Today, the situation is very different. Even if we wanted to, we could hardly take the internet away from our children. They often have to use it for homework and they would feel left out if they could not chat with their friends. It’s a problem for sure. Because we want to keep our children safe from internet pornography, so they can enjoy a healthy and sound childhood. Studies have shown over and over again, that children subjected to pornography are at risk for acting out sexually, addiction and becoming victims of sexual predators. How can we keep our children safe, while allowing them to use the internet for productive purposes?
There are dozens of so called porn filters on the market today, but not all will do the job. There are free and there are paid. But with all things, free often comes at a price in the form of not working properly and so exposing your children to the content they were supposed to protect from.
The major problem with most internet filters today is that they put the burden on the parent. You have to manually block and password protect sites that you don’t want your children to see. You have to spend hours seeking out porn sites to block them. I don’t know about you, but that isn’t something I would enjoy. The problem is also that this kind of service only blocks the websites you choose. That doesn’t stop older kids or other people from emailing or using messaging programs to send porn. In fact, user shared content is the reason the internet is so popular and there will always be a new website to replace the old.
If this prospect does not sound good to you, then you are better of going with a managed internet filtering service. This type of service will do all the work for you by using both technology and human eyes to compose a massive database of website, keywords and even filenames that are blocked. This means that even files or images sent by email or messaging is blocked before your child can open it. These services are by far the best choice.