Internet is a great pool of resources for kids. It helps them a lot in understanding the world better and faster. But it can pose a great danger for their security and privacy, if they online activities are not properly monitored.

It is extremely important for the parents to understand the need to monitor kids’ online activities. It doesn’t mean that you have to spy upon your kids. Instead you have to do it in proper consultation with your kids, and with their knowledge. You have to take them into confidence and make it clear that monitoring their online activities is in fact in their own interests.

Norton OnlineFamily – Kids Internet Security Software / Application

There are lots of parental control software available in the market. Most of them operate on the basis of Whitelists and Blacklists. They simply block the websites deemed to be inappropriate for the particular age-group.

But Norton Online Family is Internet based parental control application to monitor the kids’ online activities. It matches Web sites with over 40 distinct topic categories. Parents can set it to block sites, allow access but with a warning, or simply monitor online activity. A full record of sites visited is available to the parent, but irrelevant third-party URLs like ads are filtered out.

Norton OnlineFamily Software can force many search engines to run in “safe search” mode, filtering out inappropriate sites. It also tracks search terms in many search engines including Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Wikipedia, and more. The product’s time-management feature can define a time span during which computer use is permitted and also set a daily limit, with separate settings for weekdays and weekends.

Here is a nice YouTube video depicting how to use this Kids Internet Security Software.

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