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This review presents many 4Kids.org features while highlighting aresource designed to provide young people in grades K – 5 with a safe and successful Internet experience.  \nIntroduction:  \nIn 1995 the Internet was just beginning to be seen as aresource that would have a tremendous impact on business and education. Many commentators, as illustrated by the July 3, 1995, Time magazine cover article \"On a Screen Near You: Cyberporn,” were concerned about the negative effect this environment could have on [children. 4Kids.org](children. 4Kids.org) was created to provide youth, their parents (and grandparents) a portal, through print publications and a website, to many of the rich and exciting resources that were present and emerging on the Internet. The original intent of [4Kids.org](4Kids.org) was to encourage access to the many safe, interesting, and educationally valuable sites so that youth and their families would become analytical and knowledgeable users of the Internet.  \nToday over 90 percent of youth have access to the Internet, and social networks as well as mobile technologies are used to communicate with friends and search for resources and entertainment. (Lenhart, Madden, and Rainie, 2006) . There are many online resources that continue to increase in number and  \npopularity. From hidden advertisements to inappropriate content just a few links away, many websites that purport to be for children fail to provide a safe, secure environment, and while access to the Internet is certainly an asset to teaching and learning, it is necessary to be aware of potential risks. There continues to be a need for youth to exercise caution in their searching, build skills needed to recognize objectionable sites, and seek information on safe, commercial-free sites in order to become proficient consumers of information (enGauge 21st Century Skills, 2003). [4Kids.org](4Kids.org) continues to address this need.  \nWhat [is 4Kids.org?](is 4Kids.org?)  \nIn the early 1990s educators at Advanced Learning Technologies in Education Consortium (ALTEC), a division of the Center for Research on Learning at the University of Kansas, created [4Kids.org](4Kids.org) as a print publication for national and international syndication in newspapers and as a website providing children,  \nyouth, and their families with access to the increasing number of safe and educational sites on the Internet. The print version of [4kids.org](4kids.org) continues to be funded through syndication. The Internet environment was funded from 1995 through 2005 by the federal Regional Technology in Education Consortium (RTEC) program. With over 45,000 visits a month, the ALTEC team (authors included) continues to support the online version through professional development and dissemination of other resources for K-12 education.  \nSince its inception in 1995, [4Kids.org](4Kids.org) has appeared in more than 500 weekly issues published in newspapers worldwide to promote use of the Internet and technology literacy. The database containing these website selections and reviews can be accessed online at [http://4kids.org/](http://4kids.org/ in the)[ in the](http://4kids.org/ in the) “Back Issues” section. Every week, [4Kids.org](4Kids.org) features three websites carefully chosen by staff members. 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