On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 10:42 -0700, James Carroll wrote: > They idea is to make sure they know that "I am watching everything you > do on my computer, so don't even go over by that cliff." They are FAR > less likely to do something wrong if they KNOW that I am watching what > they do. I recommend key loggers, and periodic screen capture > monitoring as well as logging all web page accesses. And I am not the > only one that makes that recommendation. It is rather standard in the > literature.
Nice theory, but it doesn't square with reality. What you're recommending might be appropriate for an 8 year old, but it'll do more damage than good with a 16 year old. A parent's responsibility is to help children transition to adulthood, not keep their children under their thumb for 18 years. You're acting like the only computer access children have is at home. Perhaps you're also forgetting your own childhood. Each child is unique, so I want to be careful about declaring an absolute, but what I remember from watching family and peers grow up is that the most strict parents often did the least to prepare their children for later responsibility. -- "XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, you aren't using enough of it." - Chris Maden -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
