DownloadNorton Family is a comprehensive tool designed to help parents manage their children's online activities effectively. By promoting safe, smart, and healthy digital habits, it assists in fostering a balanced online and offline lifestyle for your kids, whether they're at home, in school, or on the move. The focus is always on what's most important—helping your children thrive.
One of the key features of Norton Family is the ability to monitor the websites and content your child accesses. This tool makes the internet a safer place for your kids by keeping you informed about their online explorations and allowing you to block potentially harmful or inappropriate content.‡
Setting limits on your child's internet usage is another vital feature. By scheduling screen time limits, you can help your kids balance their online activities, ensuring they stay focused on schoolwork and avoid distractions during remote learning or at bedtime.‡
Additionally, Norton Family offers geo-location tracking, which lets you stay informed about your child's physical whereabouts. You can receive alerts when your child enters or leaves designated areas, adding an extra layer of security. (4)
Here are some specific Norton Family features that parents can utilize to safeguard their child's online experience:
- Instant Lock: This feature allows you to lock your child's device temporarily, encouraging them to take breaks and engage in family activities like dinner. Even when locked, communication remains possible.
- Web Supervision: Give your kids the freedom to explore the web while ensuring their safety. This tool lets you block unsuitable websites and stay informed about their browsing activities. (6)
- Video Supervision: Keep an eye on the YouTube videos your kids watch on their PCs or mobile devices. You can view snippets of these videos to better understand their online viewing habits and initiate conversations when necessary. (3)
- Mobile App Supervision: Monitor and control the apps your kids download on their Android devices, ensuring they use only appropriate applications. (5)
Time Features:
- School Time: During remote learning sessions, pausing the internet isn't feasible. Norton Family helps by managing content access, allowing your child to focus on relevant educational material.
Location Features:
- Alert Me: Stay updated on your child's location with automatic alerts. You can set specific times and dates to receive these notifications. (2)
‡ Norton Family and Norton Parental Control are compatible with Windows PCs, iOS, and Android devices, though not all features are available across all platforms. Parents can monitor and manage their child’s activities from any device – Windows PC (excluding Windows 10 in S mode), iOS, and Android – via our mobile apps or by signing into their account at my.Norton.com and selecting Parental Control through any supported browser.
‡‡ These features require an active internet/data plan and the device to be powered on.
1. Parents can access my.Norton.com or family.Norton.com and select Parental Control to review their child's activities and adjust settings from any supported browser on any device.
2. Location Supervision features are not universally available. For more details, visit Norton.com. The feature requires Norton Family to be installed and active on the child's device.
3. Video Supervision is limited to YouTube.com and does not track videos embedded in other websites or blogs.
4. Location Supervision needs to be activated prior to use.
5. The mobile app needs to be downloaded separately.
6. Norton Family utilizes the AccessibilityService API to monitor websites accessed through browsers on your child's device and to prevent unauthorized changes to permissions.
NortonLifeLock is committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal data. For more information, visit http://www.nortonlifelock.com/privacy.
Please note that no system can prevent all cybercrimes or identity theft.
