If what you have seen in this series on online safety is going to give you sleepless nights about what your children may be doing online and you want to take it to the next level, here are some software options to stop predators cold.
Online safety programs: ParentsOnPatrol and Razzul
- ParentsOnPatrol allows you to monitor your teens chat.
- You pick keywords (eg: sex, drugs, suicide) that you find disturbing and the software emails you if your child has an online chat with those words appearing.
- The software allows you to block people you find questionable, or predatory.
- ParentsOnPatrol is server-based so you can access it from anywhere, and see the chat session in question.
- Razzul only allows child-friendly sites to be accessed.
- Razzul will allow you to set reminders for your child that will pop up (eg: "4.30 pm, time to get ready for ballet") and also will allow you to limit the child's time per 24 hours on the computer and will keep track of the time even if it is spent in increments.
To get more information visit www.parentsonpatrol.org and www.kidinnovation.com
