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I posted this same question in both the parenting and the computer/myspace section and I didn’t find what I was looking for, but was bashed by (I hope by children and teens) for wanting to "spy" on my child. So please don’t report me for posting here which seems to have some relatively bright adults here… I TRUST my 13 yr.-old daughter, but want to keep safety first. Does anyone know the best software in which to use to watch a child’s safety on the internet, particularly Myspace? Note: I’ve already made her space "private," have her password and keep the computer in the livingroom. The computer history just doesn’t show you everything. I’d be a neglectful mother if I didn’t watch my child’s safety. Any thoughts on software?
Yes, when I got her password I logged on and you wouldn’t believe the number of people on there who were adults! And chatting with her!!!! What these adults apparently do is make 2 sep. accounts: one is a "kid" account, they’re added to her friend’s list this way then they explain later that they’re really an adult and begin using (sometimes) their regular accounts to leave comments and chat w/ her. It’s not her I don’t trust, but the fact that she could be lead into such a thing. It’s the perverts I do not trust. I’m an educated adult and have raised her with very good safety values. But I’m NOT God and no one is a perfect parent. My friend does the sting work at the police dept. and he won’t allow his kids on Myspace or Facebook at all. Which actually speaks volumes.

I have been thinking about this alot, and I think it could be good for a business, but more importantly for the safety of kids.

What sparked the idea, my cousin is 13 years old and she was on a website/chatroom, and got a number from a man(21 years old), and was having conversations every night with this guy, and exchanging emails.

Me being at the right place at the right time, got on her computer, and saw all the emails with this guy, Stuff that I did not want to see, and things a 13 year old girl should not know about.

I told her mom, and she had a talk with her, and I did some research and installed a parental control program, that monitors everything, and showed my aunt how to use it. No more problems after that, and my cousin was happy that I did that.

Who knows what would’ve happened if she would’ve kept talking to this guy.

Do you think as a parent, you would be interested in protecting your kid online and have someone come out to your house and setup the softwa?
By the way, I don’t think this is spying on your kids, I believe it’s called parenting. It’s the same as looking to see if the Movie is R- rated. I’m only 19 years old and, I don’t have any kids, but after seeing what happened. There is a dark side to the internet that should be protected.
imsidiro, Actually this going to be a extra to the business I already have. I install networks, PC-repair.

But, I’m not going to create a new software. It’s just some parents are clueless as to how to do things. Many parents do not know anything about that kind of software. Most kids know more than parents do, when it comes to the internet.
imsidiro, Actually this going to be a extra to the business I already have. I install networks, PC-repair.

But, I’m not going to create a new software. It’s just some parents are clueless as to how to do things. Many parents do not know anything about that kind of software. Most kids know more than parents do, when it comes to the internet.
So my job would be to, advertise what I can do.

Then load the software, and tutor them on how to use it.