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Checking Up On Your Teen's Online Use

 

There are many ways to spy on teen's computer time and teen's online use. Read on for one easy option that is free of cost and generates instant results.

The Issue:

Parents must be vigilant about knowing what their teens are doing online. There are many ways to prevent their teens from surfing undesirable sites when they are online. Each of the ways has its strengths and its weaknesses, however there is one way that stands out above all the other ways for maximum effectiveness.

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Age warning pages or age verification check boxes on Internet sites cover the operator of a site from a legal standpoint for blocking from visiting those who are not old enough to view the the site.

Of course, from a teenager's point of view, those safeguards only serve to make the site more appealing and they no doubt check off the age box in whatever way will let them into the site.

Parental Locks

Popular search engines and many ISP's have "parental locks" just like the V-Chip on television sets. The purpose of these is to block access to sites that have age-inappropriate material. You can configure search engine start to only provide acceptable content. There are usually levels of "safety" that one can choose.

The Spy Solution

Stepping it up a bit technology wise, there are computer solutions known as keyloggers. Keyloggers record what has been typed on a keyboard and can retrieve that information. Essentially, these keyloggers are allowing parents to learn what has been typed on a keyboard long after the typing is finished.

You should also be aware of other programs that can record everything that has been done on a particular computer including, chat conversations, e-mail messages, e-mails, email conversations sent and received, pictures downloaded, and URL's visited.

The Ultimate Solution

The best solution is absolutely the most obvious one, which means that is easily overlooked. It only takes one sentence; it encourages family togetherness and it costs nothing. Ready? Put the computer right in the middle of the living room!

Do you need a moment to get over the shock of this idea? I warned you that the brilliance would be in the simplicity. There's no doubt you can imagine the look of horror on your son's face and the screams of complaint from your daughter that you are ruining her life and totally invading her privacy with this act of parental treason.

You will have to put up with the arguments that your children's or teen's friend's parents let them have their net access in their own bedrooms.   Read related article: Parenting Your Teenager-the Law of Management  

-by Matthew W. Grant-

 

 

 

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