Can I see what my son is looking up?

[thebowl]

What do you guys think is a good age to stop heavy monitoring?

[mamasita]

I'd go with about 40-50 years old...

J/K. My son is only 4. I don't really know. I guess when he has demonstrated to me that he is responsible and smart. I mean, if he's getting in a lot of trouble at any age I'm going to monitor his activities. Unless, he's old enough that he's out of my home and I have no method for protecting him anymore.

Heavy monitoring, will probably get worse in the teen years than before. Because that's when *I* got in the most trouble... lol But I can't really say until I'm there you know?

[Slim420]

I'm gonna have to agree with mamasita, I was bad as a teenager (not much has changed ), but my parents did everything they could I was just one of those hard headed teens. As long as you don't give up then there is still hope, however being too overbearing may have negative results.......

[Netizen]

Originally Posted by mamasita

Well, date doesn't really matter if you've got something useful to add

My 4 year old is online and I have all sorts of plans for monitoring his activities!!

Lol,they are getting smarter by the day and it's getting harder to spy on them without their knowledge.Whenever there is an technological advancement parents invariably have to turn to their tech savvy kids to decode the instructions.I think there will come a time when the first words babies will utter will be 'technology' or 'internet'.

[Mishka]

Haha, I can see the digital babybook memoirs already. My kiddo had his first keyboard by 6 months old. To keep him off mine. We ripped the cord out of a really old tough one. He wised up fast though.

[elysia]

When my sons first started going on line, the computer was in the living room and I was around. They knew I could see what they were doing at any time. When we got another computer and put it in their room, I made sure they knew that I knew how to find out what they were doing. What sites they were visiting and such. They were discussing the ways I could do this. They mentioned the history and the cookies. I told them there were other ways in addition to the ones they mentioned. But of course, I wasn't going to tell them what they were. They both believed me. I'm a good bluffer.

I also gave them the reasons they shouldn't give personal information to anyone they met online. I gave them guidelines. For instance, they could give their first name, but not their last, their state and country, but not the city. I made sure they knew the reasons they needed to be protective of their information and made sure they understood them.

[Netizen]

Way to go! I think if parents explain the reasons to their children for doing or not doing certain things on internet rather than setting rules and expecting them to obey ,then there are better chances that they would comply.I am not a natural at bluffing ,but I can manage when I must,lol.The problem arises when they begin accessing internet via mobiles.

[alexis]

Originally Posted by Netizen

Lol,they are getting smarter by the day and it's getting harder to spy on them without their knowledge.Whenever there is an technological advancement parents invariably have to turn to their tech savvy kids to decode the instructions.I think there will come a time when the first words babies will utter will be 'technology' or 'internet'.

Not this household.

Originally Posted by Mishka

Haha, I can see the digital babybook memoirs already. My kiddo had his first keyboard by 6 months old. To keep him off mine. We ripped the cord out of a really old tough one. He wised up fast though.

Same!

[mamasita]

lol Alexis, even the geekiest parents have to realize their kids are going to learn things they don't know about. Assume your kid is a step ahead of you, or you'll shortly discover they are more than a dozen ahead of you.

No bluff elysia, there are other ways

[alexis]

I dont have any issue keeping up to date to have my children avoid the bad things online. We will do as much as possible to keep our children safe, just like any other parent would want for their kids.