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how do I make it harderfor my kids to see porn on the net?

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Originally posted by: SammySon
I should hope your son already has full access to such things and is fully versed on how sex works.
If not, hes way too sheltered.

He's in highschool for christs sake.
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I wasn't at that age.
 
Make them start an e-mail exchange with luvly. That is a way to guarantee they will never be turned on by another woman again.
 
the norton systemworks pro (e.g., Norton Internet Security)
"Parental Control" feature works pretty well
(assuming you use XP or Win2k).
 
Originally posted by: mcveigh
my kids are a 6 yr old boy and an 8yr old girl!!!

i'm just thinking ahead. I know they'll find porn I'm more concered that when one of them wants an email account and they are 10 or something they get an email with goatse.cx triple airtight hoes or something like that
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Email wise, I'm not sure if there's much you can do. The best thing would be to whitelist certain senders, as that will keep porn emails out(although just about everything else too), and it's really the only effective way; any other filter system has weaknesses that will get broken from time to time. As for net access, you'll probably want to install a filter of some sort there too, but the safest thing you can do is to keep you kids within a certain group of sites, as they're virtually guaranteed to hit porn if they go free-surfing.

It's going to be a hard job, and I can tell you you'll never win, but you can still fight the good fight for now.
 
for kids under 10 -12 years old, just get some of that filtering software, for kids 12 and up there should be no reason for you to worry about that
 
oh, and set the hosts file in your windows folder for some of the more major porn sites to not work.

things like goatse.cx and tubg!rl( i didnt know tubgrl was banned :Q) set them to localhost, so your kids wont be seriously f-ed up for the rest of their lives.

i got a hosts file that will block most the porn banners. also, install google toolbar to get rid of popups.

just try to keep normal browsing as porn free as possible.
 
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
LOL, I remember hiding my porn on my computer from my girlfriend, and I remember clearing my history every other day so she wouldn't rip my head off.
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That's what you use a different browser like Opera for! 😉
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....or get a real girlfriend that understands and doesn't mind.
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You missed the joke. Oh well, it was kinda far off anyways. Remember that dude who said he used Opera to hide his porn viewing habit from his wife, and then some self-righteous ATer called his wife up and told her?
 
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
LOL, I remember hiding my porn on my computer from my girlfriend, and I remember clearing my history every other day so she wouldn't rip my head off.
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That's what you use a different browser like Opera for! 😉
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....or get a real girlfriend that understands and doesn't mind.
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You missed the joke. Oh well, it was kinda far off anyways. Remember that dude who said he used Opera to hide his porn viewing habit from his wife, and then some self-righteous ATer called his wife up and told her?
 
Am i the only one whose eyes keep scrolling by this topic on the index page, and see "kidporn" instead of "kids to see porn"? It's rather disturbing. 😕
 
I'd give the kids a limited log on account (with 2000 or XP) that can't install anything and I'd restrict the sites they could view until they were 13-14 and then I'd sit down and warn them and then take the restrictions off. If they aren't going to show wisdom by not trusting you, then they're screwed anyway so porn won't make much of a difference.
 
Coming from someone who has kids (I have 2, now aged 13 and 14)...
If you've raised them right, and they have good values, it won't be much of a problem...
Use the hosts file to block the banners (there are occasionally porn banners on the sites that my kids go to... I think almost on purpose to target teenaged boys - game sites that have the cheat codes)

Anyway, if your kids have been brought up well, they won't click on those links. Show your kids that you have some trust in them and they also won't be trying to do things behind your back. Show your kids that you don't trust them by installing umpteen million porn blockers and they'll go behind your back to get around the blockers.



And, the most effective defense: make sure they know that there's no way for them to cover their tracks completely... But do so in a way that doesn't sound like you're monitoring them because you don't trust them. For now, let them know that there are a lot of sick, twisted individuals out there... (I'm not saying that porn is sick and twisted... some of it is though.)
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Coming from someone who has kids (I have 2, now aged 13 and 14)...
If you've raised them right, and they have good values, it won't be much of a problem...
Use the hosts file to block the banners (there are occasionally porn banners on the sites that my kids go to... I think almost on purpose to target teenaged boys - game sites that have the cheat codes)

Anyway, if your kids have been brought up well, they won't click on those links. Show your kids that you have some trust in them and they also won't be trying to do things behind your back. Show your kids that you don't trust them by installing umpteen million porn blockers and they'll go behind your back to get around the blockers.
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Wow- of the 50 posts here thus far- this is by far the BEST response I've seen so far. If you want your kids to stay away from porn, teach and show them to respect women, not to view them as visual eye-candy for their own sexual desires. If your kids don't have a proper perspective on sex, it's useless to try and block porn on their computers.

 
Cybersitter. Beware, it can have a nasty effect if you lose your password or try to uninstall it. But it's pretty ironclad on pr0n.
 
Originally posted by: SammySon
I should hope your son already has full access to such things and is fully versed on how sex works.
If not, hes way too sheltered.

He's in highschool for christs sake.
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At 17 I had fake ID and was picking up women six years my senior.
 
My daughters are 15 and 13. I built them their own computers but we have a understanding.... Having your own PC is not a right but a privilage and I made it clear from day 1 that privacy does not exist on them. They know I monitor what they do , what the say, what they see , etc etc.

I've been using this for awhile .. click me ... covers everything except recording the other end of a IM conversation.

Your best defense is paying attention to what your kids do and communicate with them.
 
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