Parents, how do you monitor your child's internet activity?

Always good to set up a system so you can watch what your kids are doing online... that way, if they find some good BDSM midget, donkey porn, you can save it for your own collection.
 
I'll do nothing. My parents left me alone and I turned out fine.
 
Via Heeto said:
i don't have kids, but it is sad that kids these days don't have to access porn the old fashioned way by looking in their dads closet, or from a friend's older brother or something.

I remember we found a massive stack of porn magazines out in a field one time. there were like 500 magazines and even nude decks of cards. we went to that place for months before they disappeared.

my step dad kept some vcr tapes hidden in his closet that i would check out when nobody was home. Christy Canyon, Tonisha Mills, etc.

And then of course there was the scrabbled cable pornos

Nowadays just googling it seems wrong for kids
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i think leaving those kinds of mags in the woods has been a way gay deviants have tried to lure boys. I remember a spot where that happened too and it never made sense at the time but one time I looked at some of it and then started walking and I heard someone shuffling through the woods as though they were just watching and didn't want to get discovered. Weird people out there. The net is rife with them too.
 
So all the posters seem to focus on the porn and other aspects of the internet. I'm more concerned with social apps and websites where strangers can interact with them. This is not a good question to ask Sherdog lol.
 
Just use an adult lock on a lot of key words and sites. Let them know their limitations. If you monitor them without consent they'll grow up to hate you.
 
PBAC said:
Just use an adult lock on a lot of key words and sites. Let them know their limitations. If you monitor them without consent they'll grow up to hate you.
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Yes, of course. But I'm in favor of limitations. I've read too many horror stories, where it started with the parents neglecting the kids' activities online. Then the parents get doxxed and attacked for being ignorant enough of their kids' stupid actions on the internet. I'm OK with being hated a bit by my kids now, rather than regretting it later.

Also, I'm more concerned about their interactions with predators online, more than anything
 
Raise you kids right and they will trust you. Fuck monitoring shit. That's what parents that walk their kids with a leash do. Are you going to also put a GPS on their phone and car?
 
Shr3dd3r said:
So all the posters seem to focus on the porn and other aspects of the internet. I'm more concerned with social apps and websites where strangers can interact with them. This is not a good question to ask Sherdog lol.
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You have an only child or something? My home is so busy, that they don’t have hours of free time to do that stuff. Seriously, they are on YouTube, TikTok, or discord.
Start with Apple screen time and an Apple system, you can control every app they install, the amount of time they can use, each day of the week. Do this all from the parents phone, control iPads or iPhones, find their location in seconds, share purchases, etc
 
Big Dawg said:
Raise you kids right and they will trust you. Fuck monitoring shit. That's what parents that walk their kids with a leash do. Are you going to also put a GPS on their phone and car?
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Lmao, that’s already there by default with an iPhone + family share.
 
Newtieg said:
What happens at 13?
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Serious answer though is this:

When your child turns 13 (or the applicable age in your country), they have the option to graduate to a normal Google Account. Before a child turns 13, parents will get an email letting them know their child will be eligible to take charge of their account on their birthday, so you can no longer manage their account. On the day they turn 13, children can choose whether they want to manage their own Google Account or continue to have their parent manage it for them. If your child chooses to take charge of their account, but you still prefer to stay in the loop, Family Link’s supervision tools can be re-enabled with the Family Link (Child/Teen) app on their device. For more information, check out our Help Center.
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Which I think is lame. They should let parents decide when the kid is old enough. But whatever. Can't complain about a free product. Just have to switch to something else if it's still needed after 13.
 
NoSmilez said:
Yea there is certain shit you aren't going to understand as a parent. If my parents saw me looking at tub girl, meatspin or lemon party. They will probably send me to a therapist. They aren't going to understand it's just normal internet shit posting.
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Maybe your parents know best.
 
Misanthropist said:
There is really nothing you can do if you’re concerned about porn. If you do something, they’ll learn from their friends how to bypass this and become more tech savvy. Think of how we got smarter and adapt in our childhood in the 90s. They have it much easier now with all that freely accessible stuff.
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You can make it unavailable in the home to your 8 year old.
 
mozfonky said:
i think leaving those kinds of mags in the woods has been a way gay deviants have tried to lure boys. I remember a spot where that happened too and it never made sense at the time but one time I looked at some of it and then started walking and I heard someone shuffling through the woods as though they were just watching and didn't want to get discovered. Weird people out there. The net is rife with them too.
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could be. although we never came across any weirdos out there. It also could have been just some kids who were afraid to hide them in their room
 
Via Heeto said:
could be. although we never came across any weirdos out there. It also could have been just some kids who were afraid to hide them in their room
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I heard about some gay killer who'd do that but I can't remember the name. Dont think it was Dahmer or Gacy.
 
My kids didn't have phones until they actually really needed them, maybe around age 12 or 13.
 
Shr3dd3r said:
So all the posters seem to focus on the porn and other aspects of the internet. I'm more concerned with social apps and websites where strangers can interact with them. This is not a good question to ask Sherdog lol.
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we are VERY careful. limited screen time to 30 minutes a day (maximum and not every day anyway) in the living room with us there........ usually participating joyously and engaging with our child. no internet access on the phone which is a gab phone. all social media completely off the table which was easy to get our child to see because of all the studies about how it makes your life worse.


the internet is a cesspool that will traumatize any normal human being.
 
Kinda funny seeing some familiar names from back in the day, talking about monitoring their kids now.

I use family link. lol
 
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