protecting kids on the net?
 

My 10 year-old son is beginning to take an interest in the internet. This has to be done with me looking over his shoulder at the moment, ready to pounce should he stumble across you know what. Anyone had any experience of a program called net nanny or similar?

Re: protecting kids on the net?
 

Net Nanny was the one NTL had on it's cd wasn't it? You could always restrict his Internet Explorer settings to stop him looking at naughty sites too ;)

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internet options > content , if you are not sure :)

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not on my cd Paul, must have an Irish version over here! IE explorer settings is a good idea. I was just wondering if anyone used a program like net nanny and what they thought of it?

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Could always download it and try ;)
http://www.ntlworld.com/netnanny
http://www.ntlworld.com/netnanny/NN5Setup.exe
or try one of these, their free after all ;)
http://www.webattack.com/freeware/mi...wparents.shtml

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perhaps a long shot but give him space online, but route it somehow so your pc has a viewing capability over his pc ( if you have two pc's ) and can step in and take over should things go heck up.

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iprotect you is really good. Just typed in a naughty site myself to test and ot blocked access. Ive got the basic option for testing purposes.

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VNC is your friend here...

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but isnt that a case of bolting the door after the horse has gone :disturbd: :disturbd: :disturbd:

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Re: protecting kids on the net?
 

LOL well yeah it does involve perhaps them seeing it but end of the day I would rather my kid see it with me around rather then at his mates where I or you would not know.

Then I would know myself and be able to sit down and explain and hopefully the child would learn more this way.

As for perverts online in chatrooms with me watching perhaps with word triggers onto my system I could view what was going on and being said.

I have heard of such a system and if your interested I shall see what I can get in info wise and post back here :).

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True.......

If you get into the mindset though of trying to stop a kid from doing something, he'll want to do it all the more. It may be fine and good round his own house with a heavily restricted computer, but what when he goes to friends? What if he can bypass it?

Take reasonable precautions on your PC, but stress to him that he shouldn't be looking at porn, IMing adults or downloading warez and mp3s. You could frighten him off by saying it is criminal and you know someone that was caught, etc. Not ethical, but if it stops him from doing what you don't want him doing...

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AS long as the PC in in view at all times to you when you son is online I think you will have few problems.Those come when a child is given free access in the depths of a bedroom and with parents who take no interest in what the child is doing for themselves.

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I have done the IE settings as recommended by Paul (easiest option without paying)....see if he's crafty enough to try change it....thanx folks for all the replies and suggestions!!

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Another thing to do is make sure Googles search settings is set to filter out any dodgy sites and pictures.
Click the preferences button on the search page and look at the Safe Search filtering options.

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If you're using Windows XP or 2000, I'd recommend giving him a restricted account, so he can't go about changing any security policies you put in place. At 10 years old, he doesn't need an Administrator's account, so there shouldn't be any arguments.

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Agree Coggy.

I see two options: make it clear that porn and violence are not be viewed and trust him; or supervise his use of the Internet (i.e. don't trust him).

It's a sad world where technology replaces humanity. We're well on the way to a complete loss of trust and no face-to-face communication. Example - few people are employed these days because their manager felt they were right for the job. Applicants have to fill in forms, write an essay on what flavour soup they are (which is later analysed by a series of experts looking at everything from content to how long the tail on the y is), complete various timed tests and group exercises, and take a series of interviews, the questions having been carefully determined well in advance.

We're all doomed.

End rant :D

Re: protecting kids on the net?
 

Having good virus and Firewall protection will also be a good way of making sure they dont end up clicking on random pop-ups or virus content.

The main thing I would tell them is the number one rule: Not to give out any personal info such as telephone number, family name, or address.

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I went down this road a couple of years back when my eldest started going on the net, ended up restoring settings as every other page was coming up as restricted access, wether I had the settings to high or not I don't know, never tried again, just had a talk to him about this and that but allways made sure to keep an eye open, mostly he just wanted to play on miniclip, allways checked history etc just to see, never found anything though ( good upbringing ) :angel: ;)
But now the girlfriends 2 daughters go on my pc ( will get them one soon, networked ) and they get up to allsorts, espeacialy on msn / wms ( they are now grounded )

I was wondering if there is such a filter for msn, an add-on or something :shrug:
Anyway, good luck :tu:

PS, forgot to say that you can allways password protect the settings, only thing is as stated, when you or your son come across a restricted site, you have to put in the password to continue browsing IIRC that is.