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richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:55:00 -0400

I am very excited that Jim Steyer, founder of CommonSenseMedia, will be speaking at my son’s school next week. His talk is on The “Internet: Do You Understand How Much It Affects Your Children, How It’s Changing Their Lives and What You Can Do about It.” I’m very interested to hear his perspective on this topic especially now that I have a high schooler.

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I’ll report back after I hear his talk.

IM monitoring for parents

richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:34:00 -0400

Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Vascellaro talks to Jean Lee about how parents can use Web filtering software to help protect their children from online predators

See the video here. (3 min 16 sec) October 18, 2006

Some of the software mentioned in the video:

IMSafer – basic version is free

SearchHelp – $79.95 for a one year license

BeNetSafe – $19.95 per month or $79.95 per year

SnoopStick – $59.95 plus $24.95 per year

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IM monitoring for parents