Despite all its opportunities, the internet isn’t always a safe playground for kids. Parental control software gives you the tools to protect your children online. Read more below!
What is parental control good for?
Our duty as parents is to provide a safe environment for our children and protect their wellbeing. That applies also online. However, constantly monitoring children’s internet activities and ensuring online family safety is challenging at best. How do you prevent your child from seeing inappropriate content online? With a parental control app.
4 ways parental control improves family safety
Protect children from content that’s inappropriate for their age
Everything needed to view online content that’s inappropriate for children is a device with internet connection. With a parental control app, you can limit access to adult content, violence, shopping, gambling, etc. from your child’s device. The app does the monitoring for you. This way you don’t have to keep a constant eye on what your kids are doing. They can explore the internet freely but safely.
Block apps that are not suitable for kids
Some apps aren’t suitable for children. Games, social media apps, etc. often have age limits. And for a reason. A good parental control app gives you the power to decide what apps your children can install on their devices. It restricts installing apps before you specifically approve them.
Balance everyday activities with limits to screen time
Internet and device use can be addicting. In fact, many apps and services are deliberately designed to hook users to spend more time using them. This can steal children’s attention from other daily activities like schoolwork, playing outside, or even sleep. With the best parental control apps, you can set healthy limits to screen time and help balance your kids’ daily activities. You can set bedtime to ensure your children won’t use their devices when they are supposed to sleep.
Help your children avoid online threats
Parental control isn’t only about setting limits and monitoring activities. A major part is protecting kids against online threats, such as malware and phishing websites. Children understandably don’t have the same capabilities as adults in avoiding online scams, dangerous links, and apps. A parental control app with antivirus not only makes internet safe for kids, but also protects family devices and home networks from cyber attacks.
Get online safety for kids with F‑Secure TOTAL
F-Secure TOTAL is all you and your kids need to stay safe online. Its parental controls give you the power to protect your children and set healthy limits to their screen time. TOTAL includes an award-winning antivirus, an easy-to-use VPN for privacy protection, and a handy password manager, so you won’t forget your passwords ever again. Get TOTAL for all your family’s devices with the same subscription.