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Parental Guidance: Safeguarding Devices at Home
Home Broadband Safety
For parental control features such as Internet and Website filtering please contact your ISP (Internet Service Provider, example: Sky, BT, Virgin etc) and ask them: "How to enable parental control on your home broadband" as this varies from each company. Failing this, they should all have information on there website on how to do-so.
Games Consoles
The official ESRB website, provides methods on how to set parental controls for personal devices and game systems. These include: PlayStation 3 & 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One & 360, Nintendo Switch & Wii (U) and Nintendo 3DS & DSI & PC.
Please visit the ESRB website at:
http://www.esrb.org/about/settingcontrols.aspx
Windows
Please visit this website for a detailed explanation on how to set up parental controls for Windows 10:
http://www.howtogeek.com/225323/how-to-add-and-monitor-a-childs-account-in-windows-10/
You could also download the easy-to-use K9 Software for your Windows Computer.
Please visit the website for your free download:
http://www1.k9webprotection.com/get-k9-web-protection-free
Apple iOS
For iPod Touches, iPhones and iPads please visit the website below for details on how to enable 'Restrictions', this allows you to change various settings; anything from disabling the Camera to enabling Internet and Website Filtering that blocks adult content can be set up:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201304
A PDF document that we made is also available below