My teenage daughter has wanted a laptop since she was
11. She is an only child and is pretty much the only person that
uses the home desktop, which is prominently placed in the family
room, like all experts recommend. She also has a desktop that was
given to her in her room but it has no internet access.
I wonder, in a day where us a parents are constantly
preached to about internet safety, when has it become okay for a
young teens to have a their own laptop. I could probably list of 10
people (friends and family) that fit this case. The young teens
wander from room to room in their houses, checking their myspace
& facebook pages, browsing the web, countless hours on youtube,
and IM'ing friends. I personally don't understand how this
is considered okay but it's not my house, my kids or my rules
so I don't say anything. Meanwhile in addition to the laptops
there are cellphones fit with internet and Ipods and Game Consoles
with WiFi. Do we deny buying our kids the cool IPod touch just
because it has wi-fi capabilities or the new game consoles because
they would go in their room and you have rules against internet in
their bedrooms? How is giving them a cell phone with internet any
different than a laptop? It almost seems worse to me.
My daughter wants a laptop
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Posted by Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:56pm PDT
Report AbuseI'm not a parent, but I can understand the concern with giving into all these tech-like devices and wondering what the outcome will be. If I did have teens I certainly would not be comfortable with them having internet access that wasn't monitored by me as a parent. Not that I would feel the need to watch behind them, but as we all know, the internet is not a safe place for naive young girls and boys who don't realize the dangers. All in all, it really is a case by case basis on whether or not parents want their children having all of these gadgets.
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Posted by Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:05pm PDT
Report Abusei think its matter`of haveing trust and let your child know they can come to you about aneything children make misteaks you just dont want it to be a costley make sure you block the things you dont want your children in and it cant hurt to snoop every once while its your house you can invade aneyroom you want im a mother of three my oldest is 26my middleis25 and my youngest is2two are nurses in the hospital they are good kids my 3rd one is a little rought around the sides she stillin collage they never been aney mayjor trouble little trust can go along way sharon
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Posted by Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:05pm PDT
Report Abusei think its matter`of haveing trust and let your child know they can come to you about aneything children make misteaks you just dont want it to be a costley make sure you block the things you dont want your children in and it cant hurt to snoop every once while its your house you can invade aneyroom you want im a mother of three my oldest is 26my middleis25 and my youngest is2two are nurses in the hospital they are good kids my 3rd one is a little rought around the sides she stillin collage they never been aney mayjor trouble little trust can go along way sharon
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