Bark can monitor your child’s texts, email, YouTube, and 30+ apps and social media platforms for issues like cyberbullying, adult content, sexual predators, profanity, suicidal ideation, threats of violence, and more.

Parents receive text or email alerts only when something potentially problematic occurs online. You won’t have full access to everything on your child’s phone — just the things you might need to know about. This saves you countless hours of scrolling through every online interaction your child has while allowing you to build trust and maintain an open line of communication with your child.

Families can set time limits and create schedules for when their children’s devices can connect to the internet (through both cell service and Wi-Fi).

Bark’s web filter lets you select which websites are appropriate for your child to access on their devices. You can block specific sites or even whole categories like streaming services, online gaming, sexual content, and more.

Content Monitoring

Bark uses advanced machine learning and statistical analysis techniques to recognize potential problems. Simple keyword searches are not enough to detect the majority of issues, which is why our parental control app uses contextual analysis and natural language processing to determine when something serious might be happening.

For example, Bark knows the difference between a child saying “This homework makes me wanna kill myself,” versus “Nobody cares about me!! I wanna kill myself.” Our algorithm also keeps up with the latest in teen slang.

Screen Time Management and Website Blocking

Families can manage not only when their children can access the internet on their devices, but also which sites and apps they can visit.

You can create custom profiles for each child in your house, create screen time schedules, and manage access to a wide variety of websites — including video streaming, gaming, adult content, and more.

Not at all! You and/or your child simply connect your child’s accounts and devices to Bark, which only takes a few minutes. Once the apps are installed and logged in, you’ll be able to set up profiles for each of your child’s monitored devices. This part can take some time depending on how in-depth you go, but it doesn’t have to be done all at once. If you need any help, Bark has a dedicated team of Family Online Safety Specialists ready to help and answer any questions you may have. To reach out, simply email help@bark.us.

Bark takes the security of your child’s data very seriously. Their website uses SSL encryption, and all analyzed data is stored within Bark’s encrypted database. For more information about Bark’s security measures, visit bark.us/security. Southwest Broadband will not be privy to any of your personalized Bark settings, notifications, alerts, or any of the information provided to you by Bark.