Do it yourself:Get Control of What Your Kids Do Online
Kids abuse in online is a major problem now a days. Every Now and then we saw a newspaper report on it. Sometime it’s picture abuse, sometime money cheating or sometime bad than this murder. Everybody want that there child should learn good things from net and it’s hard to prevent them as most of their friends use this and get good knowledge. So all can you do is to watch out their behaviour and install proper software.
Here are some important signs parents should look for:
* The child spends an increasing amount of time online.
* Your child is withdrawing from his usual activities, starts acting or dressing very differently.
* Chronic misbehavior at home or in school and declining grades.
* Your child’s behavior is becoming increasingly secretive. You notice him clicking out of Web sites when you enter the room and he talks to or texts people you’ve never heard him mention before.
What can you do to stem this behavior or, better yet, make sure it does not become an issue for your family?
* Make sure all computers are located in a central room of the house where all family members have access to them.
* Talk to kids regularly about the dangers of online predators and how their behavior online can have real consequences.
* Set ground rules and enforce them. Place limits on the time kids can spend online and make it clear you will not tolerate certain online behavior.
* Invest in good parental control/monitoring software to record and control your child’s PC activity.
And here is some software name which you should use to control your child activity in net.
WebWatcher: WebWatcher is the most powerful and easy to use computer monitoring software available. WebWatcher allows you to:
- Monitor children key strokes real-time from anywhere
- Block ANY webpage based on content or web address
- Read Instant Message (IM or “Chat”) Conversations
- Read Incoming and Outgoing Email
- Log every keystroke
- Take pictures of screen shots so you can see EXACTLY what is typed, surfed or read
- Record online and offline activities
- Quickly sift through data using unique keyword system
PC Time Limit: It allows you to set limits on how much time your child spends on the computer or online. You can share the same computer among your children by setting an individual time table for each child. Also you can prevent the PC usage until the specified date, after the specified date or between specified dates. The ‘PC TIME LIMIT’ records all actions to a log file so you will know when and how much your child used the PC. The password control prevents unauthorized users to change settings and uninstall the product. Another security features: it prevents new software installation, disables the Task Manager, restricts access to Control Panel applets.
Anti-Porn – A comprehensive net filter software to protect children from Porn web contents.
Main features:
- Block porn web sites
- Limit Internet chat
- Limit Internet access by day and time
- Keep a complete log of the computer history
- Record traffic data for an overview of Internet use
- Commend trusted web sites
So take care of your child and secure them as much as possible from Internet abuse.
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