How to Protect Your Children Online

Block Pages, or Log Keystrokes?happened on that computer. One huge advantage of
What is the best method?this type of software is that it is completely invisible
Few of us want to dwell on the subject of childto the user, you know it's there but the person using
abuse. but it is a very real and unfortunate fact ofthe computer does not, (this is also useful if you
life in today's world. The effects on Children can besuspect your spouse is having an online or offline
devastating, and have a lifelong negative effect. As aaffair) installation is simple, and generally will install
parent what would you be willing to do to insure youritself.
child's safety? Learning about threats to Your childrenBlocking Software
and how to deal with them is not enough, you needBlocking software is just that, it keeps undesirable
to provide for thier safety. there are two types ofwebsites from showing up. it has a built in list of
programs that will satisfy different needs, both arerestricted sites that is updated frequently (often
effective and approach the problem differently.everyday) and blocks sites based on other criteria
Key loggerssuch as hate speech etc. this type of software is
Software like I am Big Brother (above) is keyloggingbest suited to younger individuals as it's presence is
software, it will record every key stroke entered onobvious, and will sometimes but not often block
the subject computer, and you can see what hasaccess to completely safe sites. And don't worry
been typed including both sides of an instantabout downloading these software titles, both of
messaging chat session, what web sites were visited,them are on Secure servers, it's actually safer than
any emails sent or recieved, what programs wereusing the telephone.
used, and pretty much anything else that has