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Do you ever feel like your kids know more than you do about how to navigate around on Smart devices? We can鈥檛 monitor our children鈥檚 every move online, but Internet parental controls are an聽easy way for parents to make sure their kids stay safe while they鈥檙e streaming, gaming, scrolling or chatting.

As our use of the Internet and the modes we use to access it have evolved, so have parental controls. Here are six tips for making the most of parental controls available for every聽Internet-connected device in your home:

1. Setting up parental controls is not hard. Whether your kids are playing with IOS, Android or Windows devices, the parental controls for each environment are a simple, .
2. Create a 鈥渨hite list鈥� for kids younger than 5.聽Children age 5 or younger can and are navigating the Internet and tech devices very quickly and with ease nowadays. Choose a handful of sites you鈥檙e comfortable with and make those the only ones accessible on the device your kid uses.
3. Use Family Sharing to limit how much time your children spend online.聽On iPhones, especially, you have the power to set your child up on Family Sharing, and then set rules on your kids’ iPhone usage. Your Internet service provider also may have parental controls included in your subscription, which can help you .
4. Remember how many ways kids can access the Internet.聽Use resources such as to figure out which devices and online accounts you can set parental controls on, and go from there.
5. Make controls on YouTube a priority.聽Use YouTube’s parental controls to set your account to “,”聽even if you use聽, so your kids won鈥檛 run the risk of viewing disturbing content聽when searching for clips of their favorite shows.
6. Don’t forget their email or social media accounts.Make sure you have access to your minor child’s accounts (usernames and passwords), and regularly monitor their interactions if possible. Otherwise, consider blocking a social media site or deleting an email account if you’re truly worried.

Most importantly, know what parental controls can and can’t do.聽Parental controls聽can聽control how much time your kid spends online using devices you and your family own, which online games your child can access, filter browsers so your children can only access pre-approved websites, prevent children from using certain devices, limit what children can search for online and manage the types of videos that are searchable online. Parental controls聽cannot聽control who reaches out to your children on their own social media channels or what photos children view on their own social media channels if those websites are not blocked, or you do not have access to their accounts.

Susan Anable is Vice President of Public Affairs, Southwest Region, a mother of two and an advocate for keeping children safe on their Internet-connected devices. 聽聽