The internet can be a crazy place for adults and even a dangerous place for kids. As more and more children are growing up with the internet as a part of their lives, parents are forced to deal with how let their children get online while still saying safe. Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft have implemented family friendly search features. Startups like IMSafer have taken on protecting kids on IM. Glaxstar’s new startup, Glubble, is making the internet kid friendly by child proofing the browser.
Glubble is a Firefox plugin (3.8 MB) that allows parents to control a white list of which domains their kids can visit. The service is seeded with a list of 350 approved properties for domains like Disney.com or Nickelodeon, but parents can add new domains or individual links and even combine their lists with those of other parents. The service isn’t meant for older kids who can just load up Internet Explorer or know how to edit Firefoxe’s plugin folder. It’s meant for children under 12 who are still at the “holding hands” phase.
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