Go Online Together at Home

Whitney Hopler

The Internet brings the world into your home. That can either be a blessing or a burden. If you manage your family's online experiences well, using the Internet can be safe and fun for everyone in your household.

Here are some ways you can effectively manage Internet use at home:

Adapted from Going Online @ Home: How to Make the Internet a Family Activity, copyright 2000 by Ken Reaves. Published by Broadman & Holman Publishers, Nashville, Tn., www.lifewaystores.com, 1-800-448-8032.

Ken Reaves is a freelance writer and also publisher to a regular electronic newsletter, Internet for Families Ezine. He regularly leads seminars on the topic of this book. Ken pastors the First Baptist Church of Clewiston, Fl., where he lives with his wife and two children.

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