With the rapid growth in the number of people accessing the internet for business, information, knowledge or entertainment, more and more portals and platform are now offering students the choice of completing their study online.

People enrolled as an online student has access to high quality online learning resources and can search on forums to post their feedback and queries.

Most online course also provides their students with, audio, video, animations or interactive self tests.Best of all, you can study at your own pace, time and place, although some online courses may also refer to a textbook and some may require limited on campus attendance for completing practical components of the course.

Recent research has shown that online students doing different forms of e-learning courses have been on the uptrend. The type of online learning courses could range from home study courses, long distance correspondence studies, self enrichment courses; skills set enhancement courses, online tuition etc. The recent trend also indicates that the young learners are picking up computer literacy from pre school age starting as young as 3 and a half years old.

In today's advance stage of internet advancement, even the lacking in PC hardware will longer impede one from picking up information or surfing on the net. Internet café has been appearing in different corners of the world and low charges or even free wireless access in many major cities of the world has become a common trend.

While this argues well for internet as a common portal for one to easily search and pick up new knowledge and hobbies alike, parents are concern on the flip side of having their kids expose to unethical or adult contents.

Having a proper understanding of what the World Wide Web could provide thus become a critical part of our life moving forward. Cultivating our children the Do's and Dont's when surfing the net become an essential skill set and knowledge especially for young parents whom themselves could be swarm by the unlimited resources available on the internet.

This quest for online learning and common trend for usage of internet portal for searching of resources and information seems poise for an inevitable growth. The only logical approach for us as parents to undertake will be to educate and arm ourselves with sufficient knowledge and to instill the right and positive approach for obtaining the correct resources and usage of the internet.