Parental Controls & Safe Gaming

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Parental Controls Available on iOS - Android
Safe Gaming available on Windows PC

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Help Kids Explore Safely and Build Healthy Online Habits

9 Hours

According to the CDC, kids ages 11-14 spend almost 9 hours a day in front of a screen consuming entertainment media.⁶

70%

of kids check their mobile devices within 30 minutes of falling asleep at night.⁷

84%

Of parents are worried about their child’s online safety.⁸

9 Hours

According to the CDC, kids ages 11-14 spend almost 9 hours a day in front of a screen consuming entertainment media.⁶

70%

of kids check their mobile devices within 30 minutes of falling asleep at night.⁷

84%

Of parents are worried about their child’s online safety.⁸

Content Blocking & Filtering

Monitor Content and Block Sites

Aura’s Content Filters allow you to customize what your kids can view online. Easily select apps, games, and websites to limit or restrict altogether.

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Graphic indicative of Aura's content filtering features. In view are toggles for Amazon, Discord, and Disney+
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Time Limits

Limit Screen Time

Know that your kids are safe from too much of a good thing—the internet. Set time limits for apps and websites and customize for each family member.

Restrict Internet Access

Pause the Internet

No more asking your kids three times to set down the iPad or turn off Netflix and start their homework. Pause the Internet makes it easy to enforce screen time limits.

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Graphic indicative of Aura's Pause the Internet feature — a blue Unpause Internet button against a buffering YouTube page
Graphic indicative of Aura's Screen Time limits — user spent 1h and 15m online and has 15 more minutes remaining
Graphic indicative of Aura's Screen Time limits — user spent 1h and 15m online and has 15 more minutes remaining
Internet Usage Tracking

View Time Online

Get a complete picture of your kids’ internet use across all devices so you can make informed decisions about the amount of screen time that’s right for your family.

Safer Gaming with Cyberbullying Alerts

Keep your child safe from online predators, scams, and cyberbullying when playing online video games. Get alerted to threats with 24/7 in-game voice and text monitoring for over 200 of the most popular PC games. Powered by award-winning ProtectMe from Kidas.

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When should I start using parental controls?

A good time to consider using parental controls is when your kid gets their first device or smartphone or starts using a device without supervision. 

Aura’s parental controls help you to understand and control your child’s activities on their devices. For example, you can block inappropriate content, set time limits for specific apps and receive notifications when they go over, view their web browser history, and get insights into their online activity. 

Kids today are surrounded by technology and their relationship with it changes over time. At times, you may want to consider adjusting your parental controls settings for each child’s account. Aura Parental Controls are flexible and customizable making them a great tool for kids of all ages.

When is a good time to talk to kids about online safety?

It’s never too late to talk to kids about online safety, but experts and parents agree: the sooner, the better. 

Talking to your kids about why online safety is important is much more impactful than setting rules and boundaries without explanation. During your talk, make sure to address issues, such as:

  • Screen time: Explain the need for screen-free time and why you will set limits on your child’s device.
  • Social media: Show them how social networking sites work and what’s appropriate (or not) to share.
  • Mature content: Warn them about adult content and make sure they know who to talk to if they come across it.
  • Malware: Explain how viruses make devices sick and how they should ask before downloading apps or trying to watch tv shows on streaming sites you haven’t approved. 
  • Online privacy: Teach your children not to share private or personal information online — even their address, school name, or phone number.

Talking to your kids about online safety and screen time is a lot like talking to them about any other activity with clear rules and boundaries (following a curfew or driving a car for the first time). If you start from the outset, there are fewer surprises down the road.

What devices does Aura Parental Controls work with?

Aura Parental Controls work with Apple iPhones and iPads (iOS 13 or later) as well as Android mobile devices (Android 9.0 or later).

What is Safe Gaming? What does it do?

Aura has partnered with Kidas to offer Safe Gaming powered by ProtectMe as part of Family plans. ProtectMe is gaming’s safest privacy and protection software for your family’s PC. Kidas scans all gaming-related communications in the background and sends alerts to your email if cyberbullying or online predators are detected. Each week, you’ll get a full report with your child’s overall threat severity exposure score, a break down of all threats detected, and gaming time insights. Install the software to your child’s PC to get instantly connected and protected. 

Take the next step to protect your child online. Call us at 1-844-939-3681 to learn more about our award-winning child safety features.

What are the harmful effects of cyberbullying?

Cyberbullying is defined as “any bullying that takes place over a digital device.” This includes using text messages, apps, social media, or video games to send, post, or share negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else. The most common place it occurs is on the sites, games, and chat forums on which your kids spend a lot of time. 

Cyberbullying is prone to causing mental health issues such as depression and anxiety for both the victim and perpetrator. 

StopBullying.Gov outlines the following warning signs if a child is being cyberbullied. This often occurs around a child’s use of their device:

  • Noticeable increases or decreases in device use, including texting.
  • A child exhibits emotional responses (laughter, anger, upset) to what is happening on their device.
  • A child hides their screen or device when others are near, and avoids discussion about what they are doing on their device.
  • Social media accounts are shut down or new ones appear.
  • A child starts to avoid social situations, even those that were enjoyed in the past.
  • A child becomes withdrawn or depressed, or loses interest in people and activities.

Take the next step to protect your child online. Call us at 1-844-939-3681 to learn more about our award-winning child safety features.

What games can be monitored with Safe Gaming?

Safe Gaming works with over 200 games on Windows PC. The full list of games covered includes popular games like Apex Legends, Roblox, Fortnite, World of Warcraft, and Discord.

Does Safe Gaming monitor cell phones?

Safe Gaming only monitors in-game communication on PC’s using Windows OS.

Does Safe Gaming monitor text chat?

Safe Gaming monitors communications in PC games and gaming-related communication platforms. Currently, text chat is only monitored in Roblox. Text monitoring in more games will continue to be added.

What type of computers does Safe Gaming support?

Safe Gaming supports computers that run on Windows Operating systems.

Safe Gaming does not run on tablets, smartphones, Chromebooks or Mac computers. Safe Gaming works with Windows 10/11 64bit.