{"id":9294,"date":"2017-03-30T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=9294"},"modified":"2017-03-30T11:38:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T16:38:25","slug":"facebook-app-draining-phones-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/facebook-app-draining-phones-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"How Parents Can Set Parental Controls on Their Kids’ Phones"},"content":{"rendered":"

As your children learn to navigate the Internet, it\u2019s important to teach them safe practices for navigating the Web. You\u2019ll want to teach them how to create strong passwords, how to check for a safe website connection, and how to avoid malware online. Sometimes, however, kids slip up and make a mistake. Accidents happen, but it would be nice to prevent them if you could, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

In order to prevent your kids from accidentally installing malware on your shared device, or visiting a malicious website, utilize DFNDR\u2019s Anti-Hacking feature. This feature is a safe-browsing feature that will block malicious websites when activated. It also prevents phishing-attacks, and it will notify you of any malicious activity before you enter any personal information on a website. Click here to activate this feature so that you and your kids can browse the Web safely:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Safe<\/a><\/center>Read More: <\/b>How Your Android Can Trick Your Kids into Learning<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

This is just the first step, however, in making the Internet safer for your child. In order to make the Web more kid-friendly, you may also want to add parental control settings on your child\u2019s phone. The newer Android operating systems allow you to have more control over a smartphone, but you can also get an app to manage your child\u2019s online browsing.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Add Parental Controls on Your Child\u2019s Android<\/b><\/p>\n

First, go to the Android\u2019s settings. Select \u201cusers,\u201d followed by, \u201cadd user or profile.\u201d Then, instead of creating a normal profile, create a \u201crestricted\u201d profile. You\u2019ll need to set up a lock screen for the device (if there isn\u2019t one) and name the profile. You can then choose from a list of apps installed on the device, and pick which ones you don\u2019t want your child to access. You could block them from downloading apps from the Google Play store, for example.<\/span><\/p>\n

Use an App to Add Parental Controls<\/b><\/p>\n

There are a lot of apps available for setting up parental controls on your phone (for your child) or your child\u2019s phone. Most of these apps are free to download but do not offer free services, however. Many of them require a monthly or yearly subscription fee. These services block children from inappropriate Web content, such as pornography or violence, usually through a customized browser. Many of them also allow you to view your child\u2019s browsing behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two of the most popular parental controls apps and services include Net Nanny and Norton Family Parental Control. Both offer a variety of services and vary in price \u2014 it all depends on your needs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Internet can be a scary place \u2014 for adults and children alike. Learn how you can protect your children by setting up parental controls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4025,53,456,1605],"class_list":["post-9294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","tag-dfndr","tag-internet","tag-kids","tag-parents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}