Not so long ago, ya needed at least a computer to get online, normally a large box with a monitor placed in the living room, something that was easy to monitor what children were doing on that, but them days are long gone.
Now I am all for technology but i do find it startling how many products these days come fully equipped for internet access, and more specifically how many of them are aimed at children. NInteno wii, ds, sony psp and playstation 3 all have full internet browsers. Add to this virtually any mobile phone costing more than 20 quid.
The thing that worries me is that with these products there is no one to oversee what content a child can get too, parental controls on at least 3 of the products I have listed are a joke and may as well not be there. Shouldn't these companies take the 'safety' of their intended customer base a little more seriously ?
Never mind that, isnt it ur mrs birthday and you havent done a bday thread?????
Happy birthday nn xxx
Yeah, totally agree......something needs to be done or they'll end up becoming a bunch of perves who meet and screw random strangers.........hang on a minute :-)
I have no idea who is in the best position to decide who and what should be looked at or have access.
As a parent, I have given my son all the tools and answered all the questions I can to ensure that he is responsible for his own actions.
When resetting my router and assigning a new password I had to set up his mac to ensure he could get access wirelessly. To test that he now had access I began to type 'www' in his search bar and the last page he had looked at was something like 'mumsiwouldliketofuck' I carried on my business as I was horrified and didn't want to bring it up inappropriately with me angry/embarrassed and he becoming defensive.
I addressed it the next day and in a way that had him explaining to me the role of women in the porn industry. Also his understanding of what porn is and also that he needs to be careful about what he views on the net unless he is sure he is looking at a legitimate site with no links to anything that could be illegal or (in my opinion) immoral.
The conversation was light hearted and non-confrontational. I learned his views on the world in a way that reassured me that he had good reasoning and logic and was aware of how women are objectified and was not naturally discriminatory in anyway.
Now the same scenario with someone who is a devout Christian for example would have been very very different.
Neither of us is wrong and neither of us is right. But what we do is use the best skills we have to make the best choices we can according to our own morals and principles.
I would never advocate someone else legislating the withdrawal of my freedoms. Whether that be my son's 'right' to view porn or my right to look at whatever I want to look at on the t'interwebnet.
:roll: Going on and on about work and asking her questions of what she should do with *blah, blah*. In the end I told her to just put the phone down as this woman would not take the hint an go away..