Parental Controls

How to Set Parental Controls on Mac OS X. In this article, you’ll learn how to set the parental controls on Apple’s Mac OS X operating system. These step-by-step instructions will be useful to you if your family uses a Mac desktop computer or a Macbook. Please pass this guide on to any parent who uses a Mac in their …

Why Parental Control Software? Parental control software is known by many names including parental software, internet safety software, cyber safety software, monitoring software and so on. Ultimately, its purpose is to monitor and filter internet traffic. Let’s examine why parents may wish to install it and some of the key features and use. Children are using the internet at a …

When Should I Install Monitoring Software? Parents are being bombarded with information on this subject. Two weeks ago we heard of a boy in Australia who retaliated after being bullied for many years, and the video was uploaded to YouTube. Last week we saw images of two girls at a North Island school in a vicious fight, including one taking …

Are You Using the Internet to Babysit Your Children? It’s almost the end of the year.  Fantastic! The kids have completed their exams and we are winding down at work, looking forward to a well deserved break. We plan to put our feet up, relaxing and taking time out, while our kids keep themselves occupied by digging in the garden, flying …

When Should I Install Parental Monitoring Software? Now that cyber safety is being talked about more, and we are seeing more news reports about the dangers, Parents are wondering when they should install such software. From my experience, parents are only thinking about monitoring software when their children are around 12 years of age. The reality is that children are …

Taking Responsibility Around Internet Access Is Not Spying. Parents may sometimes feel that installing parental control software on a computer their children use to access the internet is intrusive.  They may feel that having to purchase software that records everything typed on the computer, as well as recording screen shots of internet sites visited is spying. As a parent, you …