Child Safety Guide

If you want to limit the kinds of material your child encounters while online, consider installing a software filter. The products listed below offer a variety of blocking and monitoring features.

• Cyber Patrol (http://www.cyberpatrol.com/)Cyber Patrol gives you tools to help shield your children from the darker side of the Internet.
• Cyber Sentinel (http://securitysoft.com/site/Home_Products/home_products.html) Cyber Sentinel allows user to block inappropriate material (Web pages, e-mail, pictures, and word processing documents) no matter what format it is in.
• CYBERsitter (http://www.cybersitter.com/)CYBERsitter blocks and monitors access to unsuitable and objectionable material on the Internet.
• FamilyCAM (http://www.silverstone.net/)Password-protected FamilyCAM lets parents monitor their children’s computer and online whereabouts even when they can’t be with them.
• I am Big Brother (http://www.iambigbrother.com/)This program monitors “both sides” of chat sessions, instant messages, e-mail and more while running hidden in the background.
• Net Nanny (http://www.netnanny.com/index.html) This software allows parents to control all access to the computer—not only Internet resources but also offline computer use.