In the ongoing efforts to keep kids safe online through parental control software, Net Nanny has always been a reliable program for concerned moms and dads.

And now they're getting good recognition for it.

Net Nanny's 2010 parental control software has received PC Magazine's award for best program.

And we can see why.

Net Nanny offers parents the ability to monitor their kids in real time, recording instant messaging and monitoring social networking sites, among other things.

Net Nanny also offers video game content restrictions, a nice move forward in parental control software, since so many kids are avid gamers these days.

We'd still like to see a keylogger become part of Net Nanny's overall package, if only to make computer monitoring that much more effective in terms of older kids who know how to find and disable so many programs.

But overall it's a great program, and we can definitely see why PC Magazine awarded them as they did.