Comments on: Kid Proofing a Mac With Parental Controls

By: Fake Name

Fake Name — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:26:00 +0000

UGH!! I hate you apple……..every single time to power goes out It makes me log into this stupid kids account instead of the one we normally use. I open up safari and type in (flashcard machine)-a site that you make online flashcards to study with….and BAM! Parental controls are blocking this site….This stupid website just gives parents a power trip. And honestly….whatever parents set a timer should just be ashamed of themselves…..how fun is it to play the computer when you have a timer counting down tho whole damn time?

By: Aris Gatoudis

Aris Gatoudis — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:03:41 +0000

My daughter has begun year twelve, and has asked me to block facebook which is an obvious distraction from study. Is there any way which I can block her using it, but allow her to access it by us simply entering a password. Can it then be blocked by “logging out” and not able to be logged in until the password is reentered.
Any Ideas ???
Regards.

By: Robert Morrissey

Robert Morrissey — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:26:54 +0000

https note: For websites that use SSL encryption (the URL will usually begin with https), the Internet content filter is unable to examine the encrypted content of the page. For this reason, encrypted websites must be explicitly allowed using the Always Allow list. Encrypted websites that are not on the Always Allow list will be blocked by the automatic Internet content filter.

By: A very confused 12 year old

A very confused 12 year old — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:10:53 +0000

parental controls are enabled on my 2 accounts, but i am still able to play the really bloody games like thing thing arena 3 and chaos faction 2, but i am not able to go on great sites i check like infernape forums and gmail…
But i have my own loophole… ourschoolsucks.com you type in the url into the box.. and like magic, the site appears! i used it to get passed the big bamboo firewall when i went to china, I was able to access youtube!

but blocking applications are the worst two, like one day, i was able to access firefox, as easy as can be… but the next day i wasn’t allowed. it was stupid, parental controls is probably the biggest failure since firefox not able to support runescape

By: bored 13 year old

bored 13 year old — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:06:17 +0000

i’m 13, and the parental controls, aside from blocking half the safe sites on the internet, dont let you log in. anywhere. bullcrap. i can’t even log in to my mail, facebook, all that yadayada, even my favorite game site. meh.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:22:39 +0000

I am 13 years old, and you would think that my parents would let me have a little freedom, but NO. They have to block YouTube, and all the other stuff that we love to get on. I’m not a baby anymore… my parents don’t have to protect me from the dangers of the world! I can tell right from wrong! It even blocks Gmail, and I can’t access my email! That is why I hate Parental Controls SO much!

By: 13_yr_old_kid

13_yr_old_kid — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:37:44 +0000

i am 13 years old and i personally think that the parental controls are completley over the top :@

my parents just talked the IT people at my school and then one of the teachers told me to go to the IT department. when i got there i had no idea why i was there as my parents DID NOT TELL ME, but just organised it with the school. i had to get parental controls to stop me going on SKYPE + FACEBOOK even though a couple days before they deactiviated my account and even then i had not been on in about 3 weeks. i was pretty uspet by all this, especially as they did not tell me and i had to get told by a teacher.
so all in all i think its bull sh*t
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By: Mom of Teen

Mom of Teen — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:29:59 +0000

I hear you Whyyyyy? My 16 year old daughter is so upset she can’t access her email or Facebook and I never intended to block those two sites. I only want to limit the time and keep her out of administrator changes. So here’s a problem I haven’t seen addressed …. when I’m in her account (while she’s using the computer) and try to make administrative changes it doesn’t recognize my user ID and password – the only one that I use for any other administrative changes. Frustrating. I don’t think there could be another PW and didn’t set up another one. Is there a way to check? And so now, if I’m ok with her having yahoo mail and Facebook, I have to remove parental controls??

By: Scott Fadler

Scott Fadler — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:12:33 +0000

I've been looking for an alternative to my old parental control software solution ever since I switched to Mac. There were so many on PC but I got sick of all the spyware and Mac has really increased my productivity at work. Thanks now I have a way to keep my kids off unwelcome sites on my Mac.

By: Scott Fadler

Scott Fadler — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:11:47 +0000