What is parental control?

Parental control is a feature that allows restricting children's and teenagers' access to certain inappropriate content on the internet and managing daily screen time. Nowadays, most children already know how to use the internet even before learning to read, having daily access to computers, smartphones, or consoles. It has become a priority for adults to learn how to control the use of these devices and teach the younger ones to use the internet safely.

Parental control is available on almost all internet-connected devices: computers, tablets, consoles, or smartphones. 

"It is important to alert adults that parental control is just a tool for assistance. Children must be educated and warned about the dangers of the internet because nowadays younger ones have access to these devices everywhere, so controlling the home PC is not enough protection."

Parental control allows to restrict access to inappropriate content for children, block certain pages or programs, set time limits, and also monitor usage. This functionality is offered by the servers themselves (windows, chrome, apple, IOS, android, playstation, among others) or by applications specifically designed for this purpose.

In this article, we will explore 3 applications. 

Parental control applications

Qustodio Parental Control 

This application works in real time and allows parents to impose a daily technology usage time limit, filters access to inappropriate content and certain programs and games. With the premium version, it is also possible to monitor social media, calls, and messages and track the device's location. You just need to download the application on your smartphone and on the devices used by the children. The installation process takes no more than 15 minutes and is very intuitive.

You have 4 payment plans available:

- free - 1 protected device

- small - 5 protected devices 42.95€ 

- medium - 10 protected devices 73.95€

- large - 15 protected devices 106.95€

Compatible with Windows / Mac OS / Android / iOS / Kindle / Nook

Kaspersky Safe Kids 

Similar to Qustodio, Kaspersky Safe Kids also helps to supervise children's mobile devices and computers. It is compatible with Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.

The installation is very simple. Kaspersky Safe Kids includes a child app and a parent app, linked through the personal My Kaspersky account. After you install and associate the devices, you just need to set the usage restrictions depending on the child's age.

Kaspersky Safe Kids has two versions: free and premium. Both versions allow for content filtering online, limiting the usage time of applications, and managing daily usage of devices, as well as blocking content deemed harmful on YouTube.

When you purchase the premium version (14.95€/year), you gain access to additional features of the app: monitor social networks, schedule screen time, monitor the battery status of devices, real-time alerts, and also location of children's devices.

Family Link 

The Google Family Link app allows for control of children while they use the smartphone or tablet. Parents can run Family Link on Android devices with version 5.0 (Lollipop) and above and on iPhones with iOS 9 and above.

Family Link must be installed on both the adult's device and the child's device in order to then establish the usage time limit and content management used. It is necessary for both adults and children to have Google accounts to associate with the application. 

Family Link allows you to manage the apps used and their download, locate children's devices in real time, receive activity reports for children, and also set usage limits. 

This application is free and it is only necessary for children to have an Android device. Adults can access the app through iOS or Android.

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