Give your child a safer place to browse — without spyware, without secrecy, and without pretending to do more than it really can. Your Safe Harbor sets up in a couple of minutes with a friendly wizard, then quietly filters Chrome in your child's profile while staying completely honest with you about what it protects and what still needs your attention.
Why parents choose Your Safe Harbor
Honest by design. Most parental control tools imply they make a device totally safe. They don't, and neither does Your Safe Harbor. It tells you plainly what it covers and walks you through the stronger layers — so you're never lulled into a false sense of security.
Set up in minutes. A simple five-question wizard asks your child's age and how the browser is used, then recommends sensible settings you can confirm or adjust. No manuals, no jargon.
Not hidden from your child. Good online safety starts with talking, not hiding. Your Safe Harbor is visible and explainable, so you can use it as a starting point for that conversation.
Private. No accounts, no cloud, no tracking, no telemetry. Everything stays on your device.
What it does
Category Safety Packs
Simple switches to block unsafe categories: adult content, malware, social media, games, AI chatbots, and more. Choose only what fits your family.
Parent Rules
Your own always-allowed and always-blocked lists. Your choices override the category packs — a school site is never caught by accident.
Approved-Sites-Only Mode
For the youngest kids, block everything except the websites you specifically approve.
Ask a Parent
From the block page, your child can request access. Enter your PIN and approve for 15 minutes, an hour, the day, or always — or keep it blocked.
Schedules
Set bedtime, school-hours, homework, or custom windows that pause browsing during those times. Overnight windows just work.
Search Safety
Best-effort SafeSearch for Google, Bing, and YouTube, plus options to allow only approved search engines or block image search.
Download Guardrails
Automatically cancel risky download types like programs and scripts (on by default), with archives as an optional extra.
PIN-Protected
All settings sit behind a parent PIN stored only as a secured cryptographic hash — never as the digits themselves.
Honest limits
Your Safe Harbor protects Chrome in one profile. It does not cover other browsers, other profiles, or apps. A local PIN deters casual bypass, but a determined child with an unlocked device can still get around it. The built-in lists catch well-known sites; family-safe DNS handles the much larger long tail.
That's why the extension includes a Get Safe Guide — a tab with clear, step-by-step guides to stronger layers outside the browser: family-safe DNS, Google Family Link, disabling guest browsing, and Managed Chrome.
Created by Kris Takahashi and shared with the world for free.
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