Top Tips - Parental Controls
Further Information
1. General advice
https://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers
2. Turn on Google SafeSearch
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/510?hl=en
3. Turn on YouTube safety mode
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/174084?hl=en
4. Turn on ISP Parental Controls (through your Broadband provider)
e.g. www.sky.com/new-search?q=parental%20controls
e.g. www.talktalk.co.uk/shop/security/homesafe
e.g. http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/46768#settingup
and/or use OpenDNS
https://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security
5. Turn on parental controls on games consoles
e.g. https://support.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-360/security/xbox-live-parental-control/
6. Turn on browser parental controls
e.g. https://www.technorms.com/30739/enable-parental-control-popular-browsers
7. Turn on online TV and film parental controls
e.g. http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/tv/pg_PIN
8. Turn on PC Operating System parental controls
e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EVNJnbrtOc
9. Turn on TV parental controls
e.g. http://help.sky.com/articles/set-up-parental-controls-on-your-tv
10. For older children, provide them with a monitored mobile
11. Skip explicit tracks on music streaming services
e.g. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/All-Platforms-Explicit-Filter/idi-p/3869
Further information
https://www.vodafone.com/content/digital-parenting/tools/how-to.html#
