Re: Parental controls on browsers -- PCTECH

My experience goes back a few years but after installing expensive blocking/monitoring software to "protect" my kids I found that it made it virtually impossible for them to do their homework research - among other problems. Too many words have dual meaning!

In the end I decided that "trust but verify" was the best approach and took off the blocks and monitored the sites they had visited from time to time. In this world of internet everywhere you can't stop them if they are determined. Only had problems with one of the kids (of four) and he'd have found what he wanted at a friends house or whatever anyway. The fact that I knew that he had visited "nasty" websites gave me the opportunity to talk to him about it and it stopped.

Just my 5 cents. I tend to believe that we way over protect (or try to) our kids these days.

On 2013-06-21, at 11:07 AM, "Vidal, Peter" <Peter.Vidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

List!
Well, I have two boys, 8 and 5, and I have started to look around for good parental controls on browsers. I not only need to have websites blocked but I need to exclude specific words to be searched and specific images to be blocked. If I use Yahoo SafeSearch Filter, I can switch to IMAGES and see stuff. I would say the same thing with Google SafeSearch:

a) IE - Microsoft has the Windows Live FAMILY SAFETY but that does not do all that I need. I do not think it blocks words I am searching in.

b) FireFox - No built in PC features (sad). I know that there are add-ins available but I am looking for the best one, based on your experience, if any.

c) Chrome - No built in PC features (sad). I know that there are add-ins available but I am looking for the best one, based on your experience, if any.

I reviewed www.download.com<http://www.download.com> and other sites, looking for the best acceptable solutions out there. My preference is FREE but if I have to pay, obviously, I will. I know that the solution is not perfect and is a combination of tools, wise teaching, and building integrity and trust between your child and you. I just want to have a sense of what you guys are exposed and have experience with.

Thank you all in advance for your suggestions / comments.

Peter Vidal

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