Saturday, December 30, 2006

RE: Open Letter

Hmmmm...

I wonder if my post comes off differently to others than it does to me. So I'll try and clarify:

Setting time length limits: Good
Setting acceptable times of day: Good
Blocking Porn and Hate sites: Good

Wanting to be able to record every single action on the computer for later review: Bad. Secretly obtaining a child's email address information and recording all IM conversations is no different than planting a bug in their backpack and reading their diary. I don't think that hiding a wire in the lining of your kid's coat is good parenting (although I did have a customer openly admit he was buying a small voice recorder to plant in his wife's purse.)

And I never once even protested, except on the two occasions that the parents weren't letting their Jr. High Student use the internet AT ALL because "it is just too dangerous." Seriously, they should just get the kid a bubble.

Hope that helps clarify.


2 comments:

Scott said...

I disagree, porn is perfectly acceptable. There should be an age minimum though. And that minimum is whenever the kid first thinks to search, intentionally, for it. I believe this is what's known as the 'tried and true' method.

Also, I'm sorry my comme,nts haven't been comin' in as freely. For a while I was off my blogroll entirely. But now I'm back, baby, I'm back.

- Scott

Anonymous said...

THIS IS NOT RIGHT AT ALL. Kida need privacy!!!!!!!!