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Top 10 Internet Safety Tips for Parents

Internet safety is a top concern for today’s parents. Kids are itching for online freedom and all the benefits the Internet has to offer, but parents aren’t always ready to hand over that responsibility to their kids. Don’t just ignore it. Face the issues head on, determined to make the Internet a safe, healthy place for your kids.

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Tools & Tips for Parents to Keep Kids Safe Online

Kids are growing up in a digital world–using the Internet at school, at home, and even on their phones and video game systems. While the Internet provides children with easy access to information they need to do school projects and entertainment options such as games, there’s also the potential for danger. Parents can use tips and tools designed to help keep kids safe online to protect their children while they’re browsing the Internet.

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Internet Dating Tips for Women

Internet dating is booming. Whether via online matchmaking sites, social networking sites, online personals listings or online chat rooms, men and women are meeting potential friends, lovers and lifetime mates online. If you’re thinking that online dating is a poor second cousin to meeting somebody in real life, consider these statistics: One of the biggest free dating sites in the U.S., PlentyOfFish.com, has received up to a million visitors in a single day, and Jupiter Research estimates the Internet dating industry will take in almost $2 billion in revenue by the year 2012. Why is Internet dating so popular? While it’s true that you can’t absorb certain details about a potential significant other simply from an online meeting, Internet dating offers benefits over real-life first meetings, the major one being that looking for love on the Internet opens the playing field to more people than you could ever hope to consider otherwise. Internet dating can be safe and extremely rewarding, if you keep certain tips in mind.

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How Adoptees Can Find their Real Parents

If you were adopted, there may come a time when you want to find your real parents. Whether it’s for information–just to see where you came from–or to satisfy questions you have, it can often be difficult to find your real parents. With sealed birth records in most states, it can seem impossible. However, if you really want to find your birth parents, you shouldn’t give up. Millions of adoptees have done it, and so can you.

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Teen Talk

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