[Web4lib] seeking kid's browser

[Patricia F Anderson]

Hi, John,

There are other KidSafe broswers. Here is a review from cNet about these.

<http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11344_7-6424378-9.html>

They mention KidRocket KidSafe <http://www.kidrocket.org/> and Noah's Web. 
Of the three, KidRocket seems to be the only one still around. There is 
also something called Hekko Kid-Safe browser, but I don't know much about 
it. Another one is here (but heavily Christian in tone):

<http://www.thekidsinternet.com/>

And another ... 
<http://www.brothersoft.com/internet/online_form_tools/ppbrowser_16478.html>

I have recently started looking for something like this. I firmly believe 
in lack of censorship, and having the child learn by working closely with 
the parent and/or teacher. Where this breaks down is with the pre-teen 
child (no longer in daycare) who is required to use the Internet for their 
homework and is doing homework unsupervised while the parent is still at 
work. I'll be interested in hearing if anyone has tried any of these, and 
what they liked.

  -- Patricia Anderson, pfa at umich.edu

On Wed, 10 May 2006, John Fitzgibbon wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We used to use a kid's browser called 'Crayon Crawler'. I can no longer
> find it on the web. The domains www.crayoncrawler.com
> <http://www.crayoncrawler.com/>  and www.momsanddads.com
> <http://www.momsanddads.com/>  (the publisher) are no longer responding.
> This was an inclusive filter. It allowed access to selected web sites
> and was designed with the safety of children in mind.
>
> Is this product available any more? If not, is there a similar product?
>
> Any ideas would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards
> John