Intentional Parenting Helpful Links and Tools

Browsing:

• Keep Browsing Safe:

  • Use a kid-friendly search engine: https://kidssearch.com/

  • or Enable Google Safe Search: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/510?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en

Viewing:

• Youtube Parental Controls: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/set-youtube-parental-controls,review-4139.html

• Netflix Parental Controls: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/264

• VidAngel (filters movies and shows): https://vidangelsupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360055415812-What-is-VidAngel-

• ClearPlay (filters movies and shows): https://try.clearplay.com/

Gaming:

• Xbox Family Settings: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/apps/family-settings-app

  • How to set up Xbox Family Settings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9StzVNHVhsg

• PlayStation Parental Controls: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/parental-controls/

Mobile / Tablet:

• Apple Screen Time Parental Controls: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208982

• Android (Google) Parental Controls: https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1075738?hl=en

• MMGuardian Parental Controls: https://www.mmguardian.com/

• Life360 (location sharing): https://www.life360.com/

Cellular Parental Controls:

• AT&T Secure Family: https://about.att.com/pages/cyberaware/ae/securefamily

• Verizon Smart Family: https://www.verizon.com/solutions-and-services/verizon-smart-family/

• T-Mobile Family: https://www.t-mobile.com/privacy-center/education-and-resources/family-control

All-in-One:

• Bark: https://www.bark.us/

• Circle: https://shop.meetcircle.com/products/circle-home-plus-parental-controls

Advanced Content Filtering:

Router DNS:

• • OpenDNS Family Shield: https://www.opendns.com/setupguide/#familyshield

  • CleanBrowsing: https://cleanbrowsing.org/

• VPNs (aka how to circumvent OpenDNS):

  • https://cleanbrowsing.org/articles/how-to-block-vpn-access