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How do I put Parental Controls on my PC to keep My Children safe online?

Keeping youngsters safe online can be a harder task than it sounds. There are many innapropriate and pornographic websites around which you would want to protect your children from. Here are a few ways to introduce parental controls on your PC.

You can purchase software online which can provide this type of service. Just entering 'parental controls' into a search engine presents you with many different packages designed for this. These will help to block any website which contain innapropriate content.

The best way to protect your child online is to be open with them and for them to be open with you. Speak to them and guide them on whats safe and what isn't. Try not to lecture but instead inform and educate on the dangers of the internet. Also keep your computer in a family room which you can monitor at all times and password protect your internet connection so only you can grant your child access to the internet.

This has its problems, your child may feel as though you don't trust in them to visit only appropriate sites. Therefore, we would recommend you give them free access and monitor their usage before password protecting your connection.