Everyone with internet connection will always have access to adult sites, and that includes your kids using your computer at home. The contents from these sites are obviously not suitable for your kids, and what makes this dangerous is that, kids are naturally curious, and they may sneak on you and visit these sites when you’re not around. So if you want to protect their innocent minds from such things, it would be better if you make extra measures than just tell them not to go to those websites.
There are lots of softwares out there that can help you keep your kids from going into adult content sites by blocking such sites. However, most of these softwares are for paid services. You need to buy them from their manufacturers and install it yourself. This can be your safest bet, but if you don’t want to spend tens up to hundreds of dollars for this security feature, you can opt for blocking such sites right from your browser, it’s free and effective. Here’s how to do it:
In Internet Explorer, click “Tools” > “Internet Options” > “Content” tab. From the “Content Advisor” section, click the tab “Enable…” From there, you can then set you setting. Click the “Ratings” tab and set the rating levels for violence, language, nudity, and sex.
Of course, there are some sites that you want your kids to visit, so click on “Approved Sites” tab and enter the name of those sites that you allow your kids to view.
On “General” tab, you can choose to allow or disallow kids to visit sites that aren’t rated.
If your computer is using different browser, such as Mozilla and Google Chrome, search for its security features and learn how to block adult content sites with those browsers.