Reasons Why Parents Should Have Child Monitoring Software

By Charles Stevens


Today, many people have an internet connection. This is because technological advancements are continuously coming up with more gadgets with the capability of internet connection. Owing to these developments, many homes have computers and smart phones. These expose kids to the internet at an early age. The need for parents to know what and where their children are have necessitated them to purchase phones for them. However, these only expose them to other dangers of technology like having access to adult sites, sending and receiving sexual content and communicating with strangers. It is thus essential for parents to install child monitoring software on gadgets used by youngsters.

The program is easy to install on gadgets used by kids and monitors their activities. All information is sent to a designated online control panel that one can view reports. It collects information like browser history, GPS locations, text messages, photos taken, apps installed, contacts and emails. Some apps can view the screen of the gadget in real time as well as track its GPS instantly. Below are some reasons why all this is necessary.

It is quite easy to enter adult websites. Today, it is very easy to access pornographic material online. This is because not much has been done to restrict kids from getting into these sites. Many lie about their age and already own Google accounts to prove their maturity. Other inappropriate materials accessed are gambling websites that expose children to this vice.

Kids meet other people in schools, parks, at the zoo or even during school tours. Since one cannot control whom their child interact with, they can monitor texts, emails and other social media messages remotely. This will enable them know when the adolescent is sending sexual content to other individuals and put a stop to it.

Children are easy targets for cyber identity theft. This is because they are prone to giving out a lot of vital personal information on social media sites like Facebook. This can be used by unscrupulous individuals to compromise their identities and can end up resulting in criminal activity eventually traced back to them. Trojans and viruses can easily be downloaded onto computer drives and are used to steal identities of victims.

The Internet is notorious for sexual predators and child molesters who target unsuspecting youngsters. They use chat rooms to lure in vulnerable kids since they provide anonymity. This gives such unscrupulous individuals the perfect opportunity to prey on victims.

Cyber bullying occurs where an individual is continually victimized online in social media sites. It has similar psychological effects to traditional forms of bullying the difference being the medium used to carry it out. Many cases go unreported and victims suffer in silence until they finally cave in to pressure and act out, sometimes with fatal consequences.

It is not physically and socially healthy for kids to spend too much time online. More and more youngsters prefer to spend their time surfing or chatting on social media sites. Parents need to discourage this attitude and push for more one on one interaction with people.




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