Slightly OT: Parental Control software

My 6 year old daughter uses the computer to surf on Nick Jnr and other young
child orientated web sites. She was on with one of her friends the other
day and we heard laughter. Apparently, they were trying to find pictures of
mermaids in google and got some pictures of mermaids with their breasts
out!!! lol

This got me thinking. Can anyone recommend and parental control software to
limit what images get displayed whilst browsing?

TIA

Slider wrote:
>
> This got me thinking. Can anyone recommend and parental control
> software to limit what images get displayed whilst browsing?

http://www.k9webprotection.com. Free and does 95% of what I want.

Grant wrote:
> Slider wrote:
>>
>> This got me thinking. Can anyone recommend and parental control
>> software to limit what images get displayed whilst browsing?
>
> http://www.k9webprotection.com. Free and does 95% of what I want.

second that.. Excellent software, has no performance impact and easily
configurable.

Gaz

To restore balance to the world Slider wrote in fvpvbq$9cb$(E-Mail Removed)
>> My 6 year old daughter uses the computer to surf on Nick Jnr and
>> other young child orientated web sites. She was on with one of her
>> friends the other day and we heard laughter. Apparently, they were
>> trying to find pictures of mermaids in google and got some pictures
>> of mermaids with their breasts out!!! lol
>>
>> This got me thinking. Can anyone recommend and parental control
>> software to limit what images get displayed whilst browsing?
>>
>> TIA

Cyber Sitter http://www.cybersitter.com/

Have used at home and still do sometimes and at work great bit of software
(not free)

Chris

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> >> This got me thinking. Can anyone recommend and parental control
> >> software to limit what images get displayed whilst browsing?
> > http://www.k9webprotection.com. Free and does 95% of what I want.
> second that.. Excellent software, has no performance impact and easily
> configurable.

Thirded :-)

....and if the little buggers ever figure out what your password is to
uninstall / disable it, they email you to warn you !

Colin Wilson wrote:
> ....and if the little buggers ever figure out what your password is to
> uninstall / disable it, they email you to warn you !

Best not use the same password you use for your email account, then :-)

Owain

Will these programmes stop pictures of mermaids appearing from Google?
Mermaids are not what I thought adult material was about.
Slider these days it is surprising what young girls talk about and know
about these days. At the age of your girls my grandchildren knew about
breasts and were looking to be older to have theirs. At 5/6 said to my
wife we want some like yours grandma. I then talked to the mums with girls
I work with about them talking breasts so young and learnt it was quite
normal these days, they are not babies and little children long.
Enjoy them whilst this age they very soon become teenagers, LOL.

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On Tue, 6 May 2008 16:59:18 +0100, "Slider" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>My 6 year old daughter uses the computer to surf on Nick Jnr and other young
>child orientated web sites. She was on with one of her friends the other
>day and we heard laughter. Apparently, they were trying to find pictures of
>mermaids in google and got some pictures of mermaids with their breasts
>out!!! lol
>
>This got me thinking. Can anyone recommend and parental control software to
>limit what images get displayed whilst browsing?
>
>TIA
>
May I propose a slightly different option?

With a slightly greaterinvestment you could buy a Draytek router which
has parental control in hardware (in association with SurfControl).
Not all models have it, so check the specs.

The advantage of this solution is that it covers the entire network,
has no impact on the performance of the computer, and it cannot be
easily disabled by enterprising friends.

I have used it for a couple of years, and I'm totally happy with it.

As far as mermaids showing their breasts, I can't really imagine how
could they source bikinis in the middle of the ocean.

Cheers

Lnz

On Tue, 6 May 2008 16:59:18 +0100, "Slider" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>My 6 year old daughter uses the computer to surf on Nick Jnr and other young
>child orientated web sites. She was on with one of her friends the other
>day and we heard laughter. Apparently, they were trying to find pictures of
>mermaids in google and got some pictures of mermaids with their breasts
>out!!! lol
>
>This got me thinking. Can anyone recommend and parental control software to
>limit what images get displayed whilst browsing?

I think there is no substitute for supervision and education. We keep
our computer in the main living room and so it is easy to keep an eye
on the children while they are using it. Software solutions can
never be 100% accurate and your idea of what is unsuitable may not
match up with that of the author of the software.

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David wrote:
> Will these programmes stop pictures of mermaids appearing from Google?
> Mermaids are not what I thought adult material was about.
> Slider these days it is surprising what young girls talk about and
> know about these days. At the age of your girls my grandchildren
> knew about breasts and were looking to be older to have theirs. At
> 5/6 said to my wife we want some like yours grandma. I then talked
> to the mums with girls I work with about them talking breasts so
> young and learnt it was quite normal these days, they are not babies
> and little children long. Enjoy them whilst this age they very soon become
> teenagers, LOL.


It turns on safe search in google......

Gaz