How do I provide safe browsing for my child?
There is a huge wide world on the internet, and there is a large portion of it that we would never want our children to see. Many of these websites we wouldn’t want our children to browse, even when …
Category: How-Tos
How to monitor iMessages for free now
We often get asked: “how do I monitor my child’s iMessages?” The answer today is that Boomerang Parental Control will not monitor your child’s iMessages but we want to share the following 7 steps on how you can do …
How to enable YouTube’s Restricted Mode filt...
In a previous post regarding How do I monitor my kids’ YouTube app history and searches, we provided tips on where to look for your kids’ viewed video history and searches. This post will show you how to enable Restricted Mode which is a filter …
How do I monitor my kids YouTube app history and s...
Since kids today don’t ever sit down in front of the TV to watch shows, YouTube is their go-to source of pop culture and entertainment. There are millions of videos, and so many channels, it is impossible to …
How to Prevent Technology Addiction
Addiction is no longer just about drugs. There are many forms of addiction and many things that adults and children can become addicted to. From Diet Coke to prescription medication, and from shopping to leaving the thermostat at a …
How to Handle Kids Using Vault Apps
Kids have been hiding things from their parents since the beginning of time. With the changes in technology, however, it has gotten a whole lot easier than stuffing magazines under their mattress. The good news for parents is …
Set up Parental Controls on your child’s Goo...
Limiting apps, games and other content by age is possible with the Google Play app that’s on your child’s device. Though we currently cannot control these settings with Boomerang, we are providing you a quick guide here in setting up …
About Daily Emailed Reports (Android)
Safety online has never been more important. We can send you a daily email report with your kid’s phone usage! Here’s a quick overview on the daily report content we send about your child’s device activity. I’ll cover the …
Getting Started – Safe Browsing for Android ...
In this post, we cover the Boomerang web dashboard and its Browsing tab for managing SPIN Safe Browser. This applies to Android and Apple iOS mobile devices. This assumes you have already created an account with our Boomerang app and …
Getting Started – Screen Time (Android)
This feature is only available for Android devices. Read more about our features for Android vs. Apple iOS devices in our comparison chart here. About Screen Time Screen Time is a very powerful feature that helps parents automatically limit time …