Parental Control Tools can help keep your kids safe while on the Internet. They block or prevent harmful and explicit sites or materials.
What They Can Not Do?
No parental control tool is 100% reliable. Not only do tools inadvertently allow access to some inappropriate material and block access to some valuable information, but savvy children may be able to get around the controls.
Where Can You Find Them?
There are two primary places from which parents can obtain the control tools.
Your Local Computer or Retail Store, here you can buy "blocking and filtering" software, such as Cyber Patrol and CYBERsitter, that includes features similar to the ones provided by an ISP. You have to set up these products on your own computer.
Your Web Browser, you also can use certain Web browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, to enforce parental control rating systems. Keep an eye on other parental control tools, such as "safe areas" for kids, new types of rating systems, and search engines designed to find only information that has been approved for families.