ixDownload.com Parental controls evolve to block more than pornography and adult content
The biggest online threats children face today arise from social network sites. While many parents remain focused on blocking porn from their households they might be ignoring greater threats to their children's safety.

BELLEVUE, WA, June 08, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- It starts off innocently enough: your child gets some Instant Messenger notices from someone she doesn't know. She may even see her photos tagged or some rather cute but puzzling messages left on her Facebook mail box. While things may start off rather harmless, your kid's online safety may be on the line. The person sending her messages might not be who he claims to be. The person your kid is exchanging "cute" emails with might have a criminal past—of harming children.

Sounds extreme? Not a chance. As Facebook and Twitter's subscriber base explode, more and more sex offenders and potential offenders can take advantage of these services' powerful features to find, reach out, and "befriend" your child. "The sad truth is that many parents are still stuck in the 90s mindset that the greatest danger the Internet poses for their kid is pornography," said Oliver Thompson, Media Relations Principal at ixDownload.com, the Internet's leading software download and review resource website. "It is very disturbing to realize that the rise of social networks has made child predation much much easier than before. Parents need to expand their focus from illegal content to inappropriate messaging and contact. Parents must use parental control software that takes into consideration the sad realities social networks and chat networks help make possible when it comes to child safety. More and more kids are becoming vulnerable to stalkers and predators online. Parents need to know how to select the proper software that decreases their kids' chances of connecting with possible predators," added Thompson. In order to help parents make informed choices in selecting the right software packages to protect their children's online privacy and security, ixDownload.com has released its Parental Control Software Guide available at http://www.ixdownload.com/reviews/parental-control-software/

The guide walks parents through each feature they should consider in a no-nonsense fashion. "Our goal is to arm every parent with the right questions so they can find the right parental control software that matches their family's particular security needs," said Thompson. IxDownload doesn't impose its suggestion on parents but realizes that each family's values and security needs vary depending on each family's differing stands on particular types of online content and social situation. Instead of merely suggesting a particular parental control software title, ixDownload.com instead focuses on helping parents ask the right questions so they can select the software that helps them meet their family's particular needs.

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