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Filtering Your Home Network via OpenDNS: What Parents Need To Know Part I – What is OpenDNS?

Updated: 2024 Most parents want to protect their children from inappropriate and harmful material on the Internet.  The problem is:  HOW? Well, it boils down to two battlefields:  Your home Internet connection and network, and….everywhere else! With devices attached to … Continue reading

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The Great American Porn Boycott of 2024: What Parents Need To Know

This year, 2024, is turning out to be an interesting one with regards to children’s access to online pornography. Sixteen states have passed new laws requiring stricter levels of proof that a viewer is over the age of 18 before … Continue reading

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Filter Your Home Network…for FREE!!!

It is expensive, and often confusing, to filter your computers, tablets, and game systems for inappropriate material, especially when you have lots of devices in the home. Your children are at risk on any device that has a browser, not just the … Continue reading

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Raspberry Pi Parental Controls: What Parents Need To Know

The tiny Raspberry Pi computer enables kids (and adults) to learn coding and get to know the LINUX operating system. But, is there anything parents should worry about? Continue reading

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Parental Controls Review: Circle Home Plus

CIRCLE HOME PLUS is a combined hardware/software approach to parental controls that builds upon the previous CIRCLE WITH DISNEY product that came out in 2015. This new system improves functionality and addresses compatibility issues that the earlier product had with … Continue reading

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Apple’s “Ask To Buy”: What Parents Need To Know

Controlling what apps your child uses is an important part of modern parenting. For those families where both parents and kids are using Apple mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, & iPod) Apple has provided a feature called “Ask to Buy”! Let … Continue reading

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So, You Think You Can Trust Your Kids On The Internet?

Updated for 2024 “We don’t need to install filters, we trust our kids.” “Our kids wouldn’t be interested in that, and know that it is wrong, so we trust them with their computers in their rooms.” Those are two common … Continue reading

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