I would like to be able to monitor my childs activity on the computer. I would like something stealth and easy to use. We just want to make sure they are being safe.
2007-01-01 13:31:54 · 13 answers · asked by Jacesmom 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
lol, wonder where your kid got it from. Get some parental software, maybe McAfee, to know what sites your child has logged into and their activity. McAfee is good because your child cannot delete where they have been to in the log section.
It would also be wise to sit down and talk to him/her about the online dangers of the internet and what is acceptable. Also, lay down some consequences if the rules are broken.
2007-01-01 13:43:32 · answer #1 · answered by sleepy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm 36. My daughter is 13. She can only get online when I connect, because she doens't know the password. She gets a certain time limit to be on and I make it perfectly clear I will watch and I will check. She has a myspace and I know her password. If there is something or someone I don't like she will remove them. You need to limit the time your girl is on. If she doensn't like it, then don't let her on at all until she get's the clue. Why stealth?
Be open and up front about your intentions and expectations. Monitor it by walking over to the computer and looking at what she is doing while she is on it. You are the free software,maybe too soft.
2007-01-01 15:42:37 · answer #2 · answered by Melissa M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Move the computer to the most public location in the home and prevent it from being accessed in the middle of the night. Put a passcode on it so she has to get you to get her access.
I just heard on a talk show about a girl whose parents kept the computer in the living room and monitored her evening activity, but she'd get up in the middle of the night, and ended up being kidnapped and assaulted.
Are you trying to catch or prevent? If prevention is your goal I wouldn't go stealth. I'd let her know full on that you were watching. Sort of like a cop sitting at an intersection, his goal is to stop speeders not catch them. (If you think something is off and need to catch her, then go secretive.)
2007-01-01 14:31:49 · answer #3 · answered by apbanpos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo messenger under preferences u can save the archives as long as he dont know how to go into the menus and unsave them. Also check on him when hes on often. There are programs for Computers that will block any dirty sights from coming up at all. Set rules and all that good stuff.
2007-01-01 13:44:35 · answer #4 · answered by cmillerofmopar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A better way to keep track of what your child does is to move the computer into the living room.
2007-01-01 13:40:46 · answer #5 · answered by raduodogi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Know their password. Save instant messages in 'message archive' instead of having them automatically deleted. And yes, put the computer in a very open space where there is little privacy.
2007-01-01 13:45:06 · answer #6 · answered by S Hillard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put the computer in a central location
Demand passwords to email and block IM usage.
2007-01-02 06:18:02 · answer #7 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use parental control software. It should have shipped with your Internet service when you first ordered it from somewhere, like Adelphia. Or, choose software like CyberSpace Professional.
2007-01-01 16:05:17 · answer #8 · answered by allanboyanyue 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is this program that emails you a list of every thing done online. i dont know how much it costs, but do some web searches, i think you will find it. i think it is called safeeyes.
2007-01-01 16:32:06 · answer #9 · answered by someone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theres always aol!
for aol, you make an account that is strictly for you and pass. then, on that account you make a kids account and they will ask for the age. they all range from like kid, preteen, teen, adult. on the kid----teen they will not allow certain sites and you can read teh IMs.
2007-01-01 15:00:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋