Every successful and Unsuccessful person has one thing in common “24 hours a day”. Only difference is, how they utilize it – Source, Unknown!!
Reviewing the true importance of “Protect your Kid” app!
Being a modern mama, I need to confess that I give my Preschooler son an hour daily to engage in his online activities. These involve listening to some evocative stories, exploring the animal world, rhyming with the beautiful visuals and more so. To me, this is not a guilt, till the time me, as a parent ensures that his digital time is limited and he has enough of outdoor peer play & socialising activities. A true maxim which suits here : “Too much of anything is bad for you“. And so, what kids need here is an equilibrium and they need to maintain that fine line.
We need a balance between the Outdoor activities, Digital Time and Family Time. Till the day this perfection goes on, I’m sure parents are happy when kids are learning something creative using the digital world.
But then, as kids grow, their choices vary, decisions start getting influenced basis their buddies, their thoughts. This is where our role as a parent comes in. We need to be psychologically observant for our child. We need to discuss about our kids attitudes, their friends, their various approaches. As kids grow our command over their digital life starts receeding. But before that reduction, teach kids to draw a fine line and keep up the balance.
To me, Digital media is something we cannot avoid, it can be a powerful teacher, if taken in a constructive manner.
Pros of Digital world for kids :
- Helps in creative development
- Enhances learning and encourage practical learning
- Enhances cognitive development and hand eye coordinations
- Helps in making friends for shy children
- Connect with other kids of similar interests
- Help them know diversity of the world(can prevent racism)
But despite the positive impacts, many of us see our kids landing in a different direction.
Cons of Digital world for kids :
- Cyber Bullying
- Violent behaviour
- Reduced Outdoor and socializing activities
- Connecting to Pedophiles & Pornography
- Increase in Obesity and other Psychological /health disorders
- Effect on academic performance
- Leaning towards crime
- Interference in sleep
So where is that boundary for kids ??
In a survey, it was shared that 73% of parents want to limit their kids’ TV time, and 66% talk to their kids about the dangers of social media sites”. But, only a small quantum of respondents “actively monitor their kids’. If this “monitoring” factor is zeroed, then for sure the cons are bound to surpass the pros of technology. It can lead of excess viewing and even inappropriate content viewing.
Internet is a giant which can provide kids with ample educational and developmental information. What we as parents need to do is monitoring our child’s viewing patterns. And here is where I believe, the new generation, an award winning app – “Protect Your Kid”, comes into picture.
Helping parents find their way via “Protect Your Kid” App :
- This app was nominated for the prestigious World Summit Awards 2017. They are a part of top 350 world apps!
- The creator of the app (Bulbera) was selected as “Innovative enterprise for 2017”, where Protect Your Kid was showcased.
- The app is completely FREE in India, isn’t that astounding?
Innovative Corner : What does Protect Your Kid app offers?
As their tag line says “ Protect your kids online, be happy offline”, this online – offline relationship is the most important for parents. This parental control app is solely designed for monitoring our kids online activities and taking the corrective action at the right time. This reminds me of the havoc, which Blue Whale game got into our lives. It had to be monitored mama’s & papa’s, for our kids safety and better future.
1. Ensures protection :
- It blocks inappropriate content as well as not suitable apps & helps safe browsing.
- Helps say Bye-Bye to online addiction by setting the time limits for device use.
- You can block all the apps and calls during night time, thus helping kids get a good unhindered sleep.
2. Remote Monitoring :
- It has a dedicated “Parental Control Panel site”, which helps us monitor our kids activities & track their location from remote devices as well. You can track your kid activities while sitting in office, sipping that coffee.
3. Easy Compatibility :
- It can be used on any laptop, tablet or smartphone once the app is configured in both devices.
- Further, it also works on both Android and iOS systems.
4. Simple set up :
- It does not ask any technical skills from us, just few simple steps for configuration and its done.
- Browse onto protectyourkid site “How to section” to have a detailed understanding about the set up, configuration of rules and safe browsing.
5. Analyse :
- You can easily track the usage statistics, browsing history, time spent on various apps, and discuss if you find something against your parental approval.
6. Combine the apps :
You can combining the apps in groups for simplicity, quick analysis, as in, a group for Games, another for browsing and so on. You can set restrictions as you want to.
All you need to do for this amazing control is :
1. Kid’s mode – Install on your child’s Android device. Just download and configure Protect Your Kid on their devices.
2. Parent’s mode – Installable both on Android and iOS devices, configure in your device and chose the Parent’s mode.
Discuss about this app with your child and now sit back and track your kids app usage statistics. True so, this app does deserve numerous accolades from parents for helping us ensuring safety of our precious gems!
So is it a time to say, Happy Parents, Happy Kids!! Yes, our kids are safe completely under our monitoring. What can be better than this! Have you downloaded the app? Do that right now, mama & papa’s, its FREE in India and there is Free 20 days trial period for other geographical locations also.
Allow kids exposure, now in a tech savvy manner!
Love,
This is a really good way to monitor children’s exposure to the internet. Loved the way you’ve detailed all of it, and looks pretty simple to use as well.
Cyber security is so important these days .. specially for kids .. this app sounds like a necessity for all parents these days ..
I do keep an eye on the time my kids get tablet time. I encourage them to play with each other and other things rather then just play electronic games and watch TV all day.
This is such an amazing app! In this era of digitalisation, keeping the kids safe is very important!
seriously this app exists I didn’t knew, I will try for sure
Oh, This is such an amazing app and very helpful. Will definitely check this out and share to my cousin too.
This is amazing app to be their with all parents as in today’s world it is required to save kids from gadgets misuse
THis looks such a great app…. Will ask my sisters to install this
In today’s world I feel this app is a boon to the parents!
Wow, I’m really amaze with our technology nowadays. This is a good app to monitor your kids progress. But I hope they won’t rely too much on technologies 🙂
Cyber sucurity is very necessary for kids. And this app playing a good role …
Protect your kid app looks perfect .Would be checking it out .Important to keep them safe
This app will not only ensure that the kids are protected but we, parents, will also get to take time off from stress, relax with our kids and have a good night sleep.
This is seriously the best app I’ve seen for monitoring kids on being online. Me and my husband is always talking about internet or computer usage for child it’s really important these days. Especially we see lots of kids in restaurant glued to the iPad (it’s sad) thanks for sharing!!!! Love your blog!
This is an interesting way to monitor what your kids are watching online and for how long. You have shared such an informative post about this. Thank you
Thanx for sharing such an useful app… I always scared before giving tab to my 8 year girl but now I am feeling relaxed, will surely download it.
The app sure does look interesting. I will want to install it and use it to protecting my kid who ends up being online a lot 🙂
Nowadays we need such apps. Great way to monitor our kids !!
i just wanna say that it is the great security solution for parents who are worried about the time that their kids spend with digital gadgets. By using this, they will be able to monitor their kids in best possible way.
Monitor kids on internet is not easy. This app is designed so well to block inappropriate content. Every parent must opt for this
This is such a need of the hour. With kids getting the hang of the virtual world, this app would ensure to keep our kids safe.
it’s not easy to keep safe kids from internet ill effects. This app surely gonna help parents by its features. i love that it block inappropriate sites automatically
Amazing App for kids. Very useful and beneficial tips to secure kids from digital usage. Great thought.
This is a timely read. I am sharing this with my sister. She is worried about her “just turned 13” daughter’s online activities. I am glad that there are apps like this like now to help us parents protect our kids from online predators.
That’s a good and necessary app for all parents. It is really helping in keeping the kids safe in digital envoirnmen
Monitoring and controlling Digital exposure for kids is essential in today world. Wasn’t aware of the app so thanks for sharing this information. Loved the way you have written about it. Will definitely check it out
this is a good app! coz we can teach our children and be at guard, but we cant be 100% vigilant and we dont know what new ways these perpetrators keep finding!!! so better to take such safeguarding measures!
This is necessary for kids in this generation. As everything is very easily accessible. I will definitely give this app a try, it so cool
This is great. it is so super important to monitor your kids online activity. There is so much out there which we need to protect children from.
In this day and age its so much more important to monitor childrens usage on the internet. There are so many negative things out there and we need to protect the kids from it all as much and as best as we can.
Keeping kids in front of digital media is good if done for limited time. We should not give access to digital media for long hours to small kids and even us adults should restrict the usage.
This is Ah-mazing. I’m absolutely going to use this! Appreciate the honest pros and cons list too ??
Looks like a good app, I will look into this for my girls.
my ex needs this app for our kids and stat! I’ll have to share this post with him! My kids come home and talk about what they watched at Dada’s house and it’s too mature for them to be watching at their age… thanks for the info!
Cyber security is so very important as is educating our kids from a young age about safe surfing.
It sounds like a great app! I allow my kids minimal time on their tablets, but I still like to monitor their usage.
I think being a parent in today’s digital world would be so hard and I take my hat off to everyone who is navigating these waters. I’m with you that not all online activity is bad and kids can really benefit from so many activities out there the combine learning and play. How wonderful there’s an app that will help keep our kids safe and also within whatever boundaries parents decide are best for their families. x
Much needed app, this app surely seems to be fine for our little ones!
I really like the idea of this app. Monitoring what your kids are doing online is very important, as they should be able to explore online but we need to ensure their safety too. I completely agree that every in moderation is good, and if it can combine learning and play then it’s even better! Thanks for sharing! x
I was not aware of this app. Both of my younger kids have tablets. I do have parental controls on and they have to have me push in a code everytime they put a new game on or watch a movie. Their screen time is also limited.
I think the most important part here is the timer feature. It helps condition the kids to expect limited browsing times.
What a brilliant way to monitor your children.I don’t have kids but I would totally use this app if I did.
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I dont have kids but have friends that do and this app is great for them. they are always saying they have no idea what kids are doing on their phones
Never heard about this app..but surely it’s really great app parents must have
This is an awesome app! I think my nephew and my niece are way too young to know how to work a tablet but I’m old fashioned lol. Being able to supervise their screen time is just the thing parents need.
I agree that the digital world can be a great teacher, especially in a world that is conditioned for technology. Of course there are concerns like cyber bullying and ‘grooming online’ but at the same time children do need to use the digital world especially for school assignments. What a great way to monitor and protect your children with ‘protect your kid”s app.
I wish they would have had something like this when my kids were younger, I had to monitor them the “old fashion” way…lol! Cyber security is so important these days along with keeping our children safe while they are online! I will definitely be spreading the word about this app to my friends who still have younger kids as both mine are adults now…
Awesome app. First time I come to know about it.. will seriously download in pH android..
I am so happy to see that there are such apps available for parents to keep their kids safe in this madness of online world. Also as a parent myself I understand that we need to allow kids this digital time as well without letting the guilt kill us. I also allow my daughter but couldn’t control her addiction which was growing. I am really happy to have read this post and would love to immediately try this app.
This app is really an innovative way to track a kid’s internet activities. Having a child and parent mode makes things even simpler.
Your article makes a lot of sense , maybe the smartest I read in a long time regarding this topic. We are responsible both for educate and protect the children and banning technology is not the answer, but teach them the skills on how to manage and cope with .
We cannot stop kids from accessing the internet and that means they will get exposed to several bad things! This app is really really helpful for parents to keep a check on the digital exposure of kids
The app sounds interesting. I might take a look and see where it can apply to us!
This app seems like a great idea! I don’t have children yet, but I will definitely be monitoring their online use when I do have them.
My son is only 2 so there is no such thing as online activity for him yet, but I can’t stop thinking about how will I keep him safe once he will start using that type of technology one day. It’s great that there are apps like the one you’ve mentioned above, I’ll definitely try it, but I believe the right education on possible threats is also crucial. Especially the cyber bullying…there is a suicide almost every week now, because of it, and it’s just getting worse and worse. We have to teach our kids how to react to that and handle it 🙁
My daughter received her laptop for Christmas it took me 20 min to pick out a laptop for her but two weeks deciding on what program to use of course no program is a 100% but a program that offers this much security is worth looking into .
Your post is really helhelp cyber security is must for kids.
This is an amazing app . Will check out this . I liked the control feature of this app.
My nephew is addicted to his iPad and many times he comes across many violent videos on Youtube, so this app seems like the perfect solution in this case.
Cyber security is the most important thing now days. This app is very useful to keep track children activities on internet
Cyber security is so important and this is a really good way to monitor kids exposure to the internet. App looks so helpful.
What a great app, its so important to know what our children are getting up to on line. This is a great way to feel reassured as parents.
what a great app — it’s so important that we know what are kids are doing online!
Sounds like an interesting idea. I could definitely monitor my daughter’s web time. It’s just a little hard as I only have her about a quarter of the time as it is.
As parents, we must do our best to protect our kids from harm, especially through the use of digital media. This Protect Your Kid app is a valuable tool for parents with young children. My kids are a little older and they know about responsible internet usage. Of course I have some parental monitoring in place too. Thanks for your honest review of the product. Will be recommending this to my cousin.
Wow this is very useful. It is important monitor a child’s use of the internet especially when they are too young to know or understand the dangers. I will recommend to my extended family an friends who have young kids. Thank you.
This app looks promising. As it is one essential thing for every parents to watch over their kids. Kids can get distracted by technology as smartphones has reached too many hands now. But using this app for safe browsing can be a good thing we all should do. Thanks for the share.
What a great idea for an app, at the moment we have the rule that electronics can only be played on in the lounge room or dining room where I can see what they are doing.
My son is addicted to Mobile…didnt know about such amazing app!
Loved the simplicity it comes with. Moreover, 2 diff modes for parents and kids.
This is an app that we should download and check out. I’ll tell my daughter about it, and she’ll try it on her three-year-old kid. Thank you for providing this information.