To use or not to use parental control software?

[Sue_W]

Hello, everyone!

My name is Sue, I'm a mother of 13 years old boy.
Recently I've caught my son, watching X-rated web-site…
We've discussed it with my husband, he wanna use parental control software. Actually I've always thought, that it's not a solution of the problem, but we've finally decided to try some…anyway we can always reinstall it..

So I've got 2 questions for you:

What do you think about parental control software (to use/not to use, may be some one can share his experience)

Which software to choose? We've checked some and stopped on 2: Care4teen (http://www.care4teen.com/) and NetNanny (http://www.netnanny.com/). NetNanny has many good reviews, but what I like about Care4teen is that parents build base of bad resources (everyone can add some resource to a black list), so it seemed to have a good filter. Or may be you can recommend smth else?

 

[Amanda Xu]

I think it depends on the kid invidually... sometimes too much control can harm the kid

 

[DanielLee5]

Check this soft https://www.refog.com/parental-monitoring-software.html , I use it to control my teens. They KNOW I do that, I think it is very important to show your children you trust them, and the fact you use such a tool must show you want to CARE and PROTECT them, not control.