Topic: U.S. Federal Trade Commission

The production and distribution of a community outreach kit created to assist parents in their efforts to keep their children safe both online and on cell phones has been announced by the Federal Trade Commission . According to the FTC, families can ...

A Parent's Guide To Social Networking

Social networking sites are the hippest "meet market" around, especially among tweens, teens, and 20-somethings. These sites allow and encourage people to exchange information about themselves in profiles and journals, and use message boards, chat rooms, e-mail and instant messaging to communicate ...

Back-to-School: Internet Safety for Kids

As the school year began for my kids, I received a form from our school district that would let me opt out of allowing my children to have Internet access from their school computers. The Federal Trade Commission recently put together an ...

Teach Kids About Advertising

The Federal Trade Commission has a terrific new online game for kids that will teach them to understand the difference between someone trying to tell them something and someone trying to sell them something. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer ...

Parents Monitor Your Children

There is a wide generation gap on Internet usage between parents and children and the gap continues to grow as more children are introduced to computers and the Internet. Recent figures show that 90% of school-age children have access to computers either ...