Friday, March 4, 2016

Advantages Of Child Monitoring Software

By Michelle Kelly


In the current world, technology and internet are a big part in the growth of the children. Instead of having to worry about you kid whenever they get on a phone or computer, one can install software in the computer or a phone application that helps give you updates on every click your child makes or whenever there is a problem. There are more benefits of a child monitoring software than its disadvantages.

Good monitoring software or application installed in a mobile phone has the capabilities to track and get the location of the device. Using this tracking capability, a parent can be able to track their children wherever they may be for safety reasons. This tracking may also be crucial if at all the kid misplaces their devices or they get stolen. It may offer the authorities a very easy time in tracking down the thieves of all the devices.

It can be used to encrypt data to avoid other unauthorized people from getting important and sensitive information. This helps save children who might be a little careless with their belonging to keep important information from thieves and other people who may mean harm through blackmailing and extortion.

These applications in mobile phones and computer can help a parent restrict their kid from accessing sites that have adults only content. Such are pornography and gambling websites that children might log in or access with fake profiles and identifications. This way, a parent can rest ease assured that their children cannot access such websites that are an inappropriate as the kid grows and learns.

In this era of technology and internet, the children are more into their phones and computer. This is causing unbalance in their social lives since they spend a lot of hours glued to the social media. This may cause a to be socially unfit when it comes to playing and interacting with other people physically. Therefore, the monitoring software and applications can help limit the number of hours the kid are on their computer and give them more time to do play outside and interact with other people physically.

Cyber bullying has led to children growing with very low self-esteem that may be a hindrance to a child achieving his or her potential. In some extreme cases, people have ended up committing suicide over such bullying. Good software allows a parent monitor all content being put in the public domain for people to see and follows up comments posted. In case of anything or anyone raising eyebrows, the parent can report, block and warn the culprit.

With the use of these software and applications, the parents can also monitor and control their children spending on the online shopping shops and also keep track of any transactions. This is to help know of the financial status of their children and help in organizing their finances well. Since all calling and internet are to be paid for, the parents also have control on their telephone bills to avoid overspending which may not be good to the parents budget.

The children are with their phones most of the days. Therefore, whatever they communicate through texting or calling is usually what they are up to. By keeping the tabs on who they talk to the most can help keep track of your kid friends and what he does. This helps the parent from knowing if their child is engaging in drugs or criminal activities and if so, they can warn and rehabilitate them.




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