8.Discuss expectations beforehand. Explain what you can, and what sort of behavior you expect in different circumstances. You can’t cover everything, but you can cover a lot. 9.Be alert to their safety. Provide safety equipment – harness, car seat, life jacket. Bring along a first-aid kit. Because a vacation provides new situations, accidents are more likely to occur.

Last but not least, process after each vacation. Talk about what worked and what didn’t. And don’t forget most important thing: Find out what everyone enjoyed most. Be sure and go over good times with family, and make plans for more in future, taking into consideration what you’ve learned.

6. Tell them firmly, never to pay money or agree to pay money for anything without your permission, and never to use your credit card details without your knowledge or permission. You just never know who could somehow get a hold of your credit card details.

7. Also, be sure to warn your kids about online chat rooms for kids. Sometimes, Adults will pretend to be kids in these chat rooms trying to lure kids into meeting them. Rather than chat rooms, I have set up AOL's INSTANT MESSENGER Program for my kids. This gives them more control over who they allow to be one of their "buddies' and they're not nearly as visible, as they would be in actual chat rooms. AOL INSTANT MESSENGER

The INTERNET can provide hours of fun for children of all ages. We, as parents should certainly monitor what our kids are doing on NET, put safety features in place, depending on how they will be accessing NET. AOL allows you to set restrictions on certain sites [MSN as well], so your children can surf and be safe at same time.

To find out about AOL, CLICK HERE http://aol.com

To find out about MSN, click here http://www.msn.com

For more information and a listing of guide lines for keeping your kids safe ONLINE, please visit these two sites.

Safe kids. com http://www.safekids.com/

Child Safety on Information Highway

http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm

Here are some recommended sites for you to check out for your kids:

Computer Games for Kids http://kids.msn.com/kidz/dept.aspx?id=/kidz/content/games/

Play new games every week with characters from DISNEY

Nickelodeon - Official Site

http://www.nick.com/

Commercial, all-kids cable station "NICKELODEON" offers a schedule and outtakes for its popular lineup of cartoons, including" Rugrats" and "Garfield"

PBS Kids

http://www.pbskids.org/

Official home of "SESAME STREET" ,TELE TUBBIES, and PBS's other kids shows. Play games, read jokes, and paint some of their characters

Fun Brain

http://www.funbrain.com/

Interactive, Educational games (math and grammar) for children of all ages. Games include Math, Baseball, Change Maker, and Wacky tales.

Kids Games. org

http://www.kidsgames.org./

Check out this collection of online games for kids of all ages.

KidsCom

http://www.kidscom.com/

Offers Adult monitored kids chat, games like tangram, and hangman, message boards, video game cheats, contests, and prizes in a kid safe environment.