This post is presented by Wondershare.
It’s 2019, so kids are practically born with a smartphone in their hands. The ability to communicate and access information anywhere is mostly a great thing. But for parents, there are plenty of reasons to be concerned about the content their kids are consuming, or the amount of time they’re spending staring at a screen.
However, with the right app, you can make sure your youngsters stay away from risky videos and websites. In fact, you can even use children’s mobile devices to enhance their safety.
FamiSafe is a parental control app for iOS and Android devices. Install it on your and your child’s devices, and it opens up a range of options for managing and monitoring what’s happening.
Keep parental control
There may not be a worse possible feeling than wondering where your child is. So perhaps the most meaningful feature of FamiSafe is the ability to define a geo-fence. You can define the area around, say, a friend’s neighborhood, or the area around your kid’s school, and make sure your child stays there. If your little one wanders in or out of the zone, you get an instant alert. It’s also possible to review location history, so you can make sure they did not go anywhere unsafe without your knowledge.
Maybe just as important as where kids go, though, is what they see and hear. That’s why the FamiSafe parental control toolkit also includes a simple but powerful app blocker and activity monitor.
The content monitoring works a few different ways. It can screen for questionable browsing and cyberbullying. It can even block texts from unknown numbers or messages that contain problem words that you define.
Additionally, you can set screen time limits according to school and sleep schedules, for example. And when your kids do use their phones, FamiSafe lets you see what apps they install, uninstall or use the most. It gives you a clear picture of your child’s digital diet. If there’s an app you don’t want them using, you can block it. Same goes for browsing content, which you can manage according to broad categories.
If you’re worried they’re just on their phones too much, full screen time reports offer a window into their daily usage. It’s easy to set a daily time limit, too, so your kid’s eyes stay on their studies (or just on the world around them). They’ll have plenty of time for squinting at the screen when they grow up.
Safety starts today
In the digital era, there’s every reason to be extra careful about how, when and why our kids interact with their digital devices. Apple’s parental controls offer some help. But with an advanced tool like FamiSafe, you can set the terms for your child, so there’s no guessing or negotiating.
This is a great time to start, too. The normal yearly plan costs about $70 a year. But if you act now, you’ll get FamiSafe for 20% off if you enter the coupon code SENFSOFF at checkout. Even without a discount, that’s a pretty reasonable price for security and peace of mind about the digital dimensions of a child’s life.
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