No parent wants to see their child suffer from humiliation and anxiety. Unfortunately, smartphones and popular social media apps don’t make it any easier for parents to ensure the physical and emotional safety of their kids. With the birth of cyberbullying, it’s easier than ever for bullies to harass and intimidate anyone by simply sending threatening messages, posting nasty comments, and spreading rumors online. In fact, the Pew Research Center reports that more than 50% of America’s youth experience some sort of online bullying. This means that internet-based bullying is affecting more than half of teens in the U.S – a worrying trend that needs attention and urgent action because it damages a child’s reputation, affects their mental health, and often leads to feelings of isolation, anxiety, and depression. Read More…
Parental Control Software Articles
4 Tips To Make TikTok Safe for Kids
From viral videos to insane trends, the popular video-sharing app TikTok has people of all ages glued to their devices for several hours a day. The company has over one billion users, with children between the ages of 10 and 19 making up 30% of the daily viewers in the U.S. Kids can use the much-beloved platform to explore creativity and connect with people from around the world. But although TikTok is praised for bringing people closer together, it’s a breeding ground for cyberbullying and predators. In addition, the platform hosts its fair share of inappropriate content that exposes teenagers to profanity, violence, and suggestive material. Fortunately, it’s possible to teach kids about online safety, implement parental control measures, and keep tabs on the viral trends that children are exposed to by following the four simple steps below. Read More…
A Legal Guide To Parental Control Software
We all know about the dangers children face on the internet, like oversharing, cyberbullying, and online predators. That’s why so many parents search for something that will ensure their kids are safe online whether they’re using their desktop, laptop, iPad, iPhone, or Android device. Parental control apps fill that gap, but is it legal to install a monitoring tool on a child’s phone without their permission? This is especially important to consider when you understand how powerful parental control software can be. It allows you to read your child’s text messages and their social media interactions, see pictures saved on their phone, or even know their exact GPS location. The answer depends on a few factors, and here we’ll go through the legality of parental control software. Read More…
How To Filter Internet Content With Parental Control DNS
Have you ever wondered how your computer accesses a website? It might be surprising, but computers can’t actually read the domain names you type. Instead, they ask the website’s DNS server for the corresponding IP, which is then used by your browser to receive the site’s information. However, since this happens so quickly, we don’t even notice this complex process going on in the background. As you can imagine, a Domain Name System (DNS) is crucial to browse the web. It works like a massive phone book that matches domain names to their IP addresses, providing your (or your child’s) computer with data that it can understand in order to access websites. Read More…
How To Make Your iPad Kid-Safe
Contrary to popular belief, letting your kid use an iPad from time to time can be beneficial. This device provides access to countless educational apps, games, and activities that help nurture creativity. They’re also more beneficial to children than watching TV due to their interactive nature. On top of that, there are plenty of PG-rated YouTube channels that your child can watch to learn in an entertaining way without the excessive amount of advertisement that TV comes with. However, the internet can be a dark place, and an iPad left with your toddler unattended could easily expose them to topics that are too mature for their age. Fortunately, there are some steps you can take to prevent this, so you don’t have to worry about leaving a device with your kids. Read More…
How To Keep Your Child Safe on Social Media
More than ever, the internet is an ever-present part of our lives and that’s especially true for kids who can’t cope without it. Since 53% of children in the U.S. own a smartphone by age 11 (rising to 84% for teenagers), they have access to the internet all the time. When it comes to social media, it’s a similar story with about 58% of children aged eight and older having social media accounts. Understandably, this is worrying for parents as without guidance social media can have a negative impact on kids. Whether it’s because of cyberbullying, sexual predators, hate speech, or a lack of focus on schoolwork, it’s important to keep your children safe while they’re using social media. It might seem like an impossible task, but there are plenty of tools to help you keep track of your kids’ online activity and ensure they’re always safe online. Read More…
6 Internet Safety Tips for Parents
Parenting is a lot different from how it used to be and the dangers children face have changed dramatically. Children can now spend all their time online, either at home or school by using their phone, computer, tablet, or games console. Although the internet certainly has its benefits (where would we be without it?) there are plenty of hazards too. Whether it’s cyberbullying, predators, phishing scams, or oversharing, protecting kids online might sound like an impossible task for parents. But you don’t need to do it alone, and here we picked six tips for you to help your children stay safe online. Read More…