There are many days when I wish our society could go back to a simpler time when everything was not online, when it was easier to keep track of who our children were in contact with, and what was really going on in their lives.  As my boys are getting older, they want to have more privileges on the internet, and my oldest at the ripe old age of 8, has even started asking for a cell phone (um, I don’t think so).  While they have a few years to go before they will be in the throws of texting and Facebook, I feel like I can never be too prepared in the area of Internet safety.  So when I was approached by uKnowKids to partner with them on the launch of their latest service for cyber safety I was immediately on board!

About uKnowKids:

The concept of uKnow.com was born in June of 2009. The team developed an online service that makes it easier for you to connect to your child’s digital world. Their technology helps protect kids from predators, bullies and sexting. Unlike parental control software, uKnow.com enables parents to “have their child’s back” without constantly looking over their shoulder. By giving parents the information they need to educate and engage their children about staying safe online and smarter tools to supervise their children in a digital world, uKnow.com helps make technology safer for kids and less intimidating for parents. And by supplementing this proactive approach to parenting social and mobile kids with a notification and reporting system to inform parents if their child becomes intertwined in a risky situation, uKnow.com provides parents with uniquely smart tools to help keep our kids safe.

Service Features:

• Identification of your child’s social network profiles, even if they are hidden
• Comprehensive social monitoring of Facebook, MySpace and Twitter
• Android and Blackberry call history and text message monitoring
• Location monitoring
• Detailed daily activity reports and much more.

How it works:

1. Register an account
2. Select your subscription.  You can chose from an always-free, Essential account, or the popular Premier service which includes advanced features for as little as $9.95 per month or a Premier + account which adds social media training and hands-on tech support.
3. Set up your child profiles.

Easy Peasy!  

As a special gift to Freckles Crafts readers I have been given a limited number of free access codes to allow you to get started using the uKnowKids service immediately! These access codes are on a first come first serve basis while supplies last so if you would like one please leave a comment below and I will send the special access code to you via email.

I am so happy there are companies like uKnowKids who are helping parents in the fight against cyber bullying and making technology safer for our children!  

disclaimer:
This is a sponsored post by uKnowKids.com.  I received a free service activation as part of my review.  100% of the opinions regarding this product are mine.  Information and images used to compile this post were taken from the uKnowKids.com website with their permission.