The internet is an amazing tool. With it, you can research any subject, communicate with people all over the world, and have instant access to breaking news. It also provides several different types of entertainment. Families make use of these internet tools every day. However, not every family makes use of another important tool: internet monitoring software. The purpose of internet monitoring software isn’t to spy on kids and other family members, it’s to help protect everyone who uses the family’s internet-connected devices. Here are some of the benefits that internet monitoring software has for families.
Predator Protection
You may not be able to see their faces, but internet predators can affect any family.
You know that there are opportunistic predators that would take advantage of a chance to enter your home. That’s why you close and lock your doors and windows when you’re away, why you don’t leave expensive items outside your door, why you don’t invite strangers into your home. But the internet gives all kinds of predators – from identity thieves to pedophiles – a whole new way to try to get into your home. And it’s much more difficult to detect that kind of entry than it would be to recognize a burglary attempt.
Internet monitoring software can help you keep an eye out for signs that your private information is being shared. While it’s often children who need this kind of monitoring, so that you can see whether they’re keeping personal contact information private or whether someone suspicious is contacting them, the truth is that even adults can be vulnerable to online con artists and scammers, or forget to hide their private information. Internet monitoring software can help keep everyone safe.
Cyberbullying Alertness
If you have kids who use the internet, you have to be aware that it can be used as a tool for bullying. Bullying has always been a problem that children and families have dealt with, but now the bullies can invade the place that should be the safest – a victim’s home – via the internet.
Children may not always feel comfortable telling you when they’re being bullied, and many also won’t admit it if they’re involved in bullying behaviors (and it’s not uncommon for children to be both victim and bully.) But it’s important for you as a parent to know if bullying is occurring, and how your child might be involved. Internet monitoring software helps keep you in the know.
Internet Safety Awareness
Open conversations about internet safety will keep everyone safer and happier.
Monitoring your family’s internet usage isn’t something that should be done secretly. It’s important to talk about the reasons for internet monitoring and how you as a family are going to use monitoring software to ensure everyone’s safety.
This can be a great way to spark conversations about internet safety in general, which is something that every family needs to think and talk about. Having open conversations about internet safety and internet monitoring will help get everyone thinking about using safe practices online.
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