Parents: Know What Your Kids Do on the Internet This Summer

PC Pandora is reminding parents that monitoring Internet activity, especially while kids roam free on family machines all day long during summer month, is essential parenting in the 21st century…

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 11, 2009 -- The summer months are here and that means kids will be spending more time on the family computers. It also means that the chances of something happening to your kids increases. But with parents busier than ever doing whatever then can to make ends meet, they aren't always there to make sure their kids are using the internet safely.

"Kids on summer break are going to spend much more time unsupervised at home, inside, and much more time on the internet," says James Leasure, co-founder of Pandora Corp. makers of PC Pandora computer monitoring software (http://www.pcpandora.com). "That translates to more chances of falling victim to a predator or cyberbully, taking risks they shouldn't take, or even making careless mistakes on the home computer."

Restricting computer and internet access while parents are away is next to impossible with a determined 'tween or teen at home. But parents do have a way to make sure their kids are staying safe while alone and online…

"That's the main reason we implemented the IRIS feature in our PC Pandora monitoring software (http://pcpandora.wordpress.com/)," says Leasure. "We know parents can't be over the shoulder all the time; but at the same time, it's crucial that they know what their child is doing, so they can breathe a sigh of relief or take action when necessary."

PC Pandora's IRIS feature (http://www.pcpandora.com/children/do_all_of_this_from_any.php) emails updates of computer and internet activity to parents while they are at work or otherwise not at home. Parents can review online chats, web histories, emails and more, almost as they happen. This not only makes parenting easier, but affords the ability to be a stronger parent outside the home.

"We want parents to have the security of knowing their kids are staying safe online all summer, no matter where the parent is or has to be. Monitoring software, like our PC Pandora, and features like the IRIS are valuable tools that provide that security through full knowledge of activity," says Leasure.

PC Pandora (http://hubpages.com/hub/Monitoring-Child-Internet-Activity-Essential-Parenting) is computer monitoring software that records all user activity. By taking sequential snapshots of all activity on screen, PC Pandora is just like a DVR for your PC. The snapshots will allow you to see everything that happened on your computer, telling you who did what and when. Further details of user activity, such as websites visited, emails sent and received, instant messenger chats, keystrokes logged, peer-2-peer files traded, programs accessed and more, can be seen in text-based files. Those text files can then be sent to the parents via the IRIS feature.

From internet predators to cyberbullies, from illegal downloading to accidental deletions and unintended mistakes, anything can happen when kids are online. Leasure says it is essential parenting of the 21st century to make sure you know what your kids are doing when they are on the computer and on the Internet.

"The biggest threat to a child when they are online can be their own innocence and naiveté," explains Leasure. "We can't give them unlimited access to this powerful technology and then turn our backs while they use it, especially while they are home and alone during the summer months."

A 2-hour trial of PC Pandora 5.3.11 (http://www.pcpandora.com/trial_download.php) is available on the company's website. As a special promotion for the summer, the company is offering the software at a discounted price; parents can use the code 'safe09' at checkout to save $10 on the program! The IRIS feature (http://www.pcpandora.com/children/do_all_of_this_from_any.php) is a built-in component of PC Pandora and incurs no additional cost.

About PC Pandora: Pandora Corporation was formed with one goal - to help our customers monitor, control and protect their families and themselves online. First released in mid 2005, PC Pandora has been constantly upgraded to industry-leading specifications and has received accolades from users, reviewers and even school districts and law enforcement agencies, who use the program to help in the day-to-day supervision of the children and citizens they are charged with protecting. The company website devotes space to helping parents by providing them with 18 Tips to Safe Surfing (http://www.pcpandora.com/children/18tips.php) and Pandora's Blog (http://blog.pcpandora.com/), where current news in the world of online safety is discussed regularly. PC Pandora has vaulted into a leadership position for parental control software by boasting a combination of features that are unparalleled in the monitoring industry. In 2008, Version 5.0 was released, again widening the spectrum of coverage and protection offered by the program. In addition, through the company's SAFE SCHOOLS program, schools and school districts can receive up to $100,000 worth of software to aid in protecting their students and their PCs. PC Pandora is also now available through the Pandora Corp. store at Amazon.com. Currently in version 5.3, the next release of PC Pandora will incorporate Pandora LIVE, a web-based service that will allow parents to check content from anywhere through a secure server.

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