The Bark Kids app allows kids to connect their own accounts to Bark’s monitoring service (not available with Bark Jr).
With Bark, you can help keep your kids safe both online and in real life.
- “This app is a lifesaver! It has allowed us to catch so many “red flags” in the content my kids have accessed on their devices and in their interactions with friends and other people online that I wouldn’t have ever known about otherwise.
The big difference between Bark and other “Parental Control” software is that Bark allows your kids to have so much more privacy.
To use it, you’ll need to have an established Bark account and install Bark Kids on your child’s device.
- “Since Bark alerted us to the suicidal language used in the Google doc that was being used in a chat document with a friend, we have seen both a pediatrician and a licensed counselor.
Bark Kids is the free child companion app for both Bark and Bark Jr.
- "Bark notified me that my young daughter had unknowingly revealed her phone number to strangers on Twitter.
Email [email protected] or visit help.bark.us to get answers and advice from the Bark Team.
The fact that Bark notified me was impressive and led to an informative discussion with her the same day." — Jon B.
Families can set healthy time limits and create schedules for when their children’s devices can connect to the internet (through both cell service and Wi-Fi).
- “It’s just another set of protections we as parents give our kids for the digital environment (or as my 10-year-old calls it, a “cell phone seat belt”).
- "My wife and I LOVE Bark.
You can allow or block specific sites — or even whole categories like streaming services, online gaming, sexual content, and more.