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Thanks for the reminder to remain curious. Perhaps OP would be interested in sharing more. This is a discussion site, after all. I'm honestly a little surprised

Thanks for the reminder to remain curious. Perhaps OP would be interested in sharing more. This is a discussion site, after all. I'm honestly a little surprised that things have remained mostly civil in this discussion page. Credit to HN's culture and the moderation team.

pyuser583 4y ago
My philosophy to keep rules simple. She gets a certain amount of internet time. I also place restrictions on types of media. For example, she loves listening to techno-pop music, but that’s not allowed a less than an hour before bedtime. So there’s a de facto “no music an hour before bed rule.” Kids YouTube is treated like a very low quality tv service. She gets a certain amount of “video time” but I allow more time if she uses an established steaming service (Netflix, etc). She’s allowed to see content creates adults pretty freely. She can also talk to her friends pretty freely. I am very restrictive when it comes to communicating with unknown “children” online. Kids social media platforms attract predators. Some predators are grownups, some are toxic other kids. Ik actually much more worried about “child” content than “adult” content. Filtering only works on domains. But most content these days in on a handful of forums (FB, etc). I require her to preserve her browsing history. I review it if I feel there’s a reason to (she’s not good at being sneaky), We don’t talk about the content, because she mostly just listens to techo-pop and plays browser games. If it seems she’s hanging out in a toxic forum, I’ll discuss it with her, but also be firm about blocking it. Understand, I’m most worried about making sure my daughter gets her homework done, does some reading, and gets a good night sleep. The internets main threat is as a distraction from that.

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Thanks for the reminder to remain curious. Perhaps OP would be interested in sharing more. This is a discussion site, after all. I'm honestly a little surprised

by progman32 4y ago

pyuser583 4y ago
My philosophy to keep rules simple. She gets a certain amount of internet time. I also place restrictions on types of media. For example, she loves listening to techno-pop music, but that’s not allowed a less than an hour before bedtime. So there’s a de facto “no music an hour before bed rule.” Kids YouTube is treated like a very low quality tv service. She gets a certain amount of “video time” but I allow more time if she uses an established steaming service (Netflix, etc). She’s allowed to see content creates adults pretty freely. She can also talk to her friends pretty freely. I am very restrictive when it comes to communicating with unknown “children” online. Kids social media platforms attract predators. Some predators are grownups, some are toxic other kids. Ik actually much more worried about “child” content than “adult” content. Filtering only works on domains. But most content these days in on a handful of forums (FB, etc). I require her to preserve her browsing history. I review it if I feel there’s a reason to (she’s not good at being sneaky), We don’t talk about the content, because she mostly just listens to techo-pop and plays browser games. If it seems she’s hanging out in a toxic forum, I’ll discuss it with her, but also be firm about blocking it. Understand, I’m most worried about making sure my daughter gets her homework done, does some reading, and gets a good night sleep. The internets main threat is as a distraction from that.