Sunday, November 2, 2008

Content Blocking or Monitoring Whats the Best Way to Protect Kids Online

Why Do We Need To Protect Our Kids Online?

 

 

Let’s face it; being a parent is a tough job and computers and the internet has brought us a mixed blessing. It’s great that there is a way for kids to play games, find out information, do their homework, talk with their friends, and get caught up in X-rated websites and cartoon anime nudes.............  Whoah, it actually does happen some of the time.

 

 

Shall we give one rousing cheer for progress? This is why its necessary to have software which provides blocking and monitoring. As parents, we are responsible for keeping our kids safe and the Internet is a dangerous place.

 

 

 

Net Nanny Blocks Like A Football Star, PC Tattletale Tells All

 

 

 

Kids do not always recognize the dangers at first and they don't ever tell their parents everything. So software like PC Tattletale and Net Nanny are perfect babysitters...And yes it really does tattle tale. Blocking sites and using filters is what Net Nanny does and this works really well for younger kids that are not surfing the net, but being protected from inappropriate pop ups and content. The smaller children just want access to their games and they are good to go.

 

  

Blame It On The Hormones

 

If things are blocked for older kids, that makes them more curious, and all they have to do is go to a friend’s home, log on, and try to find out what was being blocked. Older children will be more attracted by the forbidden computer fruit.

 

 

 When parents told us not to see certain things, what did we do? Of course- we just had to take a peek or try it out some of the time. Tell your teenagers not to do something and your encouraging them all the more. With PC Tattletale… let them spend hours online, I know what they are doing and this gives me peace of mind.

 

 

 

The Tattler Will Rat Them Out

 

 

PC Tattletale and other parent monitoring software are different from the content blockers. These are the programs that will let you know every move your children are making on the less restricted computers. This is the monitoring that really does rat your kids out. If they hit a key, I have a record of it. Their sites, chats and messages; even emails can be monitored for appropriate behavior. The software lets you do this without being anywhere around the kids. You get the information on your computer and can check it whenever you want. You don’t even have to alert the older ones to the fact that you are watching them. You have always watched them so this is nothing new.  This monitoring allows me to check up on my kids and keep them safe.

 

 

 

NetNanny For The Younger Crowd and Monitor The Older Ones

 

 

 

The upshot is this…Net Nanny and other blocking programs will work for kids up to about 9 or 10.  This program does just what it says…it blocks out the inappropriate content.  For older kids get the parental monitoring software and use it...in this case, it is better safe than sorry...

 

Author Tony Hilton wrote this review to let you know ways to make your kids safe...if you have a comment, please visit with Tony @ fix-this-computer.com

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