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I appreciate your counter point completely. I would not care too much if my kids viewed some porn, but might want to keep a look out to make sure it did not tur
by stevenicr 7y ago
I appreciate your counter point completely. I would not care too much if my kids viewed some porn, but might want to keep a look out to make sure it did not turn into being only the 'forced' type that xham offers..
I think people need to see a little of everything that is out there.. but more importantly have people or groups they can go to and talk about what they have seen - and know they can research multiple sources for info about things to know effects of them.
This was not too much a concern when the main desire was club penguin and youtube... however once a large par tof net access becomes amino chats, discord chats, meme boards and the such, I think it's important to discuss some of the dangers if it's relevant (I noticed when asked to fix something on the phone that selfie's started appearing in gallery) - this could be innocent but it could also be leading to not so much
If I had a daughter she might spend all of her time only chatting with her close friends she knows in real life until college - in which case my discussions would probably not be so many 'these-bad-things-can happen' - a different situation compeltely..
I used news stories and stuff that has aired on local tc broadcasts, and some from yahoo and such - I did not dig deep for horror stories... I think the most important thing is not to flip out and remain an open line of communication no matter how terrible something could be.
So again it varies by each person... I don't think you want to wait until your kid is swatting the neighbors and showing off on 4chan to pay attention to what they are learning / engaging in online.
I also would not have a device report to me if it heard youngsters talking about sex, people should talk about that and share what they know. I would perhaps want an alert if 'plane tickets' came up or 'sneak out' or 'skip school' maybe.. then I'd want to know more surrounding, but that is now and that might be different a couple years from now.