My parents never restricted / supervised me and my brother's internet access much, if at all. I think this gave us an advantage, more than anything else, in ter

My parents never restricted / supervised me and my brother's internet access much, if at all. I think this gave us an advantage, more than anything else, in terms of learning responsible internet usage from a relatively young age, and knowing that I wasn't being carefully watched everywhere I went online (by them, anyway!) was more or less essential in my getting involved in the communities that led to my developing an interest in programming. Of course, really this comes down to parenting philosophy more than anything else, but those are my 2¢.