ESSENCE MAGAZINE - August 1996

PARENTING GUIDE – NEW YOU CAN USE

  Road maps to the information superhighway abound

For a cultural flavor, check out The African-American Resource Guide to the Internet and Online Services by Stafford L. Battle and Rey O. Harris (McGraw Hill, $19.95)... For teenagers, NetNoir offers Afrocenctric content in music, sports, business and education

....Black Board International’s line of Afrocentric software features the accomplishments of Africans and African-Americans in math, science, history and more. Visit www.ashaware.com or call 1-800-565-6228 to order....The Children’s Partnership and the National PTA collaborated with the National Urban League to develop the free brochure The Parent’s Guide to the Information Superhighway. Write to Parent’s Guide, 1460 Fourth St. Ste. 306, Santa Monica CA 90401...Another free brochure, How to Get the Most Out of Going Online, gives cybertips and describes how parents can monitor their children’s Internet use on the various commercial on-line services. Call Project Open at (800) 466-OPEN....For general-interest websites for younger children, visit Yahooligans! (www.yahooligans.com), a guide to kid-focused content in eight categories, including world cultures and sports.... No offense intended, but PCs for Dummies by Dan Gookin and Andy Rathbone (IDG Books, $19.95) is a must-have for computer novices.

--J.V.