• optissima@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Show me an easy, zero tech way to prevent your kid from accessing sites on the internet while having zero cost and not preventing them from finding other sites for school research. I am not saying she is not at fault, but the lack of support for parents is equally there.

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      Step one. Build trust and educate the dangers of the internet.

      Step two. Periodically check in their activities.

      Step three. Dont give unrestricted access unless mature enough to handle it.

      If your child cant trust you with what they are doing, no amount of tech is going to stop them circumventing monitoring…

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      The key is zero tech, as in don’t give them the device in the first place. Research devices will be used when a supervisory entity is available to be present during use.

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        How does the parent handle the social osteicization the kid will likely deal with then? It’s more complex than being closed off.

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          You are asking that like poor kids aren’t already ostracized for not having these things. The problem is giving kids access in the first place.

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            I know they are, I have experienced exactly this. I don’t think that more kids being ostracized is the right solution here.