Nowadays, parents with under age children can feel more and more hopeless when faced with the omnipresence of the Internet in the lives of their young ones. Cyberspace can be a wonderful place for youngsters to learn and be entertained. But it can be a very frightening and dangerous place too. For that matter, all you can surf menu is certainly not an option. Parents need to set boundaries and limits on when and where kids may go online. But in most situations, that may be easier said than done, for the obvious reasons that parents may not have the time or be tech-savvy enough to work around the problem.
Thankfully, parents using a wireless home -network do not have to look very far than their network router. Many of the newest models like the ones from Neatgear , Cisco or Linksys include parental control features in the router's settings. Simply check with the router manual for its different features and instructions on how to change the settings.
From there, you can set up limits on how much surfing is allowed, but when and where to surf. With the settings, not only can you block the obvious adult-oriented Web sites, but also any given social networking or video sites.
Friday, September 4, 2009
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