With the open and free nature of the Internet and the World Wide Web it is sometimes necessary for parents to monitor what their children do online. Below you will find links to various software vendors who offer products that allow you to monitor what your children do online, as well as block various content from your computer.

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SurfWatch

SurfWatch offers a wide range of Internet Content Management solutions that build on our trusted competency-finding and reviewing sites that meet our published criteria. We offer filtering in five Core categories -- Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco, Gambling, Hate Speech, Sexually Explicit, and Violence - as well as ChatBlock. SurfWatch Productivity Categories offer filtering in an additional 15 categories: Astrology/Mysticism, Entertainment, Games, General News, Glamour/Intimate Apparel, Hobbies, Investments, Job Search, Motor Vehicles, Personals/Dating, Real Estate, Shopping, Sports, Travel, and Usenet News.

CYBERsitter

CYBERsitter gives parents the ability to limit their children's access to objectionable material on the Internet. Parents can choose to block, block and log, or simply alert them when access is attempted to these areas.
CYBERsitter includes databases in numerous categories of web sites you might want to restrict access to. Simply check off the categories you want to restrict, and the databases will be updated automatically from then on.

Net Nanny

Since the first sale of its Net Nanny product in January 1995, the Company has concentrated on developing a user-friendly tool kit for parents to use in screening, monitoring and if desired, blocking their children's access to potentially harmful content, which is easily accessible on the home PC via the Internet, Bulletin Board Systems ("BBSs"), unacceptable software and CD-ROMs. The Company also developed a network version of the product called NNPro, for schools, businesses, and libraries giving these organizations the same level of control and flexibility that parents experience using the product at home. Extensive development on two new product lines; PC Nanny and BioPassword LogOn for NT is currently under way.

Cyber Patrol

Parents around the world have come to trust Cyber Patrol as the most effective tool to protect children online. Cyber Patrol is the best way to manage children's computer use and safety on the Internet. Create different filtering criteria for your children according to their age and needs. With Cyber Patrol, you can supervise your children's Internet access, regulate time spent online, and protect your child from sites you determine to be objectionable.