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1984Stop spying on your kid… Jesus.
Guy_Fieris_HairKids need access to the internet at a super young age these days for school. If you don’t have some sort of filter in place when they are in single digits or tweens you are just negligent. The internet has some dark corners.
Cynetri (he/any)I don’t mind just filters, but reporting it to the parent doesn’t sit right with me. It probably depends on the parent though
FlufferyIts to make sure the kid isnt searching those topics
If the kid is old enough to know what that is, figure out how to bypass your security filters, and search for it, then what purpose in hell could you have for knowing about it other than perving on your kids? It’s not like you didn’t do exactly the same thing at the same age. After that time it’s a normal and healthy function of develoment, parental restriction og that is just religious prudishness at that point. Filters are needed so little kids don’t run into stuff accidentally, but parental reports of all searches is just a gross invasion of privacy by the time they’re teens…
thats not the kid, thats the parent, how do I know? My parents used filter Software when i was younger. And if i was myself, i wouldnt want any of my kids to have raw unfiltered access to the Internet and thats coming me; a 14 year old. A teen can very easily develop a porn addiction, sorry if I’m a religous zealot and I’m a horrible being for going to church. but I also check your post history and I think you need a therapist or something. Your not ok in the head
“…raw unfiltered access…”
My comnent:
“Filters are necessary…”
Wow. A straw man fallacy, red herring and ad hominem in the same reply… haven’t seen that one before. And yes, I do need a therapist. I’m autistic, and was emotionally abused by my mother. I’m sorry if you don’t " believe in" emotional abuse.
My background aside, I am perfectly capable of holding a logical, civilised discussion and assume you are too.
Firstly, Never at any time did I argue in favor of unrestricted internet access. We are in agreement on the topic of filters and their necessity.
Secondly, I stated clearly that the issue here is not the use of filters, but the use of surveillance, that is, recieving reports on internet activity in addition to filters.
My thesis statement is simply that filters are enough, and there is no benefit to using surveillance that justifies the disadvantages. Namely:
A) The child feeling distrusted by the parents, and
B) The child losing any feeling of autonomy, which is very important for development during the teenage years.
I apologise for my lack of clarity earlier, as well as my inflamatory language and ad hominem. I did not make my point clear, and should not have escalated in that manner. I respect your opinion as well, even if you no longer wish to continue with this discussion. I forgive you for the ad hominem as well - it was only fare given my earlier rash behaviour.
I’m sorry if my way of talking seems vague or offensive, I have Asperger’s Syndrome so I tend to write an essay when I want to talk… sorry.
And to clarify farther, I am in no way in favour of teens being able to access porn or other inappropriate material. As I said, I agree that filters are necessary.
Yeah can you imagine a world where crabs could read?