Parental Control Advice

After hectic daily work schedule parents are normally not able to give the amount of time required to keep them aware of the daily activities of their children, specially their online activities, sites they visit and the people they chat online.  Now-a-days it has become very difficult for parents to keep an eye on their children’s activities especially in families where both husband and wife work.

Many IT companies have worked on this issue to help parents to keep their children away from the reach of predators and inappropriate browsing and offered many solutions. One of the simplest solutions is to install Firefox Parental Control add-on. This is not only very simple but free of cost.

Firefox is the most commonly used browser among Internet users from all over the world. It also gives an option to parents to block the sites which are not suitable for children.

Here are some easy steps to install this add-on in Firefox:

1) Open you Firefox browser and click on the tools menu. In this menu you will find “Add-on” option, click on it and it will open a tab dialog box for you. Under the top right tab “Get Add-on” you have to search with the keyword “Parental Control” and in the results you will find “Procon Latte” on top of search results. Additionally, users can restrict access to specific sites and add password protection to prevent unauthorized changes.

2) Install the add-on by pressing “Add to Firefox” on the add-on page. Press “Accept and Install” and then confirm by pressing “Install now.” Restart Firefox to activate the add-on.

3) Select the parental control add-on from the Add-ons menu and press the “Preferences” button. Input any sites where access should be restricted in the filter list. Choose between blocking only specific sites and blocking all sites with explicit content. Enter a password to prevent unauthorized changes.

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Internet is the best place for increasing knowledge, viewing different places in the world, talking with relatives and friends who are in the other countries etc. but on the other side people are also using it for bad purposes. The worst thing is seducing the innocent children towards bad activities.

But there are lots of ways that parents can prevent their children from this abuse. And parental control in internet explorer is one of those marvellous ways to restrict children from being trapped in unwanted activities. The procedure is simple, you simply have to follow the instruction below for the safe sound internet surfing.

1. Go to Internet Explorer on your computer. Click on ‘Tools’ from the toolbar in the upper right-hand corner of the Web browser.

2. Select the ‘Content’ tab.

3. Under the “Content Advisor” heading and click on the button labeled ‘Enable.’

4. Choose a category from the list. This list will present you with a variety of content categories that you may not want your children to view.

5. Click on the category you want to control. Then set the degree of restriction you want on that type of site. The degree of restriction can range from no restriction to complete blocking and click OK.

6. You will also be prompted to set a password. Setting a password will ensure that no one but you is able to adjust the parental control settings.

ParentalControlAdvice.com is a blog for parental advising, sharing thoughts and suggestions, if you have any idea or comments or a thought to share then please do not hesitate to leave a reply.