PARENTING CONTROL

Parental controls are features that may be included in digital television, computer and video game services, mobile devices, and software that allow parents to restrict access to content for their children. These controls were created to help parents restrict certain content that their children can view. This may be content that they consider inappropriate for their age, maturity level or feel geared more toward an adult audience.
Parental controls are roughly divided into four categories: content filters, which limit access to age-inappropriate content; usage controls, which restrict the use of these devices, such as putting time limits on the use or prohibiting certain types of use; computer use management tools, which reinforce the use of certain software; and monitoring, which can track the location and activity when using the devices.
Content filters were the first popular type of parental control to limit access to Internet content. Television stations also began to introduce V-Chip technology to limit access to television content. Modern usage controls can restrict a variety of explicit content, such as explicit songs and movies. They can also turn off devices during specific times of the day, limiting the output volume of devices, and with increasingly affordable GPS technology, devices such as mobile phones can now be easily located.