Care4Teen allows parents to access and control online activities and acts as a blocking service, which can be used to prevent children from accessing websites, deemed inappropriate for them.

To get started, all a user has to do is create an account on the Care4Teen website. Once done, install Care4Teen on the computer you wish to monitor. After that, just go to the Care4Teen website and log into your account. You will be able to see a list of websites visited by your child, as well as the search queries made by the child over the Internet.

Upon detection of any inappropriate site, Care4teen records the website in its log and create screencasts of the screen, which can be used to monitor the activities of your children.

Features

• Free and easy to use.
• Remote access your child’s computer and browsing history.
• Block and monitor the activities to keep children safe from inappropriate content for their age.
• Create screenshots and screencasts of inappropriate sites.

Check out Care4Teen @ www.care4teen.com (via AddictiveTips)

SmarTots is a website which provides the best educational apps for children to use and enhance their learning skills. SmarTots-compatible applications allow parents to get a report of the time spent by the children on these apps, the type of game they most prefer (maths, science, art, etc.) and so on.

With the reports generated, SmarTots can also recommend you with similar applications, which will allow you to further enhance your children’s learning skills and their knowledge in that particular field.

To use SmarTots, just visit the App Reviews section, and select the age or content area for your field. You will then be displayed the reviews of all those apps suitable for that age/content.

Features

• SmarTots reviews both paid and free apps.
• Find suitable apps for your children.
• Statistical reports allow parents to discover interests of children.
• Similar tools: KinderTown and MyAmericanFarm.

Check out Smartots @ www.smartots.com (via FreeTech4Teachers)

While the video gives out no gifts or anything for being a part of it, it is a funny thing and people just like to be a part of it to show their love and appreciation for The Muppets.

Being a part of the never-ending clip is easy and simple. All a user has to do is click “Start” after which the user will need to enter his/her date of birth and then accepts the Terms of Service. Once done, use the webcam to record yourself saying “Mahna Mahna” and then make it public if you think it is good enough. The video will then be added to the never-ending video clip list.

Features

• A funny way to be part of something unique.
• Create funny videos.

Check out Muppets Manha Manha @ www.muppetsmahnamahna.com

In addition to checking the hard drive, it will also scan the history file for any known pornographic websites. It makes it difficult to hide your web browsing practices (incognito browsing might gain a new importance).

The one time fee of $20 is per report, so make sure to print or take a screenshot of your results because they do not keep the results on their servers. Once they are gone, they are gone. The program uses Java, so you don’t need to download anything to use it.

Features:

• Scans hard drive for any adult material.
• Checks history folder for porn websites.
• One time use for $20.
• No download required, just a javascript.

Find His Porn @ www.findhisporn.com

The website is actually a Tumblr blog and hence eliminates any navigation complexity and issues. The videos are included from sites like YouTube, Vimeo and more. The videos can be browsed in chronological order or searched, although currently there isn’t an option to browse videos by categories or topics. Often, videos also include links to other reference material available for the topic.

Features:

• A collection of videos geared towards kids.
• Hand-picked videos related to science, nature and more.
• No registration required.
• Similar sites: Kideos, Kidio and TotLol.

Visit TheKidShouldSeeThis @ www.thekidshouldseethis.com

KinderTown is a free iOS application that serves as an app store for other educational iOS apps. Sized at 3.3 MB and compatible with iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad, KinderTown requires your device to run iOS version 4.1 or later. With the app installed, you can begin discovering all sorts of educational iOS apps for children.

The procedure to look for an app is first to specify your iOS device, then the age of your child, and then the subject you want the app to focus on.

Your search results are populated and displayed. You can click on a result to view the details of that application.

Features:

• A user-friendly phone app.
• Compatible with iOS devices.
• Helps look for educational iOS apps for children.
• Lets you search for apps by specifying device, child’s age, and subjects for app to focus on.

Check out KinderTown @ http://www.kindertown.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

2houses is a web service that is currently free to use. It lets separated couples share information about their child with one another. You start using the site by creating an account and detailing your child’s name and your ex-partner’s name. When your ex-partner is on board you can start logging events, parenting schedules, expenses and payments, and messages in the site’s online interface. You can also add detailed information of your child to share with your ex-partner; this information includes ID card numbers and clothes sizes, amongst other things.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Helps separated couples manage children’s schedules with one another.
• Lets you share parenting schedules, expenses, and messages.
• Lets you share child’s details with one another.

Check out 2houses @ http://www.2houses.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

At the same time, the child is introduced to the main phonetic patterns of written English. All of this is done with the help of creatively crafted media. It happens to be easier for a child to learn stuff when he is shown “pictures, presentations and sound clips”.

The website is very user-friendly, so just choose the type of “quiz” you want your child to take and click it. After that, the quiz is very simple and your child has to choose the corresponding word with the image and vice versa. It will then play the words, and your child has to recognize those words.

After the quiz is finished, it will show you how many correct answers your child gave, which can be reviewed again. Currently, there are only 14 presentations to choose from. However, the website plans to take the number to 50 soon.

Features

• Free and easy to use.
• A colorful and user-friendly design appeals to the children.
• Interactive presentations and quiz make learning effective.
• Similar tools: Alphabetimals, Funnix, MeeGenius, StoryLineOnline, ePubBud, Librophile, AudioOwl and BooksInMyPhone.

Check out Reading Bear @ www.readingbear.org (via The Next Web) (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Alphabetimals is a website which teaches your children alphabets, while giving the example of an animal with that letter. For example: e for elephant.

The website also gives you the option to listen to the sounds of the animals. Your child will not only learn his ABC, but also animals and their pronounciation and noise.

There is also a fun alphabetimal typer down the website, which writes your words in the “alphabetimal characters” (each character symbolized by its respective animal).

Features

• Free to use.
• Fun and educational at the same time.
• Kids learn their ABCDs and about animals at the same time.
• Interactive and colorful site makes learning easier.

Check out Alphabetimals @ http:alphabetimals.com (by Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

ProCon Latte searches for porn content based on keywords and actively blocks such websites popping up or being accessed by the user. Any time such content is blocked a message is shown under the Firefox address bar. Exceptions can be made to the site in its options and adding sites to the whitelist. A password can also be set to the add-on so that other computers are unable to modify the add-on’s settings.

Features:

• A user-friendly browser tool.
• Compatible with Mozilla Firefox.
• Blocks porn content.
• Lets you set password to lock modifications.
• Similar tools: FamilyShield, SafetyWeb and Zoodles.
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  How To Block Websites On Your PC Without Using Software
  5 Tools to Track How Much Time you Waste while Online.

Check out ProCon Latte Content Filter @ addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/procon-latte (by MOin from Thumb Press)