Do you use parental controls?

re: Do you use parental controls?

Bob — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:54:50 GMT

I personally hate parental control software because it always gets overprotective and overblocks too much stuff. For example: K9 blocked Softpedia,Cnet,Google Images,Windows Forums, Windows Live, and disable search suggestions on YouTube. Never get too overprotective.

re: Do you use parental controls?

Shawn — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:44:17 GMT

Yes, i used the parental controls in Vista and Win7 when my kids were under 10 years old. Now that they are older, the controls seem a little heavy handed, but I do let the controls monitor the situation in case i ever want to go back and investigate something bad (heaven forbid).

re: Do you use parental controls?

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:24:07 GMT

I used to use K9, but I've now switched to Microsoft's family safety. It seems about as effective as K9, with the added benefit of being able to monitor and make changes anywhere I have internet. It's not perfect, as I have learned from my 14 yr old's activity, but I don't expect any parental control to be perfect, especially if someone is really determined to find stuff they shouldn't.