Any suggestions? I was going to set the home age as a kids search engine, add all the educational websites he uses into IE favourites and tell him to use favorites only, no exploring without mum or dad present..

So I looked for a kids search engine, top result - kids.net.au that basically just uses a google custom search.

So I had to test it - searched for F U C K.
No results. Cool!!!
But underneath - ads (links) for casual fun, free "hot" pics for your mobile, hot and sexy Russan girls....
Geez ....

Suggestions? For a true kid safe search engine. I'll get onto it after downloading a gB of Russian pics....

Use Chrome or Firefox (you can import faves/bookmarks easily - google it hehe) then install the 'add on' ADBlockPlus (just google that). That stops any google ads coming up (even the youtube ones) as well as pop ups ect and lauries adds but you can disable adds on certain sites like this one .

Yes I am going to do that, but there is still the chance they accidentally do something

what I mena I guess is what is best free parental controls program, should I use a kid's search engine at all, given the dirty ads links on the so-called kid safe one?

if you dont mind spending a little money try this software. It keeps a complete track of your child and blocks anything that may be offensive. And you have complete control of the software to block anything you want from them as well.

www.netnanny.com:443/

We recently setup our home laptop with a separate user profile for the kids to use (9&7yo). Set security as high (chrome browser), helped them setup some favourite sites for them and continually block some sites although haven't had to for a while.

Also taught our kids about responsibility and if they see something that doesn't look right, or rude or a pop up that asks for them to agree/disagree then they are to ask mum or dad to have a look and help them sort it out. So far so good!?

Probably the safest thing would be to put a password on your own computer and keep the lil fella away from your Internet browsing history

Actually Mark - just watch out for some of these cutesy games that look OK for kids--- many years ago my then 8 or 9yo daughter was playing some penguin and snowman game that allowed on-line chat whilst playing...

All good I thought until she said "Dad...what does masta-ger-baiting mean?"

win 7 has its own internet filters and stuff. i think you enable on setup but shuld be able to find. it even emails ou a weekly internet history summary. disables private browsing etc parental controls i think

Green thumb if you secretly looked at your dad's mags as a kid and you turned out just fine.