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If your Internet Service Provider is providing a robust and effective filtering service, then you don't need this. If you have any concerns, then SurfControl works, and is very cost effective.

In education, using the Internet is a course requirement. Students and teachers constantly rely on it to communicate, do research, and collaborate in online projects.

Even without trying, your children can come across materials on the Internet that are obscene, pornographic, violent, hate filled, racist, or offensive in other ways. Look into software or online services that filter out offensive materials and sites. Options include standalone software that can be installed on your computer.

But the Internet is also a risky place in which to learn. As stated by the U.S. Department of Education in its "Internet Guide for Parents", "Even without trying, your children can come across materials on the Internet that are obscene, pornographic, violent, hate filled, racist, or offensive in other ways."

Offensive material is not the only risk. Children are solicited for sex, sold products they shouldn't have, and routinely victimized by chain letters and hoaxes. They are also targets for all the other content risks that plague anyone who goes online - like spam and viruses - both of which disrupt learning and negatively impact the budgets of schools and households alike.