Kids and computers

[hoamskilet]

My daughter is becoming a little more independent on the computer, so I've been thinking about what steps I need to take to block stuff I don't want her to see. What all have you guys with kids done?

She likes getting on and watching videos and playing games on sites like pbs kids and national geographic kids, etc....I set up her own profile on our computer last night so she can't make any changes to the computer and has things like safe search enabled on the browser and youtube. What else should I be doing?

I'm not a helicopter parent by any means, but I also don't want her to have free range to search/see anything

 

[Coiled03]

1) Get a gateway where you can block specific URLs.
2) Sign up for a service like Net Nanny.

It won't catch everything. But between those two, you'll block a lot of bad stuff.

 

[CV355]

Don't let her watch Elsa videos on Youtube, especially if Spiderman is in them

 

[03Sssnake]

Several AV products have policies that can be applied to browsers that will allow you to control the types web content(content filtering), media etc..You can also do this with more expensive firewalls/gateways, (most enterprise/business class firewalls support content filtering, but it won't be cheap) ...since this is for home I would just look into finding a suitable AV package that supports web/content filtering...I use/deployed Sophos Endpoint Protection/Intercept X at work. I don't think they really have a consumer/home use product, but you should be able to find something similar from another AV provider, Symantec/McAffee/BitDefender etc.

 

[bglf83]

Don't let her watch Elsa videos on Youtube, especially if Spiderman is in them

Youtube is the hardest to deal with.

 

[CV355]

Youtube is the hardest to deal with.

Have you heard of Elsagate?

It's sick. There are some sick people on this planet in need of a cinder block to the head.

 

[Coiled03]

Youtube is the hardest to deal with.

Just block the whole domain. That's what I'm thinking about doing.

 

[03Sssnake]

Just block the whole domain. That's what I'm thinking about doing.

Pretty much this, or if he just wants to block certain channels, then he can use the YouTube video blocker extension in chrome etc.

 

[ViperRed91GT]

Not sure how old your daughter is, but we got ours a Kindle Fire Kids, which self-restricts to age appropriate stuff. Also has many shows that you can’t find on YouTube. Attaches to your Amazon Prime account, and can download apps/videos when you don’t have WiFi.

 

[tt335ci03cobra]

Honestly, paranoid as it sounds, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates didn’t let their kids use smartphones, or unlimited unsupervised internet access...

Let that sink in.

I would not let my kids use the internet unsupervised unless I was certain they were set and solid in red pill thinking. That’s me though.

The internet and mainly tech giants gear their content to drive a very left agenda. If you like those concepts, let them have at it. If you don’t, I would supervise and teach them what it is they are being exposed to.