Comments on: Is internet dangerous for kids or does parents misunderstand what happens http://www.duperrin.com/english/2009/01/26/is-internet-dangerous-for-kids-or-does-parents-misunderstand-what-happens/ The most successful companies are those that think jointly technological change, work design and the changes in internal social relationships.” Antoine Riboud. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Website Development http://www.duperrin.com/english/2009/01/26/is-internet-dangerous-for-kids-or-does-parents-misunderstand-what-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-53791 Website Development Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:55:39 +0000 http://www.duperrin.com/english/?p=993#comment-53791 Yes some very valid points, although even if you do understand what your kids are doing on the internet(I'm a web developer of 12 years) you still have to be very careful. I have 3 kids of my own and 3 step kids, and all bar the second youngest I know they have all been exposed to or searched for material that i would really rather they hadn't! In order to make sure our kids are using the medium in as positive way as possible we employ a combination of measures such as visibly monitoring their activity by popping in unnounced, looking through the window at the screen when ever we walk past the outside of the den in the garden, using vnc to just pop onto their screen every now and then, and also shhh, a key logger. Whilst the latter might be a bit controversial and i know my sisters think i am being invasive, we decided that if anything ever happened to our kids as a result of online activities we require the means to fully track all of their online lives, and so i installed the key logger. This enables me to have access to all of their passwords for their various online services (from club penguin to barbie world to msn, bibo, piczo, myspace etc etc.) It lets me see exactly what they typed into google last week (naked women from the 10 year old!) frightening, can you image the sorts of images he got exposed to as a result of that search a few click clicks, personally I've never seen such a big one! poor lad hope is not scarred for life, I might be! The other thing we do is limit to a degree the amount of time they all spend on the pc, and make them do something else from time to time, draw a picture, play monopoly or come for a walk to the park with us, balance is essential. Personally I feel that having the pc in a communial room where it can be seen by all is by far the best policy, certainly not being tucked away in a bedroom somewhere, as that is asking for trouble. Like everything really, you can't take your eyes off them for a second, you are responsible! (Until they turn 18 and then you get 5 minutes off until they crash their car, get fired for gross misconduct, or get introuble with the law, but hey that's parenting :-) ) Yes some very valid points, although even if you do understand what your kids are doing on the internet(I’m a web developer of 12 years) you still have to be very careful.

I have 3 kids of my own and 3 step kids, and all bar the second youngest I know they have all been exposed to or searched for material that i would really rather they hadn’t!

In order to make sure our kids are using the medium in as positive way as possible we employ a combination of measures such as visibly monitoring their activity by popping in unnounced, looking through the window at the screen when ever we walk past the outside of the den in the garden, using vnc to just pop onto their screen every now and then, and also shhh, a key logger.

Whilst the latter might be a bit controversial and i know my sisters think i am being invasive, we decided that if anything ever happened to our kids as a result of online activities we require the means to fully track all of their online lives, and so i installed the key logger. This enables me to have access to all of their passwords for their various online services (from club penguin to barbie world to msn, bibo, piczo, myspace etc etc.)

It lets me see exactly what they typed into google last week (naked women from the 10 year old!) frightening, can you image the sorts of images he got exposed to as a result of that search a few click clicks, personally I’ve never seen such a big one! poor lad hope is not scarred for life, I might be!

The other thing we do is limit to a degree the amount of time they all spend on the pc, and make them do something else from time to time, draw a picture, play monopoly or come for a walk to the park with us, balance is essential.

Personally I feel that having the pc in a communial room where it can be seen by all is by far the best policy, certainly not being tucked away in a bedroom somewhere, as that is asking for trouble.

Like everything really, you can’t take your eyes off them for a second, you are responsible! (Until they turn 18 and then you get 5 minutes off until they crash their car, get fired for gross misconduct, or get introuble with the law, but hey that’s parenting :-) )

]]> By: Jon Husband http://www.duperrin.com/english/2009/01/26/is-internet-dangerous-for-kids-or-does-parents-misunderstand-what-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-53700 Jon Husband Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:26:58 +0000 http://www.duperrin.com/english/?p=993#comment-53700 <i>Whatever…I would have liked to be a teenager in 2009 !</i> Me too ! Not only the Web, but snowboards, shaped skis, good bicycles, iPods, windsurfing and kite-surfing, skateboards that work, computers to do your homework on, YouTube and Flickr, better sex education than what was around in the 60's, etc. Whatever…I would have liked to be a teenager in 2009 !

Me too !

Not only the Web, but snowboards, shaped skis, good bicycles, iPods, windsurfing and kite-surfing, skateboards that work, computers to do your homework on, YouTube and Flickr, better sex education than what was around in the 60′s, etc.

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