Protect your kids and learn how to prevent them from accessing adult content online. Please take some time to read and understand the following in order to create safe surfing experience for your children.
1. Use Parental Control Software. There are several paid and free parental control software products:
- ICRAPlus http://www.icra.org/icraplus/ (free)
- Parental Control That Work http://www.parentalcontrolsthatwork.com (free)
- CyberPatrol http://www.cyberpatrol.com/
- NetNany http://www.netnanny.com/
- SafetySurf http://www.safetysurf.com/
Take time to setup and adjust the software. All software providers already have a list of unpropriate sites to be blocked by the software. This list need to be updated regularly either manually by the user ot automatically by the software. Make sure your list is up-to-date.
2. Check the Internet browser History. Browser's history can be located on different menus on the different browsers, but simply press Ctrl+H to open the history menu arranged by days.
3. Communicate with your kids. Explain them why they should never give out their personal information e.g. name, address, why they should never met new online friends without your presence. Tell them to inform you if they see something disturbing or inappropriate online. Do not punish or blame them!!!
4. Supervise your children's online activities. Do not leave them unattended while they are surfing the internet.
Visit Kids Get Netwise http://kids.getnetwise.org/ for more Internet safety information and learn more about ICRA Here
