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4,5,15 15 year old does his own thing, not a lot can be done there, but he's not stupid with it. Mainly just playing xbox with his friends, watching other peop

4,5,15 15 year old does his own thing, not a lot can be done there, but he's not stupid with it. Mainly just playing xbox with his friends, watching other people play games on youtube. Younger ones have a Fire tablet each, 1 hour a day limit (unless they ask for more) - mostly seems to be learning games/lego cartoons. Browser disabled, can only use stuff in their age range. They aren't allowed to watch youTube unless one of us is in the room with them (Too often it just changes to some random advert/show that is very different to what they were watching ...) I have a separate Pi-Hole for the kids vlan which blocks gambling/porn/mining stuff as well as adverts. Every now and then we all sit and play xbox/PS4 together - Disney games/(Train|Farm) simulators etc Edit: The youngest also like to sit with me if I'm playing a game on my PC, and I let them use the mouse/keyboard to try and get them used to the control of it. (I'm thinking of setting them up a Pi that is 'theirs' to get the mouse/keyboard control going)

mabbo 5y ago
Any chance of you doing a write up somewhere of how you set this up, how it all works? This sounds fantastic. I'm 3 months out from becoming a parent. This stuff isn't a big deal yet, but in 3 years or so I'm going to need it. I'd love to learn from you. I know what vlans and pi-holes are, but I've never set them up like that and I want to be able to. And if there's me wanting it, I'll bet there's a lot more parents or future parents who might also want to know about it.
- bennyp101 5y ago
  I could certainly try, but the gist is: I have a Mikrotik hAP ac² that I setup the VLANs on, and then some NAT rules that force DNS requests to go to the kid specific raspberry pi if its their VLAN I also have a Unifi AP for WiFI, which uses radius auth to set the VLAN for devices. So everyone has their own user/password for WiFi, and it sets the VLAN based on that. Each room also has a network socket in (I ran a load when we bought this house - they aren't used yet in their rooms) which goes back to a netgear managed switch, so if they were to plug into their room, they would get their VLAN also. At some point I need to sort out a way to limit the speed after a certain time on their VLAN, but it's not super important at the moment. Edit: Just to add, this was also done as a learning exercise for me, but I think it kinda makes sense. As the youngest get older, we can talk to them about being safe online, and what not to do etc. But at the moment I figure it's the same as locking the cabinet under the sink, or not letting them use the big sharp knives. Sure as they get older we can change it, but at the moment it means they can enjoy the new funky technology without being hassled by some dodgy advert or troll hassling them lol
- alfor 5y ago
  For very young kids, no screen whatsoever. It’s the time they develop bonding with other humans. Best to let them play with physical toys or people. Resist baby einstein and other things like it for as long as you can
- dgcupps 5y ago
  If you don't want to spend the time setting up a pi-hole, you might consider a service like NextDNS. It makes the process extremely simple.
sneak 5y ago
Why do you block minors from accessing content designed for miners?
- blitzar 5y ago
  I think we are past the era of sending the minors down the mines and it is past time to leave the mining to the miners.
- rhn_mk1 5y ago
  I think "mining stuff" means scripts that secretly mine cryptocurrencies using your browser.

mabbo 5y ago

Any chance of you doing a write up somewhere of how you set this up, how it all works? This sounds fantastic. I'm 3 months out from becoming a parent. This stuff isn't a big deal yet, but in 3 years or so I'm going to need it. I'd love to learn from you. I know what vlans and pi-holes are, but I've never set them up like that and I want to be able to. And if there's me wanting it, I'll bet there's a lot more parents or future parents who might also want to know about it.

bennyp101 5y ago
I could certainly try, but the gist is: I have a Mikrotik hAP ac² that I setup the VLANs on, and then some NAT rules that force DNS requests to go to the kid specific raspberry pi if its their VLAN I also have a Unifi AP for WiFI, which uses radius auth to set the VLAN for devices. So everyone has their own user/password for WiFi, and it sets the VLAN based on that. Each room also has a network socket in (I ran a load when we bought this house - they aren't used yet in their rooms) which goes back to a netgear managed switch, so if they were to plug into their room, they would get their VLAN also. At some point I need to sort out a way to limit the speed after a certain time on their VLAN, but it's not super important at the moment. Edit: Just to add, this was also done as a learning exercise for me, but I think it kinda makes sense. As the youngest get older, we can talk to them about being safe online, and what not to do etc. But at the moment I figure it's the same as locking the cabinet under the sink, or not letting them use the big sharp knives. Sure as they get older we can change it, but at the moment it means they can enjoy the new funky technology without being hassled by some dodgy advert or troll hassling them lol
alfor 5y ago
For very young kids, no screen whatsoever. It’s the time they develop bonding with other humans. Best to let them play with physical toys or people. Resist baby einstein and other things like it for as long as you can
dgcupps 5y ago
If you don't want to spend the time setting up a pi-hole, you might consider a service like NextDNS. It makes the process extremely simple.

sneak 5y ago

Why do you block minors from accessing content designed for miners?

blitzar 5y ago
I think we are past the era of sending the minors down the mines and it is past time to leave the mining to the miners.
rhn_mk1 5y ago
I think "mining stuff" means scripts that secretly mine cryptocurrencies using your browser.