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The issue of the need for time control spent by a child at the screen of a smartphone, tablet and other electronic devices is so serious that it is raised at the government level. The US Department of Health officially recommended that parents monitor their child, allowing a preschooler to use gadgets no more than 40 minutes a day, and a teenager no more than 2 hours. In Taiwan, China and South Korea, the situation is more serious: adults who are not able to limit the screen time of children are subject to a fine! However, the problem still exists.

Is parental control really necessary?

Whether we like it or not, electronic devices today are an objective reality. It is possible to hide a son or daughter from them only somewhere in Alaska or in the mountains of Tibet, because even not the most wealthy family in our time tries to buy at least a simple children's phone so that the child stays in touch, has the opportunity to communicate with friends on social networks, download educational and entertainment applications.

And there is nothing to worry about, as long as parents are able to safe control their child's activities in cyberspace: set a reasonable app time limit, do not allow disruption of the daily routine, and take measures to protect children from the dangers of the virtual world.

Otherwise, the consequences can be sad:

• The most responsible child, left alone with a gadget without the attention of a guardian parent, easily loses his sense of proportion and stops monitor screen time, devoting less and less time to lessons, hobbies, and outdoor games. Academic performance falls, communication skills outside of social networks deteriorate, interest in real life is replaced by total involvement in the virtual.
• If the thought of limiting a child's time on the Internet does not visit the parent long enough, the physical and mental condition begins to deteriorate. There are problems with sleep, attention, memory and the ability to assimilate information are dulled and the cardiovascular and nervous systems, spine, eyes and immunity suffer.
• Do not forget that a child traveling alone on the Internet is deprived of family protection and may become a victim of fraudsters who encroach on his money and health. Many cases have been recorded when intruders gradually rubbed themselves into the confidence of teenagers until they began to completely control kids. At best, everything can end in the loss of a certain amount, at worst, a threat to life, if, for example, on leading questions, the criminal will find out the location of the kid or lure him to a meeting.

Sometimes it seems that in the modern world it is impossible to ensure the child security, but this is not so. Yes, you will hardly be able to put a guard on the kid who performs his duties 24/7, you will not be able to constantly look at the screen of your son’s or daughter’s smartphone over your shoulder or hang an eternal child lock on the gadgets. But drastic measures are useless if there is a much easier way.

Kroha on guard of parental peace

Technology is developing at a very fast pace. And now there is an easy and profitable way to take control of children by effectively solving the problem of screen time, and the name of this method is Kroha.

General screen limits

The kid control application Kroha has a wide range of functions that give parents almost complete power over the child's electronic device with the right to set the parental block on unwanted actions, as well as restrict, cancel and correct them.

You can:

• Set a clear screen time limit per day, both overall and for each day of the week, depending on the child's schedule and workload, to protect children from wasting time;
• Remotely set a parental lock on a smartphone during lessons, extra classes, lunch, etc., so that a son or daughter is not tempted to go to scroll through the news feed or play;
• Remove the block on command or after a specified period of time.

Mindful approach

Kroha is not only a woodcutter's ax that roughly cuts off access to an electronic device, but also a family control jewelry tool that allows you to adjust its operation.

With the monitoring app you will be able to:

• Get access to smartphone screen time statistics and find out in detail what exactly your child spends it on, what sites he visits and what he does;
• Completely or temporarily block certain games or social networks and limit the time of app that a teenager accesses too often at the expense of learning and socializing in the real world.

Health care

A rare teenager thinks about how hours of “surfing” on the Internet will affect his vision and posture, but a loving family protects his youngest member from such problems. First of all, the same function of limiting screen time serves this purpose, but, in addition to it, Kroha is endowed with two more useful properties.

The parental safe app has:

• The unique ability to independently monitor kids, each time signaling an unacceptable reduction in the distance between the gadget and the child's eyes with a pop-up window on the screen, and you can set the distance parameters yourself;
• The function "Night mode", saving the child's eyes from short-wave radiation, colloquially called "Blue light", which adversely affects the retina and causes insomnia.

Other features of the children monitoring app

If the main problems were only spending time on the Internet and playing games for a long time, the cyber protection of the younger generation would not be given so much effort, and user control applications such as "safe family" would not be so popular. Alas, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Malicious content

Sites "for adults"; groups dedicated to suicide or the manufacture of explosives; all kinds of online casinos wait on the Web at every step. Therefore, one of the tasks of family monitoring is to protect the child from harmful information.

Using the screen time statistics already mentioned, parents can detect teens' interest in a dangerous topic in time and protect children with a blocker from visiting harmful sites, watching YouTube videos, or even completely shutting down the entire channel. You will establish real web control over the child's gadgets by setting up a protected kid’s place on the Internet with all its dangers and temptations! Of course, it is difficult to foresee all the risks, but you can significantly reduce them.

Social circle filtering

Another significant threat is the intruders who prey on naive teenagers and the risk of being drawn into a bad company. Of course, you can add friends to the child's social page, but this does not guarantee that you will know everything about the people around him. But the children monitoring application will do it without difficulty.

Use Kroha family monitor to keep track of new contacts in your child's phone book, keep track of the photos he receives or takes, access call history and messages, and at the same time view chats in various messengers (Viber, WhatsApp and other).

Parental tracker

Kroha will show the location of the children on the map in real time on demand, so that you are always aware of where they are. Moreover, you can set the geofences allowed for visits to the application – a school, a way home, a playground or a sports stadium – and Kroha will immediately inform you if the child wants to leave the intended route.

In addition, you will be informed in time about insufficient smartphone charge, low free memory or a hacking attempt in case a freedom-loving teenager decides to bypass Kroha's settings.

Parental guide how to use the app

Child security apps won't remove the parent's obligation to look after the child's well-being, but they will make life much easier. It is easier to look after kids with Kroha, whether they are hardcore gamers or social media enthusiasts!

The site Parental Control Kroha provides a parent guide, made so detailed and clear that it can be considered a real guide to the screen. If, after reading this, you still have questions about the specifics of setting child filters, setting and removing blocking, the support service consultants will be happy to help you.