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• December 18, 1998
• My name is Johnny B. I am nine years old. I wanted to thank you for taking your time to mail me all the nice things that you do! And I wanted to say Merry Christmas. My Mom and Dad like the things you send too. Johnny. Thank you! Editor's Note: It's messages like this one that keep me writing. BJF

• December 26, 1998
• GTE.NET listed me as a Cool Site for Kids

• December 9, 1998
• She [syndicated columnist Barbara Feldman] advises parents to set time limits, to allow kids under age 16 only into monitored chat rooms and to use preset parental controls to limit e-mail to certain users. And if the rules are broken, the computer simply can be shut off.
• Karen Thomas, USA Today

• November 22, 1998
• This site offers weekly selections of the best kid sites in a variety of topics, reviewed and rated by Barbara Feldman. Each week's collection serves up the best sites in a particular topic, from Dinosaurs to Ghost Stories to Beanie Babies. Written by Excite for The Seattle Times

• November 5, 1998
• Barbara J. Feldman, a San Diego-based newspaper columnist who writes a guide for parents on online safety and other issues, enforces one steadfast rule in the home she shares with her two teen-age [sic] children. "I won't allow a computer with Internet access in a room where you can close the door, like in their bedrooms,"she said. By Catherine Greenman for the NY Times

• October, 1998
• Barbara Feldman's syndicated column, "Surfing the Net with Kids," runs in almost 30 newspapers. Each week she picks five great Web sites on a favorite topic, such as Beanie Babies, paper money, robots and more. You can read her excellent column at the Web site and even subscribe to the e-mail edition for free.Jean Armour Polly, Net-Mom

• October 4, 1998
• Dear Barbara, I've enjoyed and used you resources for quite some time. Thanks for all the enjoyment and experiences you've given my students. Pat McDonnell Wilkes-Barre Area School District Wilkes-Barre PA 18702

• September, 1998 Issue
• Barbara J. Feldman, syndicated columnist and mother of two, scours the Web every week to find five great educational sites for young minds.

• September 20, 1998
• We are always on the lookout for great kid sites and we found one here. The author is a syndicated newspaper columnist with several major papers across the country. Her site is easy on the eyes, very easy to navigate, and the content is most worthwhile. Some of her past feature subjects have been Apollo II, Creative Cats, Wind Power, and Soccer Fun. Her site is set up for parents, kids, teens, grandparents, teachers, and the incurably curious. We love the way she describes herself, "columnist, mother, wife, and Net surfer supreme, not listed in order of importance of course". This is a run to and bookmark site.Frank Severa

• September 8, 1998
• The "Surfing the Net with Kids" site has been Six-Packed for September 8, 1998. The Six-Pack showcases a variety of sites that may be of interest to the Internet Public. Pat Cashin

• September 9, 1998
• Your site, Surfing the Net with Kids: Ireland (http://www.surfnetkids.com/ireland.htm) has been reviewed by Doras and given a 4 Shamrock award. Doras is Telecom Internet's directory of Irish sites and your site can be located in the Family Corner section under Children's Corner. Emma Kavanagh, Doras Editor

• August 31, 1998
• Stopped by your site --- Terrific pages. Great Design. Great contribution to the World Wide Web. Ernest Slyman

• July 7, 1998
• Hi Barbara! I'm adding "Surfing the Net with Kids" to the 3rd edition of my book, which will be out next September if all goes well. ... Congratulations. Jean Armour Polly, Author, "The Internet Kids and Family Yellow Pages "

• July 5, 1998
• The New York Institute for Special Education maintains an extensive collection of education links. Your Surfing the Net with Kids is our pick of the week. Congratulations.John Hernandez

• May 31, 1998
• Congratulations! Your web page has been selected to receive the "FLY WITH EAGLES" award presented by HART Enterprises. This award was implemented because in 1984, as the result of an accident while serving as an officer on active duty with the US Army, I became a quadriplegic, paralyzed from the chest down. In a veterans hospital for 10 months, I was among many young men struggling to put a sense of worth back into their lives. I always admired our national symbol, the bald eagle, for its strength, courage and beauty, and its ability to soar on the slightest of winds. It was what those of us in the hospital were trying to do - muster up the strength and courage to live our lives with the least amount of help. Now I am in a position financially, physically, and spiritually to recognize others for their efforts. Thus, the "Fly With Eagles" award was born. We surf the net looking for worthy web pages. And, in some cases, web pages are recommended to us. Your respect for proper NET ETHICS and your ability to display your web page in a LOGICAL, INFORMATIVE, and CREATIVE format places you among only a handful of web masters that have received this award. Bruce Hart LTC USA (Ret) Life Member of the Paralyzed Veterans of America

• May 15, 1998
• I was very impressed by all the hard work you have put into the site and have to congratulate you on an outstanding achievement in web site design, both in appearance and content. I would much rather be succinct and just say WOW, but I just wanted to let you know that it has been a long time since I reviewed a site as informative and well designed as yours. A wonderfuly diversified family site and a definite pleasure to visit... Ben Ciolczynski

• April 28, 1998
• Barbara Feldman is an American newspaper columnist who specialises in reviewing creative and educative children's web pages. In her own index site, she shares her "vision of what's wonderful on the web". She's got good vision, too. A wide range of topics span word games to paper airplanes. Links whisk kids to poetry workshops while taking parents to CD-ROM reviews. The graphics aren't high tech, but the content is high text. Perfect for new-to-the-net parents and their three- to thirteen-year olds. BBC Online Web Guide

• April 17, 1998
• Your site is featured this week in my "Kids Stuff" article on Suite101.com focusing on Earth day. Wayne Dawe Contributing Editor, Kid's Stuff Suite 101

• February 20, 1998
• We are awarding your site the coveted Parenting Q&A Seal of Approval in recognition of your contribution to excellence in content for parents. Ellen McHale, Parenting Q&A

• February 10, 1998
• Barbara J. Feldman reviews several great related sites each week for newspapers across the country. This site contains those excellent reviews, available by topic or chronologically. This is a wonderful source of interesting material on the Web, whether you're surfing with kids or not! Nancy Frank, Education Index Editor

• February 3, 1998
• I've read your column for quite a while. Now that I've left San Diego for Australia, I think I'll miss it. Do you syndicate to Sydney? Tom March, Sydney, Australia

• February 1, 1998
• Just wanted to drop you a note to say thanks for the awesome column & links... my son is a paper airplane fanatic, and we got a lot of enjoyment out of this page. Jim Bement

• January 19, 1998
• Yes, it's true. I can be seen on the Explore page of WebTV!!

• January 18, 1998
• I have just dusted the surface of your Web Site and have been thoroughly impressed with the collection of valuable information you have for classroom teachers and students. Pat Lammers, 3rd/4th grade teacher, Portland, Maine

• January 17, 1998
• I REMEMBER WALTER CRONKITT'S APPROACH TO HISTORY IN THE 60'S ???? "AND YOU WERE THERE". I FELT YOUR ARTICLES HAVE THIS FRESHNESS THAT CHILDREN NEED TODAY. W. KENSEL

• January 12, 1998
• Just a quick note, to let you know how much I enjoy your site and appreciate all the hard work. Although I left childhood long ago, everyone can find something to enjoy with you!Larry Hall

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