The Internet is getting scarier by the day and hence requires constant vigilance to protect your kids.
Its very easy to setup and use Windows 10s Parental Control Feature.
Well now go straight to how you might set up parental controls.
Here are the steps to do it.
- hit the Windows Start Menu Icon and selectSettings.
it’s possible for you to also Press theWindows Key + Ito open Windows controls.
Navigate toAccounts -> Family & other usersand then select Add a family member.
Else, hit The person I want to add does not have an email address.
Its advisable to have a separate account for each member of your family.
Next, provide the all the pertinent information needed to set up your childs account.
To provide additional protection to your childs account, youll need to enter a phone number.
We suggest you uncheck them as these options are not particularly relevant to your kids.
Until you confirm the invitation, youll see that their account is pending.
Even though they will be able to sign in to the computer, the parental controls will not work.
So see to it you confirm their account before proceeding to the next section.
A Join your family page will show.
You will have to login again to confirm the invitation acceptance.
When youre done, youll be able to configure the child account.
Click Manage family parameters online to launch the website or click here to.
Recent Activity
The recent activity prefs collect your childs activities and email reports to you.
you could either fire up the Email weekly reports to me option or check out all the activity.
Note that Microsoft can only report web browsing activity if the child uses Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge.
If you want to strictly monitor web browsing activity you should block access to other browsers.
Thats why its important you monitor your childs web browsing habits.
In the Web browsing section, you could block websites that you dont want your child to visit.
When SafeSearch is on, search engines will filter out inappropriate search results.
Also, if the child is really young, can make double-check he sees only the websites youve allowed.
Apps, games & media
Games can be very addictive.
And games now are more violent than they used to be.
It lets you block apps and games that you dont want your child to open.
you’re free to also block specific apps and games, just as you would with websites.
you’re able to even limit per day usage if you wish.
It can only work if they same Microsoft account is associated with the phone.
This becomes handy when youre concerned about the whereabouts of you children.
you might control these options for Windows 10 PCs, Xbox One & Xbox 360 consoles as well.
Microsoft has made it easy for parents to apply controls to their kids accounts.
