PG Key was created by a design and development team that includes industry experts with years of experience in creating powerful yet easy to use software applications. In addition to the experienced technical members, the team also includes representatives from law enforcement (an FBI agent that specializes in cyber crimes), education (a Ph.D. that currently serves as a district superintendent), the medical community (an M.D. and current member of the American Board of Pediatrics) and many others … including ordinary, non-technical, but concerned parents.

The Real PG Key Background Story, Product Design and Philosophy

Brothers Mark and Brian have been owner operators of IT based businesses for about 20 years - an IT support company and a software development firm.  From the very moment the early internet services started to become widely used in homes (AOL and others in the early 90’s) Brian was being approached by frustrated parents struggling with the challenges brought on by this new technology.

Therefore, by being immersed in the IT industry, Mark and Brian were in a position to recognize the need for a comprehensive, but exceedingly easy to use solutions for parents (or anyone) worried about the many dangers kids face online and frustrated by the challenges of parenting when it comes to the family computer. Not to mention that as dads of kids between 6 and 11, they were especially aware of the new risks created by technology for children and modern-day parenting.

In addition, school budget cuts (meaning less paperwork and more online homework for kids) were forcing families everywhere to make tough work-related choices that could potentially leave their kids less supervised, causing these worries and frustrations to multiply.

Thus, with outside pressures building and other online monitoring solutions not meeting the needs of sensible parents alike, they began the development of PG Key using their IT expertise. In combination with law enforcement, parenting experts, parents, and even kids, PG Key was tried, tested and finally released years later. In fact, a former NHL professional hockey player and dad, Paul Ranheim, also realized the importance of such a product and quickly became involved in its development early on, along with countless other experts on kid internet safety.

Their conclusions are what you would expect:

Strong and effective parenting is the most critical part of any strategy to deal with these challenges.  They have designed PG Key to be the all in one technical product for this purpose.

Simply plugging PG Key into a child’s or teen’s computer allows parents to follow the advice so often given by law enforcement and parenting experts:  1) Control when and how long the computer is used, 2) Properly setup your system with filters and web site blocking, 3) Create the “over their shoulder” environment that encourages kids to act the same way “on line” as they do in every other part of their life.

Simply put - PG Key does NOT replace parenting with technology - It ENABLES parenting with technology.

PG Key is so easy to install, that any Parent or Grandparent, – no matter how “technically challenged” can plug it in, and within a few seconds have everything they need to apply their parenting skills and strategies, to their kid’s “online” world.