My 5 year old is starting to want to explore the computer. She doesn't normally touch it or have any interest in it, but I walked into the living room the other day and she had turned the computer on, gone to her profile and started playing the game she likes on pbskids (I didn't even know she knew how to do that!) fortunately I had set up her own profile and had made pbskid her home page so she wasn't search around for it, but now I see I'm going to have to do a little more. Has anyone used kidzui.com? or foozkids.com? They both look promising. Any other suggestions? I don't want to discourage her entirely, but the internet was not designed with kids in mind and I just want to keep her safe.
We have password protection on all computers! Very easy to do in control panel!
My 10 yo is still not allowed on the computer without us at home. My password is a word he cannot spell.
I have never used any filters. The computer sits at the counter in the kitchen. We have one computer for the family.
THey must ask to get on the computer and I regulate their time, along with tv, gameboy, Wii.
I let them get on for school and they go to some sites, Webkins, AdventureQuest, some cheezburger site, pointlesssites.com. I am always asking them to show me what they are doing.
He, 10 yo, can't get on the computer unless I get him on.
My 13 yo daughter would freak out if she came across an innappropriate site. My 16 yo daughter has her own computer that my husband checks periodically She has never gotten into anything questionable.
Put some rules in place and take it away if she gets on without your knowlegde or without asking. Computer time is a privilege.
the very absolute best way to keep her protected is to make sure that the computer is in a public place like the living room, family room, or kitchen. also i would password protect her (yes, even her) profile, then she can't get on unless you know about it. as for the other security measures like kidzui and such, i don't know. my son is only 5 too, he hasn't ever tried to get online without one of us there, he's always asked because he knows he can't without permission. i definitely need to set something going though...i will be watching for your replies!
Password protect all profiles on the computer, including your daughter's profile. You can use parental controls to set the times of day your child is allowed to use the profile, as well as internet time. You can also block all web sites except for the ones you specifically approve. Even so, make sure that she's never unsupervised. Don't allow her access to message boards even on kid sites or where she has to make friends in order to play certain games.
I password protect the computer.
I am the only one with the password.
LBC
