Even though the latest software update from Apple, patching around 80 bugs, comes with parental controls, you might also want to look into internetsafety.com's SafeEyes, which allows for more thorough options to the limitations you wish to impose. Included in the SafeEyes solution are Parental Controls For Website Content, Instant Messaging Parental Controls and Control Time Spent Online.

Just so you know, it's something worth looking into, SafeEyes has been awarded the "Oustanding Score" of 4.5 (out of 5) by MacFan Magazine. So, let's go through each of them and see how SafeEyes can keep your kid's eyes safe from harmful content. But first of all, what are Parental Controls?

"Parental Controls" is a term that has been widely used to describe tools that allow parents to choose appropriate content for their children. Parental controls have been developed for everything from TV to the Internet. SafeEyes falls in the latter category of Internet parental control software. SafeEyes is a flexible set of tools that allows anyone to determine the type of Internet usage that is appropriate, says InternetSafety.

Parental Controls For Website Content: with so many different types of websites that can be potentially harmful to children (35 categories), SafeEyes offers parents the ability to fine tune access to websites and ensure that harmful content is blocked.

Control Time Spent Online: Are the kids playing games instead of doing their homework or school projects? Just specify the amount of time that can be spent online, and the times of the day when the Internet is available and SafeEyes will do its job.

Instant Messaging Parental Controls: block Instant Messaging or just monitor who your children are chatting with; SafeEyes allows you to monitor Yahoo!, AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, and MSN Instant Messenger.

SafeEyes 2005 was found to provide the best protection from unwanted Internet intrusions. Facing off against 10 of the industry's best known names (including AOL, Microsoft, Norton, and MacAfee), SafeEyes is touted as having the most comprehensive and flexible features of all the products tested.

As many as three computers can use SafeEyes for $49.95 a year.