| > Perhaps the parents should spend some time with their children and show them what is appropriate and what is not? Kids will already know this, the question is whether they still wish to push their luck if they think they can get away with it. If they're anything like me, then they will :) So I wouldn't trust my kids with an unfiltered internet any more than I'd give them satellite / cable TV in their rooms before a sensible age as I cannot simply assume that they wouldn't watch adult movies / etc, after I've gone to bed. Sometimes it's better to remove the temptation than to give your kids access to the entirety of the adulthood and hope they're sensible / innocent enough not to abuse that trust. Much like I wouldn't keep junk food in the house if I'm trying to lose weight. > I have three children, all of whom use the Internet regularly and bar some passive monitoring, I've done nothing. They have healthy browsing habits. How can you be so sure what your kids do when you're not looking? > Plus you're going to get goatse'd at some point in your life... In that case lets also show them "2 Girls 1 Cup" on their 8th birthday; because it's bound to happen one day :p > Blacklists, censorship, firewalls and control are missing the point... Actually I do partly agree with this (and the passive monitoring comment I mentioned earlier). As argumentative as I might come across, I do agree that the best form of moderation is to keep the internet restricted to a family PC in a communal area. Not everyone does this though. |
Why? Like what exactly are you concerned about? Just that they might "watch adult movies"?