How to choose the parental control software product which will fit your needs best?

Tip 1. What operation systems are installed on your PC(s)?

Before looking through the numerous parental control products’ functions, please remember what operation system is installed on the PC(s) you want to monitor. It will help you avoid mistakes and save you time and money.

Tip 2. Are you going to tell your kids about monitoring their PC activity?

Being an owner of all PCs in your home, you have every right to monitor their use (at least laws of the majority of countries say you do). Think what actually you want to achieve. What’s the most important for you: to catch rule-breakers red-handed – or you just want your kids use PCs properly and avoid dangers of the Web?

Tip 3. Take time to clearly formulate what exactly you need

What kind of information about PC use do you want to get? Think over this question and write down your answer.

What activities do you want to prevent?

Use of what applications do you want to have full control over?

Do you want to prevent such activities totally or just set a limit (e.g. no more than 2 hours a day)?

When choosing a web filter, think once again about the resources you want to totally prohibit. What about, say, social networks? They are time wasters indeed, but children communicate there with their friends and often share info related to school.

So, think twice about prohibiting some activity altogether – just limiting such an activity may be the better option. All in all, everything is up to you.