PC-Tattletale lets you decide how much parental control you have over your child's computer use. Some parents decide on a minimum amount of parental control while others have reason to keep a closer eye on things.

PC-Tattletale monitors and/or filters every kind of way your kids use the computer. You can monitor chat rooms, emails, downloads, file sharing and instant messaging. You can also monitor sites like MySpace and Facebook (see PC-Tattletale's Parental Software FAQ page for details).

You specify how much or little detail to be sent to you in reports. You can even choose from two modes of operation; visible - meaning your kids know they are being monitored, or stealth - where the parental control software remains completely hidden.

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Guardian Monitor allows you to monitor virtually every key stroke and it produces daily reports of sites visited, email contacts, etc. You can also use it to give you a time-lapse video recording of your computer screen, allowing you to quickly scan through the monitor use.

As Parental Control Software, it’s a good product if you need to determine exactly which sites are being visited. It includes a website blocker, allowing you to block individual sites you find objectionable.

Kids Watch is different from most parental control monitoring programs. Its emphasis is controlling the amount of time your kids spend on the net. You set the times; on times, off times and amount of use times. When your child hits the limits you set, the computer is automatically disabled. It can be used to limit surfing, chatting and game playing.

This type of parental control monitoring software is great for parents with children when time spent on the computer is a bigger problem than the content they’re looking at.