Net Security For Children
My two grand daughters (8 & 11) both have laptops. They are very smart, especially the 11 year old. From time to time as they do a Google search, porn will pop up. Porn sites now use very inane sets of words to get linked to searches.
Tonight I finally gave up and purchased Net Nanny. I have it set up to not allow any option to visit a blocked page.
Has anyone else used Net Nanny or similar programs for their children’s computers? Any and all tips and tricks would be appreciated.
I appreciate all the anonymous views. Responses would be greatly appreciated too.
My kids had computer use time, but it was strictly supervised when they were on it. I always sat within view of the monitor so.. no never had to use Net Nanny or anything like that.. I was the Net Nanny.
Good luck.
No help here. Sorry. Never had porn pop up accidentally. Had to really look hard to find it. But I have an apple computer? Still google should work the same. good luck.
http://www.kidzui.com/ Just did some surfing of my own.. there’s a kids browser that is supposed to block all porn n bad stuffs.
I’m thinking of looking into something like that for mine but I’m still not sure after seeing what my sister’s did to her computer even with parental controls and all. For now they’re only allowed on to complete school assignments and so far they’ve been very obedient when I tell them not to touch anything or leave the page
If the kids are 8 and 11, I would just set the program to the highest, most secure settings and just monitor them for a few days and see what happens. At that age, there is probably nothing they need that goes beyond the maximum security settings. It is good to hear those concerned about what the children are seeing on the internet…Good for you…
Try this:
http://www1.k9webprotection.com/
I have been using this for a while.
There are settings where you can type in your own words and settings to block all sorts of forbidden things including violence, drug mentions and etc…
Your settings are saved on THEIR servers in your account instead of on your own computer so kids cant outsmart you by deleting any settings from a log file.
Its FREE too.
Never used net nanny. House computer rules have always worked best for us. You abuse it , you loose it rule, had to be put in place recently due to one of the kids looking for porn. To 12-15 year old boys and girls they find it sucks not having the internet. I use firefox blocksite add on , if for what ever reason a certain site becomes a problem.