Nowadays,
thanks to the studies carried out, it can be affirmed that the
vast majority of children who are 10 years old access the internet daily to be able
to play games, watch online videos, access social networks, etc.
Faced
with this situation, it is highly recommended that the parents of these
children take measures to control the sites that their children are
visiting and in this way to avoid the dangers that are hidden in the
network.
Given
the situation we have raised, in the course of this article we will see an
introduction on this subject and the possible tools available to parents to
deal with this real problem. In future articles or post we will see in
detail how we can configure some of the tools that will be cited in this post.
WHAT IS PARENTAL CONTROL? WHAT IS IT FOR?
A
parental control system is a tool that allows parents to control and / or
limit the content that minors can use on the computer and can access the
internet.
So
therefore a parental control will basically serve for the following
aspects:
1. Preventing children from coming into
contact with unknown or dangerous people such as sexual predators and
stalkers, etc. In this way we can avoid what we
call grooming, cyber bullying, sexting, etc.
2. Prevent children from visiting
inappropriate websites such as erotic websites that promote racism, that
promote violence or other adult content sites.
3. Prevent children from abusing the
internet and the computer by preventing them from connecting for too many hours
or at inappropriate times.
4. Those children do not use certain
applications because we consider them dangerous. For example, we can
block access to chat programs, etc.
5. To control and monitor the activity of
minors on the internet. In this way, with parental control, we can obtain information about the
web pages that are visited, participation in social networks, etc.
Note:
Despite the effectiveness of Parental Controls, it is always advisable to have talks
with your children. The talks we have with them may be much more effective
than parental control tools.
BASIC FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY A PARENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM
Reading
the previous section, the vast majority of you will already deduce
that the main functions that parental control can perform are the
following:
1.
Control
the websites that can be visited. Parental control will allow blocking websites based on
keywords that we can define, based on a white or black list that we can define,
etc.
2.
Control
the hours and hours in which our children can use the computer and be
connected to the internet.
3.
Block
certain applications and programs so that our children cannot access
them. In this way, we can prevent our children from having access to
certain programs such as instant messaging programs, email management
applications, access to the web browser, access to Google Play or Apple Store
to make purchases, etc.
4.
Monitoring
of the actions that our children carry out with the computer. In this way,
we can record the web pages our children visit, the time they spend on each of
the pages they visit, see their browsing habits, etc.
5.
Block
outgoing traffic from our computer to prevent minors from providing
personal information to unknown persons. The type of information that can
be blocked is the data that we usually put in contact forms, bank details, etc.
6.
On
web pages there are a series of labels that classify the content of the
same. Based on these labels, certain parental controls can block
access to certain web pages based on their labeling.
7.
Remote
connection to the minor's computer by the father. In this way, the father,
wherever he is, can always know in real time what his son is doing on the
computer.
Note:
Not all parental control solutions can perform all of the
functions we just performed. It is possible that there are parental
control systems that only include part of the possible functions that we have
described.
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