Child safe surfing
March 18th, 2010
  • we have broadband at home so the kids do tend to use the internet whenever they choose. they are aged 8 and 10. I have google search switched to safest mode but I am interested in portals that contain the entire use of the computer to child-safe sites. do you know of any such systems and what are the advantages and disadvantages. tia michael


  • Hello mickey_one-ga, Easterangel-ga requested clarification, but I believe I understand what you mean. It seems that you are looking for a starting point that limits the entire use of the Internet to the viewing of child-safe sites. I think that easterangel-ga was confused by your use of the word "portals". Portals are web sites that serve as gateways to the rest of the web, such as these: "Computers > Internet > On the Web > Web Portals" Google Directory http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Web_Portals/?tc=1 There are children's web sites similar to these portals, such as Yahooligans ( http://www.yahooligans.com/ ). However, you have indicated that SafeSearch on Google is not enough for you -- presumably because your children could still find problematic material on other sites. So, unless your browser was entirely limited to safe pages such as Yahooligans, I think you would not be satisfied. Therefore, I believe that what you want is a browser that gives access only to child-friendly sites, or prevents access to non-child-friendly sites, to the extent it is technically possible. There are several "children's browsers" on the market. Three of them -- ChiBrow, Children's Desktop and Browser, and KidSplorer -- are listed on the following Google Directory page: "Computers > Software > Shareware > Windows > Utilities > Security > Parental Control" Google Directory http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Shareware/Windows/Utilities/Security/Parental_Control/?il=1 Other children's browsers are listed here: "Ages 9-12 Intel - Browsers" Tucows: Tukids http://exp.tukids.tucows.com/win95nt/9-12/browser912.html I would suggest that you take some time to look over the descriptions of these browsers on the sites of the companies that sell them. (The links from Tucows are available if you click on the name of a particular product. Please let me know if you are unable to find the page for a product that you are interested in.) You can use the following review, of ChiBrow, as a guide for criteria that are most important to you -- for instance, whether you can decide what sites to include or exclude, or whether you can review your children's e-mail. "ChiBrow" Internet-Filters.net http://www.internet-filters.net/chibrow.html I should note that even ChiBrow links to a review that, while generally favorable, mentions a drawback to the program – the potential difficulties of running it on a computer that parents also use. "Kid Browsers", by Edward Mendelson, FamilyPC (April 2001) ChiBrow http://www.chibrow.com/news/familypc.html In most cases, you can try out a particular program to see if you and your children like it. ChiBrow seems like a good place to start, since it appears to be one of the most popular programs; but perhaps the factors most important to you will lead you to another program. I hope that this information is helpful. - justaskscott-ga [Normally, in this space, I include my search strategy. My computer crashed before I could mark down the strategy, and I simply cannot recall what search terms I used to find these sites. But I can say that a search for "children's browser" or "children's browsers" on Google would be a good way to start, if you wanted to get additional information.]


  • Child Safe browsers are good, but they kinda limit the internet way too much, the best thing to do is to buy a internet filter software such as Cyber Patrol or Net Nanny. You can find more by searching it on google.ca . But if you want to save some money and since your kids are aged 8 and 10, you can use a proxy server (Bess) to filter out bad websites. N2H2 does a decent job on filtering. You can visit http://www.atomintersoft.com/products/alive-proxy/proxy-list/bess/ . The recommended server is, 199.92.127.67:8080 . Just go to your Internet Explorer, then Tools --> Internet Options Connections Tab --> Lan Settings --> Check the USE Proxy Server Type in: 199.92.127.67 Port: 8080 Hope you understand! -Bruce


  • Hi! What do you mean by the statement: "I am interested in portals that contain the entire use of the computer to child-safe sites." Thanks.







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