You are here  Keeping Your Child Safe on the Internet  As with
the real world, the Internet has its seamy side  -- and it's all
too easy for kids to stray into it. Click-click and a Peter
Cottontail fan's search for "bunnies" turns up raunchy pictures
of women wearing fuzzy white ears and not much else. Porn,
questionable characters, hate groups, and misinformation
flourish online. To preserve the best of what's online for your
kids and avoid the garbage:  1. Step into their cyberworld
"Parents have to get involved. Just as they know every detail of
the playground around the corner  -- the jungle gym, the swings
 -- they need to know their kids' online playground as well,"
says Tim Lordan, staff director of the Internet Education
Foundation, a nonprofit group that produces the online safety
guide GetNetWise. It may be hard to keep your eyes open after
visiting what seems like the 100th website devoted to Barbie,
but playing copilot to your child is the best way to make sure
she gets a smooth ride. By the time