Synopses & Reviews
Plan a complete family vacation on the Internet.
Learn how to keep your kids safe online.
Get news and reviews on family-oriented movies, television, and music.
Find out where to go for help with homework.
This user-friendly, jam-packed guide is a great resource for finding the best family-related sites on the Internet. Preston Gralla, author of Online Kids and a leading authority in the field of family computing and Internet resources, explains how families can best access and use cyberspace. His expert advice covers everything from choosing the right online service and navigating the World Wide Web to sending e-mail, using newsgroups, and keeping safe online. You'll discover the best places to go online for current events, entertainment, and up-to-the-minute information on vacation and travel, home improvement, games and hobbies, finance, parenting, and much more. Each chapter includes dozens of useful site listings. Put the awesome potential of cyberspace to use for you and your family!
Review
Preston Gralla, author of Online Family, gives advice to parents concerned about their children's computer use in the syndicated column, Child Life, by Beverly Mills. Gralla suggests, "using the computer as a bridge to other activities," as well as, "giving a child one or one and a half hours on the computer, unless it is for research or educational."—Dallas Morning News
Synopsis
Featuring sites on everything from health and safety to parenting advice, personal finance to family games, the Internet is a veritable cornucopia of resources for families. Now, following in the footsteps of his award-winning Online Kids, nationally recognized family computing expert Preston Gralla provides parents with a complete guide to making the most of a potentially inexhaustible family resource. In addition to profiles of hundreds of family-related sites currently available on the Net, Gralla tutors parents in the basics of cyberspace navigation and offers valuable advice and guidance on how to keep kids safe online, how to use e-mail effectively, and how to do everything from getting kids help with schoolwork to planning family vacations online.
About the Author
PRESTON GRALLA is a journalist, author, and experienced online surfer who writes for Family PC, Computer Life, and other magazines. An Executive Editor at ZDNet, he is the author of Online Kids: A Young Surfer's Guide to Cyberspace (Wiley), PC Computing Guide to Shareware, and How the Internet Works.
Table of Contents
How to Get Connected: Using the Internet and Online Services.
Keeping Kids Safe in Cyberspace.
Communicating in Cyberspace.
General Parenting Sites.
Parenting Magazines and E-zines.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Newborns.
Parenting and Child-Rearing.
Adoption, Kids with Special Needs, Gifted Children, and Single Parents.
Health and Safety.
Vacation and Travel.
Money Matters.
Home Improvement and Gardening.
Where to Buy It: Consumer Advice.
Homework Help Online.
Education and College.
That's Entertainment: Television, Movies, and Music.
Family Fun: Crafts, Pets, Hobbies, and Games.
Sports, Fitness, and Recreation.
Religion, Cultural Identity, and Genealogy.
Food, Cooking, and Dining Out.
Index.