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Top 6 Parental Control Software

Sep 5, 2016 | 1 Votes

by shilpa 10 rate Your vote With the internet being such an important part of kids' lives in this modern day, as a parent, you may require some help in ensuring that your child is protected from the more dangerous parts of the internet. This is where parental control software comes in! Games Educate Kids - Top 6 Parental Control Software

Games Educate Kids - Top 6 Parental Control Software

“Children” is another word for little humans with bubbling curiosity and an insatiable eagerness to find out how things work.

In this fast moving world where the boundary between the sane and the insane is gradually vanishing with the onslaught of the unfiltered paradigm called Internet, it is becoming the parent’s duty to shield their kids from the purge. What creates a problem for parents is that right now the ethical whiteboard within kids does not have a mark, which means they do not know what is right or what is wrong.

In a physical world, children understand the difference between right and wrong thanks to the reactions of the people around them, but when handling a PC or a mobile phone, they are mostly unattended, making children unable to figure out exactly what is right and what is wrong. So who will protect them from the dark side of the electronic age? Who will shelter them from the internet when the parents are not present? That’s right. Parental Control Software would! Find out about the top 6 parental control software for the PC here:

#1: OpenDNS Family Shield

FamilyShield is exactly what it sounds like. This software is a favorite and has become a sleeper hit in 2016. It is simple to use and gives good protection. The software blocks domains that have been categorized in OpenDNS as nudity/ pornography/ tasteless/ anonymizer. There are a lot of different categories of blocking and FamilyShield has successfully stayed the hand of Internet from damaging kids.

#2: Qustodio

This is a great free software if your family is small and has only one computer for accessing entertainment. This software lists the entire usage activity, i.e. what the person did on the computer, and it displays the data in the form of a percentile, i.e. the amount of time invested by the person in the computer doing exactly what. Qustodio also helps in protecting children from pornography, sexuality, and even enables you to set rules of your own, and also a timer for usage. Moreover the paid version comes for a 5 device support with SMS monitoring and social media control filters.

#3: Net Nanny

It is yet another premium use software, and has been cited by multiple magazines as the best. Why? Well, it’s pretty obvious once you reached their website – this parental control software is not only available on the PC; you can even use it on any of your mobile devices, regardless of which operating system it runs on... and yes, that includes Android, iOS and Microsoft Windows for phones. Net Nanny has web based filtering and reporting which means greater and more dynamic protection. It also has cross-device internet allowance and email notifications.

#4: Norton Family

Norton is a trusted security brand and therefore anything they produced is bound to be a great software. This brings us to the parental control software Norton has released which is called Norton Family. It gives you, the parent full control over their kid’s activities. Although the paid version unlocks more options but the free version itself is an excellent, albeit basic, tool to monitor kids and their online activities all at the same time protecting them from the more dangerous parts of the internet.

#5: KidLogger

Available on PC and Android, KidLogger is a software that you might think as something that breaches privacy, but if you think that your young ‘un is keeping something from you, necessary precautions have to be taken and he must be spied on. You might feel that you are cheating on your kid but if it’s his security on the line, then you are not crossing any line. This software logs all the activities including keystrokes, Skype calls, browsing patterns etc.

#6: WebFilter Pro

WebFilter Pro is a cloud-based add-on for your Chrome or Firefox browsers, which adds filters to web browsing. Similar to other filtering software, this browser add on can block any adult content including drugs and porn, known spam sites, proxy servers and inappropriate content. It also blocks media streaming sites and social media websites. However, this add-on is free despite being as good as any other filtering software and that you hardly need to install it – since it’s an add-on and all. Additionally, you can also create your own list of websites to blacklist or whitelist, depending on your child’s browsing habits.

So there you have it - A definitive guide to the top 6 parental control software. Hopefully these software programs should help you set up your PCs or devices and make them ready for that momentous day when you’ll introduce the wonders of the internet and its treasure trove of online educational games to your kids.