Quote Originally Posted by Tuckervill View Post
My 14 yo is so afraid of seeing explicit pictures accidentally that he doesn't go anywhere online without me knowing about it. He is SO modest about that kind of stuff. I figure that will change eventually, but he has a history of only doing what he's ready for so I'm not too worried about it.
I work for da'phone company and that's the best thing I've heard.

The best parental controls are a set of parental eyes

I have had it up to here with folks calling in "my son/daughter/grandson/etc wants wireless web so s/he can have internet in his/her room". As an employee I can't say "Nooooo, don't do it".

But the computer should be where you can see it.

If the kid's using it for homework, where's the homework?

If they are surfing and saying "Mom, Dad check this out" that's cool. As a conversation piece, talking about music and art they see but know where they are surfing.