Advice for parents from parents experienced with web security

Advice for parents from parents experienced with web security

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Caller ID Logging

Traysoft PhoneTray is software that sits on your desktop and logs, displays and speaks caller id information when inbound phone calls are received in your home.  This software make use of your unused modem.

Reading material

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children offers a guide called “Child Safety on the Information Highway

The Children’s Partnership  publishes “The Parents’ guide to the information superhighway

Instant Messenger Monitoring

E-Spy-Software.com ChatBlocker allows parents to restrict times when their children are instant messaging.  This software also logs conversations so that you can make sure your children are talking with people you approve of as well as monitor the content of the messages exchanged.

NetSmartz411

A tremendous resource for parents made available by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.  Site includes the ability to ask an expert if you have questions about your child’s online activities.

Restricting Web Surfing

ContentWatch.com ContentProtect keeps an up-to-date list of websites and categorizes them so that you can restrict the types of sites your children can visit.  It also can restrict the times at which these sites can be visited.  Restrictions can be overridden with an administrative password.

Protection Suites

McAfee, Symantec and CA all offer suites of protection that can help you keep your children and your home network safe from online threats.

Resources

Software from various vendors can be used together to provide a comprehensive approach to keeping your kids safe online.