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Parental Control Software Protects From Web Dangers
Date Added: May 30, 2010 02:20:58 AM
Author: miokayla99
Category: Entertainment: Shopping and Services

Parental control software is a kind of software package for your home computer which monitors computer use, filters the Internet content, thereby allowing parents to secure a safe overall online experience for their family members. When choosing parental control software for your family, pay attention to the features discussed below. First and foremost, the software should be user-friendly. Secondly, the software should be shielded with a password and not easily turned off by Web savvy kids and teens. It should block or filter anything that a parent finds inappropriate for a kid. Some software programs include profanity masking - even in emails and instant messages - a proxy guard to keep your kid from visiting a proxy website to avert the parental controls, and social networking control programs to block or control your kid's behavior on the most popular sites, such as Facebook and MySpace. There are also parental controls that provide chat monitoring. This feature is great for filtering improper words and reporting live chat conversations for you to have an idea who your kid is talking to and what they are discussing when you are unable to monitor. Other features that parents may find valuable include time limiting that allows you to establish a schedule for your kid's Internet use to certain times of the day and reporting features that will give you a detailed report of all of the Internet activity on your computer. Some of the parental controls also have pre-set profiles based on age groups purpose-built to create a very user-friendly set-up for computer-illiterate parents who want to protect their children from some of the dangers arising out of surfing on the Internet. Some software tools allow parents to use the package on a network containing up to three home computers. This feature is especially great, if you have several computers at home or if your kid has their own portable PC. Even though the software programs have a lot in common and are designed to allow parents to monitor computer use and filter the Web content, they are different in features that may make one or another work better for your family or situation. For instance, some parental controls really work well with social networking websites while some do not, so if your child has a profile on any of these websites, you will want to choose a parental control that has those features. Each software tool has something different to offer, so take the time to read each review carefully to decide which software program suits your needs best.
 
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