My experience has been that on the odd occasion that my kids see something
untoward on th Internet, they usually find it hilarious and it's me that is confused and scared. There may be things out there that I don't want my kids to see, bu I think this foolish notion that the kids don't want to see gross things is unhelpful. Frankly, kids like seeing disgusting things and will try to see them at every available opportunity, so asking them to help us to stop them is just silly. It's the same logic that says that drug users are victims.
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protecting your kids from the internet.
1) Setup an account for them on the computer
2) Setup parental control to help protect them from some things they might see (it wont protect from everything but it;s soemthing)
3) Deny them the right to install things o nthe computer. If they want to install anything they have to go through you. This should stop them isntalling alot of malware.
4) Remind them that things on the internet aren;t always real. Use b3ta as source examples of what people can do with photoshop and other such programs.
5) Do your best to find out if they've met any new friends online by talkign to them, going behind their backs could damage the trust you have with them.
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Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 8:37,
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6)
Apply the simple test "would I let my kids wander the streets unsupervised, talking to strangers in weird disguises?".
If no do not allow unsupervised access. If yes do not moan when beseiged by internet and real-world paedos or if your kid wanders into a porn shop.
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Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Thu 1 Jul 2010, 8:57,
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Also at the end of every computer session
monitor the list of sites they have visited and block any that are unsuitable, then put your foot up their arse and ban them from any form of 21st centure technology for a whole year.
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Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 9:15,
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