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How to Monitor Your Kids on the Web
By admin | March 6, 2008
The Internet can be a dangerous place for children and teens, especially if parents do not effectively monitor the actions and behaviors of their children while online. This includes physically checking in on what your children are doing online by looking over their shoulder. It can also include using parental monitoring software.
Today, parental monitoring and control software can be a tremendous tool for parents to keep an eye on their kids and ensure that they are not getting into trouble or being taken advantage of by someone online. Statistics say that one in four teens are solicited for sex online and many others unknowingly make their parents victims of identity or credit card fraud.
With these monitoring programs, parents can read their kids’ email, instant messages, chat conversations, see the websites they visit, the search terms they use on Google, Yahoo and other search engines and much more. Parents can install these programs secretly or let their children know that they will be monitoring them.
A few of the better programs that allow parents to monitor kids online are WebWatcher, Spector Pro and PC Tattletale. A few of these programs even offer remote monitoring services, which allow parents to see what their kids are doing on the computer in real-time, no matter where the parent is located. The parent can be at work, in a hotel or in their bedroom and they can monitor their children’s computers.
Protecting your children while they are online is an important role for parents in today’s day and age. Unfortunately, this can be a difficult task unless you incorporate the use of these types of programs. Yes, it may feel like you are invading the privacy of your child or teen, but it is also a necessary means of protecting them.
Topics: Kids Safety, Kids & Tech, Kids, Kids, Kids, Parenting Advice, Parenting News |
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