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Posted by Jane in NC on 4:34 Sep 16
In Reply to: How much internet access do you allow your teens? posted by Cheri in MI
His computer is older and doesn't have wireless capability. If it did, we would be probably place a number of parental controls on the machine.
Fortunately my son's friends are not into Instant Messaging for the most part. Is this a girl thing or an age thing? It seems that the boys have occasional phone conversations, but not necessarily the long winded ones that I remember having when I was their age.
It's the My Space phenomenon that just gives me the creeps. One reads regularly of pedophiles who prey on children from those sorts of platforms. I feel much better having my son view Internet pages in a common space. Also, my husband does take the occasional look at the computer's history to see if he is going anywhere he shouldn't.
Glad you brought this issue up. Jane