Parental+Contorls

=Tips About Parental Controls:=

//" Parents’ commitment to understanding their children’s online activities and setting age appropriate rules, along with the use of software to help monitor and enforce the rules, provide the best combination to protect kids online."//

1. **Parents should limit the amount of time children spend online**
 * For example this may mean only certain days of the week, some extra time on the weekends or enforcing a set time at night by which the computer must go off.

2. **Parents should approve online contacts**
 * Screened and pre-approved by parents.
 * Additions to the email address book and IM buddy list should be made by parent.
 * Parental controls software to block contacts from anyone not in the address book or on the buddy list

3. **Parents should keep the private information for themselves**
 * Tell children to not give out any personal information online.(websites, email, IM)
 * Tell children to keep passwords/personal information private. It is important that they know certain information cannot be shared with anyone.

4. **Parents should have control over which websites they will allow**
 * Parent control programs can be used to block specific websites they also prevent children from navigating away from children-oriented websites that include advertising schemes that are not appropriate for children.

5. **Parents should establish clear computer ownership**
 * Parents should be very clear in establishing their superior ownership of all the computers in the house. Parents should always have password control and remember to reset passwords in order to keep children from signing into the computer without permission.

=A good example of a Parental Control Program is a software called Safe Eyes.=

[|Safe Eyes] Parental Controls Include:

 * 1) Content Controls - Flexible content control allows you to select the types of website that are appropriate.
 * 2) Program Controls - Control Instant Messengers, P2P File Sharing, and other harmful programs.
 * 3) Time Controls - Control the amount of time spent online, and the times when the internet is available.
 * 4) Usage Logging - Create and review logs of websites visited, programs used on the Internet, and Instant Messaging Chats.
 * 5) Usage Alerts - Be notified instantly via email, text message, or phone call when someone visits inappropriate websites.

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