have increased in popularity, the question has been raised if they are enough to protect and deter children from exposure to inappropriate material. It has been speculated by researchers that the strict focus on control may hinder a child's ability to learn self-governing skills and restricting the growth of open communication between parent and child. Video game systems that have used parental controls PlayStation 5 PlayStation 4 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 2 (only for DVDs) PlayStation Vita PlayStation Portable Xbox (console) Xbox 360 Xbox One Xbox Series X and Series S Nintendo DSi Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Switch Wii Wii U GameStick Nintendo DS Operating systems with parental controls Below is a list of popular operating systems which currently have built-in parental control features: Android operating system iOS (12 or later) Mac OS X (10.3 and later) doudoulinux (built-in web filter) sabily (built-in web filter) Ubuntu Christian edition (built-in web filter) Windows (Vista, 7, 10 and later) ChromeOS (65 or later) See also Adultism David Burt Internet censorship List of parental control software Motion picture rating system Television rating system Videogame Rating Council Retina-X Studios Smart Sheriff References Internet safety Parenting Content-control software