Parental Control

[ysnnim]

Posted here to get a bigger audience...

Have 11 and 8 year old, more and more time spent online, can you lot suggest the best (free if possible) S/W to control what they can/cannot access.

Cheers

David

[james_tigerwoods]

Give them each one of these and say the internet's changed a bit:

[Eddh]

Let them see what they want. Never did me any harm.

Goes off to watch 2 girls 1 cup on repeat.

[bigdods]

I've been using k9 for over a year now. Free. It works. And it barks like a dog when they go somewhere they shouldnt .

http://www1.k9webprotection.com/

[Switch`]

When my father asked me to find some way of stopping my little brother (13 at the time) from looking at naked ladies on the internets because my mother found the idea distressing.

Long and short of it, no matter how good my technical knowledge is, I would still be pitting it against a teenage boy's want to look at naked ladies, and that's a battle I don't see myself winning!

Short of restricting them to a set list of websites they CAN access instead of a list they CANT. its all rather futile in my opinion

[spants]

to restrict the time, look at Windows 7 or AccessBoss.

To restrict the content, try www.opendns.com (free) - can block proxies and mature content. You will also need to block "ultrasurf" which is the schoolboys weapon of choice to get round firewalls. A good program is here http://blog.zemana.com/2009/01/zemana-anti-ultrasu...

Also, set the account for the child to a restricted/limited account, not admin.

Tony

[deckster]

Set the router to log all requests. Every week, pin the router logs to the kitchen noticeboard.

Job done.

[Mattt]

Whatever you do, he will find a way round it - IMO you'd be better off talking to him about what is and isn't acceptable and why.

[Tiggsy]

At 11 and 8 they need some sort of protection on there. The idea that they will just "find it anyway" is daft...do you want an 8 yr old seeing 2 cups? beheadings? god knows what? Sure, 13+ they will be keener to see stuff than you are clever enough to stop.....but at 8 (and 11) you need nanny software on there.

[Switch`]

Agreed 8 and 11 nanny it up.
But be aware that it is NOT going to stop them when they finally want to.

Better to sit down and talk it out rather than try and block it (makes it more thrilling to pass it)

My 2c anyway