Most software pages tell you everything a product does. This is the other page — the one that tells you what it doesn't. We put it up front on purpose, because for something you're setting up for a parent, knowing the limits is how you decide whether it's actually right. Trust should come from honesty, not big promises. So here's the plain version.
It's not antivirus or security software
It doesn't scan the computer, and it doesn't claim to protect it from viruses. If that's what you're after, it's a different kind of product entirely.
It can't stop every scam
It greatly reduces the chances — nobody new can start a conversation with the person, so nothing arrives out of the blue to be judged. But if your parent is talked into writing to someone first, a reply to that one letter will reach them. No product catches everything, and good conversations still matter more than any filter. "Reduces the risk" is honest; "stops scams" wouldn't be.
It doesn't watch, track, or report on your parent
There's no activity feed, no log of what they did, nothing that reports on them. There is exactly one exception, and it's deliberate: if they write to someone new, you're told the address — never what they wrote — because that's the one moment you might need to decide whether to let that person in properly. That's the whole of it. Everything else stays theirs.
It's not a medical device
Some of its settings were designed with stroke, low vision and tremor in mind — bigger targets, high contrast, read-aloud. That makes the computer easier to use. It treats nothing, diagnoses nothing, and is no substitute for anyone's stroke team or doctor.
It doesn't lock them out of their own computer
This one matters, and a lot of "lock-down" products fudge it. My World sits over the normal desktop — it doesn't replace Windows underneath. You can return to normal Windows at any time, behind your carer PIN. That's deliberate: a calm screen for everyday use, with the real computer still there when it's wanted. It's a gentler space, not a cage — and honestly, no software can make a computer truly escape-proof anyway.
You'll see a warning when you install it — and that's expected
Because it isn't code-signed yet, Windows will show an "unknown publisher" warning the first time you install it. It looks alarming and it's ordinary — new software from a small maker meets it either way. We'd rather tell you it's coming than let it surprise you at the worst moment. (You're the one installing, not your parent — so it's yours to click past, not theirs to worry about.)
It's not a new gadget, and it's not a replacement for you
It runs on the Windows computer they already own — nothing to buy, charge and learn. And it's a calmer, friendlier space, not a stand-in for a phone call or a visit. It does the confusing parts so your parent can do the parts that matter; the rest is still up to the two of you.
If a list of limitations is an odd way to sell something, that's rather the point. Every product in this corner of the market promises to keep your parent safe. We'd rather earn your trust the slow way — by being straight about where the edges are, so that when we do say something works, you have a reason to believe us.