ipl2 for Kids (http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace)
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that ipl2 for Kids is a section of the huge Internet Public Library experimental resource, which is created and maintained by professors and students at library and information science programs. The site is organized by subject and does link to other sites. It may be a bit too cluttered for younger students to find what they're looking for on their own, but for older students, parents, and teachers, it's a well-stocked resource. Kids can submit a question (barring medical, legal, tax, and personal opinion) to a volunteer librarian and receive a well-researched answer back within about a week.
Educational value:
Includes many web-based educational resources for kids, teachers, and parents.
Violence:
Some of the links in the World section may include information on war or references to violence in history.
Sex:
Some of the links in the Health and Nutrition section include information on puberty, sexuality, and other sensitive topics that parents may want to read with their kids or beforehand.
Language:
While there's no inappropriate language used on this site, it links to many outside sites.
Consumerism:
The site has no ads, but links to some sites that do have ads.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
Some sites in the Health and Nutrition section discuss the use of illegal drugs, but in clearly negative ways.
Privacy & safety:
All questions submitted may be used for research purposes, since this is an experimental research-based site for library programs at the college level. Reference forms ask for email address and age range. The site states that it's not responsible for any of the privacy policies (or lack thereof) for any sites linked to from the ipl2 site. IP addresses may be used to diagnose problems and gather "broad demographic data."
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Nedjimmco
kid, 13 years old
kid, 13 years old
Perfect for tweens and up
I think this website is great. I had to do a research project when I was looking at the commonsense website I found this website. I checked it out then it said "Ask an ipl2 Librarian " so I clicked it, I filled out a form then within the next day It gave me a ton of useful information.
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