Methods and appartus for providing parental or guardian control and visualization over communications to various devices in the home

A home network monitoring device comprising:

• a monitoring module in a home, configured to detect delivery of content via a home network to a first user;
• memory in the home including stored portions of content delivered to the first user via the home network;
• a presentation module configured to present, some of the stored portions of content to a person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user;
• and
• a content restriction module configured to subject further content delivery to the first user via the home network to restrictions established by the person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having machine executable instructions stored thereon for controlling a processor in a home network monitoring device located in a home, the non-transitory computer readable medium including:

• code for controlling the processor to detect, at the home network monitoring device, delivery of content via a home network to a first user;
• code for controlling the processor to store in memory located in the home, portions of content delivered to the first user via the home network;
• code for controlling the processor to present some of the stored portions of content to a person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user;
• and
• code for controlling the processor to subject further content delivery to the first user via the home network to restrictions established by the person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user.