As a parent does the internet scare you?

[lhancock90]

I do agree, my OH works in I.T. His knowledge, tips, tricks astound me. I don't think whilst our girls are in our home, will be able to do anything they shouldn't or accidently cone across anything.

 

[babyno9]

No it doesn't scare me. Luckily my children are hardly fussed about the internet. My nearly 12 year old texts/calls her friends to chat and only uses the internet in the living room to do her homework of an evening but can't wait to get off it to read a book. I've had talks with the older kids about internet safety and i used parental locks but i can always see what they are doing online. My 11 year old has a laptop but the last time she used it was months ago. lol

 

[SophiasMummy]

it does worry me not just the internet but computers and gaming in general, I spend quite a bit of time on the internet myself. I know people who are buying Ipads for their 2 year olds so they can play apps and things on them and I hate the idea, I've got a DS for Sophia for Christmas but she wont be allowed on it for more than an hour at a time or something like that, im planning on using it more for when we're travelling to places, when we go out for the day. as for internet im going to be very strict with Sophia and computers will probably block social network sites and things and limit her to half an hour playing games and any other time will be homework as a lot of homework is done through the computer now which I think is wrong, why cant people just use books and write with a pen, we're going to end up with a nation that can read but cant write on a piece of paper with a pen. I want to Sophia to go outside and play with friends not be sat in front of a computer or games console for hours every day, obviously not go outside yet but when she's old enough at the moment I try to take her outside as much as possible we do long 2 hours walks on the common and visit zoo and things

 

[SisterRose]

As a few others have said, my oh has his degree in forensic computing and works in computer security. I doubt that our girls will want to risk doing something they shouldnt/be talking to strangers with the thought dad might be sniffing the network in the back of their minds, lol! Ofc, i wouldn't invade their privacy unless suspecting something wasn't right but they font need to know that. Ive been using the internet since 10(im almost 25) tbh, ive seen some vile stuff, spoken to some very strange people and don't want either of my girls getting too involved, but will be hard the more we use technology in future.

 

[babyjan]

Just read on DM a 12 year old sexually abused his lil sister after watching porn on the school computers!

I thought these things weren't accessible in schools?!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...unger-sister-watching-online-porn-SCHOOL.html

 

[Rachel_C]

It really doesn't worry me any more than their interactions with people in real life. It's easy to be bullied or feel pressured into doing stuff you're not ready for offline too.

I used the internet from quite a young age, maybe 10 or so (29 now) and yes I've probably seen/said some things that I wouldn't want my parents to know about, but I've also seen/said things I wouldn't want my parents to know about with my friends/boys offline. I was raised knowing that I could talk to my parents about anything and I knew that they trusted me. I trusted them too. I hope to have the same kind of relationship with my kids. They'll know that I *could* check what they've been up to but I won't unless there is an actual problem. Education about how to be safe is important as well as helping the kids to respect themselves and others enough to steer clear of trouble - the same online as offline. There are different ways to show it but the underlying values are the same so I think we'll be okay.

 

[Bex84]

They shouldent be accesable at school. Every school i have worked in dosent allow you to search certain words and blocked sights. One children resource sight ( which was literally resourses with things like phonics etc) got blocked as the founder got found to be involved with child abuse, i cant remember exact details.

 

[Pearls18]

The problem is with phones though, even if you are strict with your own child's phone what if another child has a phone with internet access and they start playing around with it in the playground? It would be hard to monitor what they were doing on that?