Comments on: Safe Surfing with Child-Friendly Browsers

By: shs

shs — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:59:33 +0000

I usually have to keep an eye on my little ones whenever they are surfing anyway but feeling a little more confident as software like this gets more advanced. thanks

By: Cautious Mom

Cautious Mom — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:43:05 +0000

I really feel like I am careful with the computer controls in our house. The desktop is in the living room area, where I can see what’s on the screen from all the way in the kitchen. My laptop is always locked away (yes, under lock and key) when I’m not using it and has a password on it as well. I feel confident in trusting my son and his choices, but I don’t trust other people out there!

By: W

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:58:14 +0000

Hi guys, many good comments and posts on this subject. have enjoyed reading them. Good work, thanks, and bookmarked.!!! Webkinz rocks!!

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:45:52 +0000

My 6-years daughter likes Glubble and its lively interface (we are big Firefox funs), but I prefer to have professional parental control software. There are a variety of tools available and the one I use is Ez Internet Timer (http://www.internettimer.net/ ). It allows to control online usage of my kid.

By: Tatiana

Tatiana — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:01:13 +0000

Very useful post. where can i find more articles on this subject ?

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:49:50 +0000

Glubble is a very nice option indeed. But I wonder up to what age it's going to be effective. Kids today are very knowledgable with computers. I'm pretty sure some 8-9 year olds are able to download a browser and install it by themselves.

Using an internet router with parental control features built in provides in my opinion more robust security.

By: Jared

Jared — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:24:18 +0000

http://www.YouthEye.com is a great website for concerned parents, if you aren’t willing to use a different browser atleast.

By: SSO

SSO — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:35:40 +0000

Great tip on the Glubble add-on. My daughter isn't even two yet, so I'm sure they'll be lots of "new things available" by the time she's surfing, but I'm still following the trends now and staying up to date with what's available.

Thanks!
Jay

By: Blair

Blair — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:35:13 +0000

Thanks for the Glubble tip. My five-yr old daughter is just beginning to use the Internet (with my help) and the sooner I implement a simple add-on like this to my Firefox, the better. I visited their site and the features certainly fit my requirements.

By: Cliff Boro

Cliff Boro — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:50:05 +0000

Dear Dr. Moz:

My name is Cliff Boro; I’m the co-Founder and CEO of KidZui. Thank you for your posting regarding KidZui’s launch. The idea for KidZui came from my long-time business partner and KidZui co-Founder, Vidar Vignisson. Vidar has three boys (7-11) and he and his wife Shabana were frustrated by the limited (and unsafe) nature of their children’s internet use. The passion behind KidZui is to give children a safe and enjoyable way to independently search, browse, and discover the best child-appropriate content on the Internet. This is a labor of love for our whole team.

We’re big Firefox fans, and we encourage anyone to improve the internet for children. We’ve spent millions of dollars to hire more than 200 teachers and parents (working in 25 states, virtually round-the-clock) to personally review more than 500,000 websites, videos and pictures. We’ve also developed a completely novel kid-centric, graphical interface for kids to explore and use the internet. We’ve tested KidZui with more than 8,000 children before launching.

All of this costs money. After consulting with parents and witnessing what parents spend on Webkinz and Club Penguin alone– we chose the most intellectually-honest and straightforward business model that we know — namely, to create a new Internet for kids that is worth paying a subscription for.

We welcome all kids and parents to try KidZui — we provide a totally “no obligation or hassles” 30-day trial — and KidZui is only $4.95 per month. Thankfully — we’ve received an enormous amount of positive feedback from kids and parents — and many parents find that $4.95 is a very fair price for the value we provide. As KidZui matures as a company, we’ll take inspiration from our Board and investors (who have started companies like Leapfrog and Starbucks) — and we’ll do everything that we can to make KidZui available in lower-income communities and households. We’ve already made a commitment to provide KidZui to many Foster children in San Diego.

Everyone’s energies should be directed to making the Internet better for kids. We respect Glubble’s efforts and hope and assume that they will respect ours.

If anyone has any questions about KidZui, I can be reached directly at cliff.boro@kidzui.com.

Regards,

Cliff Boro
Chairman and CEO
KidZui

By: Trent

Trent — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:22:02 +0000

Thanks for the tip Doc! I seemed to miss the boat with the Firefox thing, but this Glubble extention looks like a great reason to give them both a download.

By: Andrew Flusche, Virginia Lawyer

Andrew Flusche, Virginia Lawyer — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:00:10 +0000

Thanks a ton for pointing out this neat Firefox extension. I didn’t know something like this even existed.

But I do worry that it encourages parents to try to “set it and forget it.” It’s much better for parents to be actively monitoring and helping their children, especially with the internet.