parental control for kids on internet

[petekeith]

Does anyone know of any programs to stop kids getting into adult sites.
My 7 year old son was online looking for games and found a site called 3dsexygames which is just porn.
Any idea about programs to block either going into sites or block words. Thanks

[pug100]

Hi,
There used to be software around when the internet was still new to monitor and block adult and unsuitable sites from children Net Nanny and Cyber Patrol were just two of them. There is a link to a comparison site on the right of this page called parental control software, you could look there.
The best way to make sure a child is not going onto adult sites is not to leave them unsupervised whilst they are online.

[trish432]

Have you tried internet options,in tools. Click on contents and you can select what can be viewed. Don`t know how good it is but worth a try.

[Lil O'lady]

Another good way to keep kids e-safe is to keep the computer in a family area - so 'no secrets' - and to agree what should be done if child sees something that is unpleasant or experiences attempted grooming ie someone makes them feel uncomfortable. I'd recommend you keep the blame out so child feels safe in going to you or another adult to 'tell'.
Kids can see nasty things in a newsagents or on telly - the internet isn't unique in that respect - so you can't expect to be able to prevent a child ever encountering 'stuff' online, but what you can do is work out together how you will deal with it.
You can download a little gizmo called 'Hector protector' which is intended for quite young children, and puts a dolphin avatar on the browser that 'protects' the viewer till an adult comes and resolves the problem.
Your son's school should have advice for you as well, as part of their e-safety policy, but if they don't you can get e-safety info from Kent Grid for Learning.
Ultimately no single piece of software can automatically prevent children from deliberately or accidentally accessing inappropriate sites. It may appal you to know but some of these sites deliberately evade filters and are passed between adolescents as 'the currency of cool'.
However, automatic filtering software can block important information sites - I came across one software that blocked all references to Jane Austen because one of her books has reference to a Victorian ladies handwarmer, or muff....
OOps that's me probably blocked for ever by AB for 'using language...

[bill107]

This timer might give some help http://tinnes.org.uk/shutdown/index.html

[alfgbt]

ve been using this freeware program for a while now & sems to be doing the job.
http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive /downloads/2167946/naomi-web-filtering-softwar e

[leadsoutiu]

hey there you should use software. Though most of thesoftware doesn't work perfectly to block porn

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