> If we've missed any of your favorites that should be listed here, please </font><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="mailto:webmaster@barrierfreechoices.com?subject=Parent-Caregiver Suggestion">e-mail us</a></font><font size="2" color="#006600" face="Arial">.<br> </font></b><img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <div align="center"> <b><font color="#990099" face="Arial"><a title="Click the BarrierFreeChoices Logo to go to our Home Page." onmouseover="changeImages( /*CMP*/'bfcnotelogo2',/*URL*/'../resources/bfclogo/end-logo07_over.gif');return true" onmouseout="changeImages( /*CMP*/'bfcnotelogo2',/*URL*/'../resources/bfclogo/end-logo07.gif');return true" href="../index.html" target="_parent"><img src="../resources/bfclogo/end-logo07.gif" alt="Click the BarrierFreeChoices Logo to go to our Home Page." name="bfcnotelogo2" width="80" height="80" align="middle" border="0"></a></font></b><br> <img src="../resources/7x7-spacer.gif" alt="" width="7" height="7" border="0"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <div align="center"> <hr width="85%" size="1"> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%"> <div align="left"> <font size="+1"><a href="http://www.icra.org/" target="_blank"><img src="../resources/i26x25dkb.gif" width="26" height="25" align="MIDDLE" border="0" alt="ICRA - Internet Content Rating Association. 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