Speak firmly and borrow that big stick from Roosevelt when necessary. Fear of God is useless but Fear of Dad is profound. I raised 5 kids, youngest is 32, still works, no stick necessary, they just know where i keep it.
Frank Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > Hi All, > > Here's the scenario. My kids are expressly forbidden from having email > addresses outside my domain. They are forbidden from having myspace, > facebook etc. sites. > > If they want an email, fine by me, but it's one that *I* can check on. > > If they want a web site, fine by me, but make it a real one that *I* can > delete things from. > > I'm trying to teach them to NOT do or say things on the internet that might > bite them in the butt later. The days of people eventually forgetting the > stupidity of youth or passion are long gone. > > Anyway, my 13 year old has a myspace account. He used a hotmail email > address to get it. He had permission to use neither of them. I finally > found out about the myspace account and went in to check out what he'd been > saying. His trash and sent messages had both been erased between when I got > the password out of him and when I had time to check on it. (I didn't know > that his zune, a video player!!!! would ALSO allow him to get on the net and > work on his page, talk to his friends etc. deep sigh) > > So, I contacted myspace, using his account, and asked for all of the deleted > information. I explained that I was the father of a minor and that he had > no permission to use their site and I wanted to know what was being hidden > from me. I gave my full name AND phone number as well as my email address. > > They were very good about contacting me quickly about this issue. However > they flatly refused to provide me with any information!!!!! They had NO > proof of age etc. on the account. Nothing to verify that the child was over > 18 etc. And *I* as the PARENT am prevented from accessing the account > information! "go get it from your teen" is basically what I was told. > > WTF is this??????? Absolutly amazing. > > So, what do the rest of you do to try to protect or control your kids these > days? > > thanks > marlon > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
