How to Change Child Safe Settings on a Browser

The Internet is a great place to shop, navigate and find pictures, videos and interesting content. It is also a dangerous place where children are susceptible to alcohol, drugs, guns and chat-rooms where online predators prey on underage children. It is important to monitor your children's browsing tendencies and what they have access to. Internet Explorer provides a great Content Advisor tool which helps you regulate what your children have access to, so you don't have to worry.

Instructions

1. Launch your Internet Explorer browser and click the "Tools" button on the top panel.

2. Scroll down and click "Internet Options." Click the "Contents" tab and click "Enable" under Content Advisor.

3. Select the category you want to adjust under the "Ratings" tab. You can adjust the level of alcohol content, drugs, guns, nudity and sexual material to which children can have access.

4. Click the "Approved Sites" tab and type in the websites that are okay for your children to view. Click the "General" tab and click "Create Password" if you don't have one. Click "OK" after selecting a password and click "OK" to save your child safety browser settings.

Tips & Warnings

• There are free effective programs such as K9 Web Protection you can download to control what your children can see.

References

• Content Advisor

Resources

• K9 Web Protection