The Internet Needs a Dot Kids Domain The Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002 proposes the creation of a second-level domain at within the United States top-level domain of this country that sets aside an address on the Internet and World Wide Web for information appropriate to children 12 years of age and younger. Various pro-family groups fully support and support this initiative. For example, those at the National Law Center for Children and Families can say wholeheartedly that such rule is necessary, would be a welcome comfort to parents and educators who have the interests of our children and grandchildren at heart, and is a constitutionally feasible. that our government can provide. There are those who will complain that Congress and our government shouldn't be creating domains at all, but Congress and the United States government created the Internet and have a stake in its development and usefulness, including to children, who are our most dependent citizens. Whether management of a .kids.us subdomain is outside of the agency's direct control or whether what is "suitable" is left to the discretion and best judgment of those entrusted with management of the U.S. domain and of the Dot Kids subdomain are not serious problems. The Dot Kids domain would not be a public forum, but rather a free, proprietary public service of the government. Courts should not find it acceptable for challengers to claim vagueness or access rights to this domain or its operation. A Dot Kids domain should be free from judicial oversight and immune from outside requests, just as the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution have the right to manage their own collections and decide what content and links to place on their websites, as does every other agency federal. If the U.S. Park Service decides to create a playground for children under 13 and exclude older children and adults, it should be able to do so, and if Congress creates an online safe haven for children under 13 years old to find suitable, age-appropriate information and entertainment, should be able to.