What
Can Parental Control Tools Do?
- 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.
Below are some
popular parental control software:
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