Runescape addiction

Clarifications

Parenting skills.

If they are insufficient you could try:

http://kids.getnetwise.org/tools/tool_result.php3?display_start=1&functionality_id_array%5B%5D=931452504.82116

You may have to pay for the search engine's resulting software though.

On the other hand, Parenting power [b]IS FREE[/b], maybe you could try some of that.

Your configuration on your home's internet router may be different but I know my 10 year old is confounded by the Netgear websafe router in our home. I have the router configured to not allow certain key words (think 4 letter words and sometimes worse) as well as the IP of his desktop computer mysteriously will not access the web after 9pm. For awhile we told him that the Internet "closed" at 9pm just like a retail store does. He has since realized we were pulling his leg about that and it is just something his geek Dad did to help him remember that all humans need sleep.

These articles may help you,

http://gameolosophy.com/games/online/runescape/the-process-of-runescape-addiction/

http://gameolosophy.com/games/online/runescape/how-to-cure-runescape-addiction/

Step 1: Turn off Computer
Step 2: Remove Computer from room
Step 3: Tell the kids to go outside

--OR--
If they are on a seperate PC and you are using a router, you could perhaps disable it.

I personally like the first method. But that being said, you did ask for software. You didn't mention if What Operating System you were using, I believe that Vista has Parental Controls that are more advanced than XP. Some Internet providers also have parental control software as well.