Introduction
There’s no question that the Internet has evolved into an incredibly important tool for everyone. But for teenagers and young users, it’s not a tool for ease and convenience; it is a necessary part of life. In many ways, it is life. From instant messaging to social networking on sites such as MySpace and Facebook,kids are constantly in touch with one another. But participating in asocial network also opens the door to a lot more than just staying in touch with friends. It becomes a portal for online predators to attempt to lure and groom your kids. It also becomes a cyberbully’s best weapon.
As a parent, it’s important to make an
educated decision and establish firm rules on social network participation. If you allow your child to participate, make sure you monitor their profile page, passwords, activity, friends and messages. Monitoring software like PC Pandora can help you do that with minimal effort and maximum accuracy. Other parents may want to block access to MySpace or Facebook indefinitely. This is something that can be done on many levels, and it’s another parental control feature that PC Pandora monitoring software can help you with.
There exists a variety of ways to block MySpace.com or any other website. Carefully consider which method you choose to ensure it meets all of your current and future needs.
When selecting a method to provide website blocking consider the following key points:
- How easy is it to implement and manage the blocking? Many methods described below require a lot of manual effort and are likely too difficult for a computer novice. Make sure you choose a method that is easy to implement and maintain.
- How easy is it for the blocking to be circumvented? In this day and age, children are often more computer savvy than the parents. You should select a blocking method that children will not easily overcome or get around.
- How feature rich is the chosen method? Many methods simply block website sand that's all. Choose a method that provides blocking, as well as other features that provide value and are necessary for today's parents.
