Why Parental Controls?

We have a teenager in our family. We understand that he needs to use computer for his home work after coming back from school. We bought a new computer a year or so ago for hm. He often plays computer games and goes to social networking sites, such as facebook.com, to interact with school friends and neighborhood kids with similar age. However, with the easy access to the huge amount of information available on the internet, often inappropriate for his age, we are concerned about his online safety. We also learned that kids often forget about what they need to do and need help to prioritize their time between home work and computer play time. We felt that we needed to do the following:

• Set a limit on computer time
• Allow or block of certain computer programs or games
• Limit access to appropriate sites that we all agree upon

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