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Parental Control Software: The Features To Use |
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| Date Added: October 23, 2010 01:21:17 PM | |
| Author: miokayla99 | |
| Category: Computers: Software | |
Parental control software is a type of software tool for your home computers that controls computer usage, filters the Web content, thereby allowing parents to secure a safe online experience for their family members. When you decide to use a parental control software program for your family, there are necessary features you should seek. First of all, the software should be user-friendly and easy to install and set up. Secondly, the package should be shielded with a password and difficult for savvy kids and teens to turn it off. It should filter or block anything that a parent considers improper for a child. Some programs include profanity masking - even in emails and instant messages - a proxy guard to keep your child from visiting a proxy site to avert the parental control programs, and social networking controls to block or control your child's conduct on popular websites, including Facebook and MySpace. There are also parental controls that offer chat control. This feature is great for blocking improper words and reporting live conversations for you to know who your child is talking with and what they are discussing when you are unable to monitor. Other features which parents may consider valuable include time limiting that allows you to establish a schedule for your child's Internet usage to certain times of the day and reporting features which will give you a detailed report of all of the Web activity on your computer. Some of the software packages also have pre-set profiles based upon age purpose-built to create a very user-friendly set-up for parents who are not as computer-literate as they would like to be when it comes to shielding their children from some of the dangers arising out of browsing the Internet. Some software packages allow parents to use the software on a network of up to three home computers. This is a great feature to seek, if you have a few computers at home or if your kid has their own portable computer. Though the software packages are similar and are designed to allow parents to monitor computer usage and filter the Web content, they have some differences in features that may make one or another more appropriate for your family or situation. For example, some software packages really work well with social networking sites while some do not, so if your child has a personal 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 thoroughly to decide which program is suitable for you. |
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