Articles about CyberSafety & Parental Controls
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Parental Controls on Mac

Screen Time arrived on Mac as part of macOS Catalina. Here are a couple of articles on this:

• Use Screen Time on your Mac
• How to set up Screen Time on your Mac in macOS Catalina

For Macs that don't (or can't) run Catalina, here are some links on the 'Parental Controls' that can be applied on older versions of macOS (and OS-X).

• Setting up parental controls on a pre-Catalina Mac

Google / YouTube Parental Controls

• Google Family Link - Home
• Create a Google Account for your child - Google For Families Help
• Add supervision to an existing Google Account - Google For Families Help
• Create your Google Account
• Search & your child's Google Account - Google For Families Help
• Families
• Lock SafeSearch for devices & networks you manage - Google Search Help
• ​Setting Parental Controls on YouTube - both in the App and in Safari  ​ 
• Your content & Restricted Mode - YouTube
• YouTube will now tell you how much of your life you spend watching videos
• YouTube Updates Smartphone Apps With 'Time Watched' Digital Health Tool
• Tools to Take Charge of Your Digital Wellbeing

​Parental Controls on Windows & Xbox

• What is Microsoft family (Parental controls for Windows 10)?
• ​Microsoft adds more parental controls to monitor app and device use - Engadget​​

Third Party Parental Control Apps and Services

• The best Parental Control Apps for Android and iPhone 2021
• The Best Parental Control Software for 2021​

Apps and App Features

• ​Cyber safety: Popular apps that could be harmful to kids and teens
• 10 Apps Kids Use That Parents Should Know About
• The Most Dangerous Apps for Teens
• A handy PDF sheet showing a list of dangerous apps
• Why are kids obsessed with Fortnite and what are the dangers?​​
• It’s 10 P.M. Do You Know What Apps Your Children Are Using?
• 5 Apps That Should Terrify Every Parent, According To Experts
• The parent's guide to Sarahah
• Some answers to questions from parents about Clash of Clans, Minecraft, Youtube, Netflix and other apps that kids use
• ​Parents - check your kids' devices for these dangerous app
• Can predators get to your kids through the games on their devices?​

Parenting and technology

• ​​Do you really know what your child is doing on that smartphone?
• ​The impact of the dangerous online world on the mind of a young child
• Office of the e-Safety Commisioner - Computers tablets and smartphones
• 10 smartphone rules for a 12-year-old - with one key rule missing!
• Worried about your young teen's online safety?  Here's a book they (and you) MUST read.  
• All power to the mother!  How I took control of our internet. 

Predators / Online Grooming

• Child Grooming & Abduction – A True Story

Security

• Something to consider if your kids know your iPad or iPhone passcode
• ​What is it with kids and their resistance to backing up their data?! 
• A timely warning for students (and the rest of us!)​

Setting up your child's i-Device

• From the Apple Support website: How to use parental controls on your child's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
• Ensuring your child does not spend excessive amounts on mobile data usage
• ​Why parental controls did not stop inappropriate content on my child's iPad.  Beware!
• Restricting what websites kids can see on i-Devices
• Make sure 'Airdrop' is secured on your iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac

Social Media

• Teens are breaking up with Facebook faster than we thought - Mashable
• Cybersafety On Social Networks ​​​
• Parents guide on Snapchat, Instagram and more by Family Lives​

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