The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital released a national poll in which they found that adults ranked Internet safety as the No. 7 most important teen health topic. The poll asked adults to rank 17 health problems for children; other top ranking concerns were smoking, drug abuse and obesity. It seems that the message is finally sinking in. Every day the news reports more predators busted by local and national law enforcement. Town and County meetings are popping up weekly across the country, helping to spread the education to parents. And more parents than ever are talking to their kids about safety and using parental control software.

    Pandora Corp. co-founder Manny Coats, stated: "Internet safety is all over the news lately. 2007 has been a hot year for the issue, from the blocking of COPA, to Ms. America's stint with America's Most Wanted, to the most recent MySpace situation." To strike while the proverbial iron is hot, Congress has declared June as National Internet Safety Month (S. Res 205) for the third year in a row. The timing couldn't be better.

    In addition, Coats said: "When kids are out of school, they spend more time online. Obviously summer is going to see a spike in child Internet usage, much of which will be unsupervised. But we're also going to see a spike in persistence of online predators. Now more-so-than-ever, parents are the first and last line of defense against sexual predators that may be targeting their kids online. Parents need to educate themselves on all things Internet. Take the time to educate yourself on everything from popular web lingo, to the friends on your child's buddy lists to the sites they frequent. You should recognize and have a familiar sense of everything your child does online. And if you have a question - ask."

    The company's website contains 18 Tips for Safe Surfing and a blog, both which offer solutions, resources and discussions for parents. "If you are well-educated on the net and can bring the discussion to the child's level - which in most cases is up a notch from the parents' level - it will go a long way," said Leasure.

    And while many stories use scare tactics to inform parents to guard their kids from dangers online - they are not telling them HOW! Pcpandora.com's third point, protect, brings a concrete solution on how parents can do so, effectively: through their software, PC Pandora - Pcpandora.com.