recon 16 said:or being kidnapped and molested...
Nice addition .
recon 16 said:or being kidnapped and molested...
GlasseyeUK said:Personally if I have kids, I will not allow them to use the computer unsupervised, and that would be up to the age of 16, either that or I will have the most stringent child protection programs in place, with only limited sites available.
I would really have to be convinced to allow use of messengers, even so I would still vet who they were talking to. Until I can be assured that the internet is taking more precautions to protect the safety of children, which ULTIMATELY is the parents responsibility, there is no way I would let my kids roam free on it. They wouldn't have a computer in their bedroom, but then I wouldn't allow a TV in their room.
Thats my personal opinion, and yes its probably going to outrage some of those people that its breaking the child's rights of freedom and privacy, but they are my responsibility, while they live in my house then my word goes. I will talk through my reasons with my child, but my rules would stand.
Loving your child and protecting your child is not a breach of privacy or a breach of their rights, not in today's world where children are allowed to roam free with little or no authority or control.
HRHunteRHR said:ROFLMFAO You will be one screwed up parent then! This is sarcasm right???
HRHunteRHR said:Why even give them computer "privlages"???
I would just use the phone to talk to my friends if that were the case....
GlasseyeUK said:Thanks for your opinion, no its not sarcasm, and your questioning of my parenting skills, as I have said it is my right to parent how I feel is appropriate, my kids will know I love them, will support them in anything they do, however they will not be rude to people they don't know, a basic value which some obivously cannot recognise.
I would allow them access to the internet, as it is an invaluable resource, in the UK I have found the library to be hopelessly out of date, to deny them the access to that resource of information would be wrong however it needs to be monitored. I have at no point said that I would deny them contact with their friends, its funny how people see what they want to see, and then conveniently forget the rest.
HRHunteRHR said:planned on reading your kid's conversations and things like that
sk8ngame said:okay, you live in the UK, and i dunno how old you are, so maybe you havent heard but...
what the hell are you talking about, i know that my dad when he was my age (14) was jumping trains to ride around all day, and once ended up 2 states away. he'd just roam around the city of chicago, ride subways, buses, and noone was worried
today, children are so sheltered, that they dont even know whats best for them, parents wont let ther children watch TV anymore because they think that the sexual implications/jokes and profanities are corrupting ther kids, whether you like it or not, there is nothing, and i mean nothing you can do to shelter them from sex (omg!) and swearing(OMG!)
okay, lets say you dont allow them to watch TV, or go on the computer, well other kids do, so they teach ur kid about it, you'd be surprised wat kids learn at school besides math...
alright well that ends my seminar on parenting...
and have feelings man, i can see no internet, but no computer?! and no TV?!? thats just wrong...