> I say this again and again in various places - something wise needs to be done about children and the internet.

There already is. It’s called parenting.

If your child cannot handle the internet, do not give him access to it.

If your child can only handle supervised internet, only allow it from the home pc.

If your kid, like quite some children, is perfectly capable of navigating the internet and talking about worrisome content they encounter, give them a personal device.

This sounds like the parents who are shocked that their kid does criminal stuff, but let him or her be on the streets till midnight without any supervision.

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pyuser583 a day ago | parent [-]

The local public school gives a Chromebook they must use for class. Not optional.

More broadly your advice is very out of touch with modern life. Don’t let them go to the library? Or summer camp?

How am I supposed to supervise them 24/7?

Every actual expert I’ve spoken to has said “do what you can without driving yourself insane, and understand you’ll fail.” None have advised me to simply “do not give them access to the internet.”

I already forbid it. There are too many damn workarounds (school chromebooks).

Here’s the funny thing - I totally trust my troubled adolescent with devices that log history. Never a problem.

So that, combined with advanced cooperation on parent imposed filters should work fine.

And best part - none of this impacts adults! Don’t turn on immutable history, and don’t turn on white listing! Easy peasy! They can be off by default (and should!) so adults don’t have to do a damn thing!

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moi2388 a day ago | parent [-]

Kids going to the library is modern life? Sure.

You don’t need to control them 24/7. Some however you need to restrict more than others.

That means no personal device and talking to the school about what they do with the device there. There are teachers present and the kid can hand it in during break time.

	▲	pyuser583 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No personal device - easy and done. The result is extreme social isolation, but sometimes that’s a cost worth paying. Teachers do not generally monitor computer use during class time. They don’t have the capacity. Chromebook’s are necessary to complete homework, including during study halls and recess. And at home, of course. Schools are generally unwilling to create custom rules for individual students - nor are they required to.