Tom Fudge: Any parent of small children who has a computer in his or her home, worries about the day when their kids will be able to navigate the Internet. The Internet is a wonderful place, but it can be as frightening and as multifaceted as the world we live in. Do you want your 8-year-old looking at porn and snuff sites? Do you want them using chat rooms that may attract pedophiles? Of course not.
Yet the attempts to limit the use of the Internet by children have gotten a bad reputation. Applied to public places, they've run afoul of First Amendment guarantees of free expression. So what's a parent to do? One possible answer has been developed by a San Diego software company. Their answer, and their product, is called KidZui. It's an Internet browser that specifically designed for kids. The goal behind KidZui is to create a place where kids can be both "creative and safe" on the Internet.
Guests
- Cliff Boro, chairman, CEO, and co-founder of KidZui, The Internet for Kids .
- Deanne Kells, editor-in-chief for KidZui.
