Whether your child is six or sixteen, the internet doesn’t discriminate. Some kids research online for education, some for entertainment, and some searches might have unfortunate unforeseen repercussions. Internet safety needs to work differently for a child, a preteen, and a teenager. It can’t be one size fits all.You need filters in place and that’s why I found Happinetz to be a good solution for my home.

Even though we try to protect them, screen them, and make the world a safer place just like Maa Durga fighting the demons, we simply don’t have her resources.

But guess what?

She answered my prayers and now we have Happinetz a device that helps you set filters to screen content for your little one, and keep your preteen happy and teenager safe.Happinetz helps me set the filters the way I want them so that only certain categories of websites are visible on my daughter’s device.

Yes, she can bypass Happinetz. Does she do it? No, not as far as I know. You might think it’s too much screening, that they will be able to choose right. But imagine being a kid in a world like this. I knew chocolates made me get dental caries, but did I stop eating them? I knew certain friends were unreliable, didn’t it take long years to find the good ones? Happinetz helps you give your kids access to the good of the web. It helps you teach and entertain without becoming a hovercraft. It helps you make a more controlled decision while keeping them safe.

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What is Internet security?

Internet security can be provided by the most reliable software like Kaspersky. They help you keep your device protected from malware, harmful software, phishing sites, and the massive dangers on the web which are known to be illegal, dangerous, and harmful and can steal your money,and personal data.. But what about things that need to be age-appropriate? What should you do then?

Life doesn’t give everyone a second chance like the Netherlands mom whose eight-year-old son ordered an AK47 through the dark web. Sounds like science fiction or a parenting horror story. The truth is you do need a village to raise a kid and in this day and age we need all the help we can get, to help our kids. Because unlike you the internet doesn’t know your kid and neither does it care. In this enormous opportunity hides a darkness that must be kept reigned in and that’s why a device like Happinetz helps.

So what needs screening?

Age-inappropriate content. So an age filter a category filter and an option to make allowlists of websites or block them.If you want to have internet safety for teens ,its a different filtering option,while if your kid is a child prodigy adavanced educational content access will be needed.

Certain topics like drugs, buying medicine, buying guns, graphic videos showing violence or sexual content, gaming sites, grooming sites, and access to adult chat rooms need to be blocked. All this may be done through active monitoring. But for that, you will need to sit behind them every time they are online. That going to be difficult and in certain instances impossible as they grow up.

Teaching them to choose right won’t happen instantaneously. The best-behaved kids may be under peer pressure to be more knowledgeable. If you remember yourself at their age you know you will never sit in peace again. But you need to try and do the best you can. Even if the Internet doesn’t discriminate, you can discriminate between good and bad content and what’s good for your kid.

Don’t let Google be the only judge of what your child will see, on their device. You as a parent have a lot of say in this matter and what they learn and see in this impressionable age will go a long way in making their life better or worse.

You know the Internet doesnot discriminate between the people searching online.It will show things which Google thinks is helpful content for the search term.It will screen out content which it thinks is unhelpful .But building a DIY gun or buying a bomb is definitely not the right content access for kids (or adults for that matter) and should definitely be strictly restricted. Who knows what kids want to know more about.

So what will be your decision? Will you sit back and let Google (or some other search engine)do their thing? Or will you research more about cyber security and take charge? Parents are God’s angels to take care of the work that God can’t do himself always. So don’t let down your kids, but let down your hair, as you set a device like Happinetz filter and help kids find content to educate and entertain and not fall for any traps.

It’s not everything and it may not be for everyone. But for parents like me who realize the power the internet offers, it’s a golden opportunity to teach and learn but let it be a force for the good.

This post is a part of Happinetz – Internet Does Not Discriminate and you have a chance to voice your opinion if you do participate.