Designing Parental Monitoring and Control Technology: A Systematic Review

An increasing number of children around the world are spending a significant amount of time online today. Unfiltered access to the Internet exposes them to potential harms, which can have detrimental effects in the crucial stages of their life. Parental control tools play a vital role in empowering parents to regulate their children’s Internet usage. In this work, we present a systematic review of literature on the design of these tools from the last decade, synthesize design guidelines proposed so far, identify gaps in the literature, as well as highlight future opportunities for the HCI community.