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how long they are there. It also lets you change the
content fi lters and set usage time limits, all remotely.
It’s not perfect, as we were able to avoid a safety fi lter
on sports sites by visiting The Guardian’s site and then
navigating to the Football section without detection,
but in many cases it’s an e ective safeguard.
There can be no doubt that the job of a parent
has been made a little more challenging by the
internet. While we’ve gathered together as much
helpful information as possible in this feature, and
there are some fi ne tools available, in truth none
of them is a guarantee that your child will be safe
online. That’s not to say that they won’t help, but,
as we made clear at the start, they can only be fully
e ective if they are used in conjunction with your
own presence and engagement with your children.
Combining many of the features, though, will
at least limit the potential of unsavoury material
appearing before their young eyes. Ensure that the
various safe modes are enabled on search engines,
add restricted profi les if possible, and invest in one
of the safety suites we mention above. This will get
you a good way along the road to security.
But most of all, remember to take time out to talk
with your young ones about how they use the web,
what they like and what their friends are into. It could
just be the very best way to protect them.
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Remember to take time out to talk
with your young ones about
how they use the web
