positronic

As a computer store owner / tech I'll pass on a few programs that work well with a Windows based computer to help protect your kids. For internet filtering K9 Web Protection works great and is free for home use. Porn is easily accessible and I've known kids who have been ruined by exposure to it at an early ag, and, men who have succumbed to it at the cost of their marriage (wife's can password protect it so their husbands also won't be tempted in this area - like my wife did at my request due to my poor self-discipline).

Put a .com at the end of this "k9webprotection" as I'm not able to post URL's yet.

Also, for time monitoring I'd recommend Computertime. You can easily set how many hours a day a person can use the computer, time range that they can use it, days of the week it can be used, and have profiles for multiple people with different settings for each. So for parents who're working when their kids get home the software can be set to block their usage until a set time. For parents of multiple kids that want to use the computer it eliminates arguements over usage and also telling them to get off and do homework or go to bed as you can set the time to have them get off. For instance, to give an idea of its flexibility, you can set a 2 hour time limit in a day but during any one period they can only be on 1 hour and have to wait at least 15 minutes before logging on again. I believe it is $49 for up to 6 computers. Note: we play a lot of games on the computers (we have 6) and neither one of these causes problems with the games.

Put a .com at the end of this "softwaretime" for the web address.

Patrick