| liberated |
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| 05/10/08 11:40 AM |
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Reminder to parents of teens...
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That in the midst of our divorce, our kids can get away with far more than they could in ordinary circumstances...
Last night I discovered that my son has been lying to me about having internet access in his bedroom. He told me the wireless card had been removed...I stupidly believed him. This poor boy has a 3 yr history of p*Rn addiction and I thought I had things covered. The "kid computer"has parental controls on it through SBC/ATT. I removed the whole computer from his room, along with his MP3 due to his loading lots of graphic rap on it repeatedly. I also installed a better filter (bSafeonline) so that I know they can't get to the stuff that's off limits.
I had been trying to give freedom to my teens as a sign of respect and trust, but they blew it. One is 6 weeks behind in her school work (lack of me checking on her) and the other is filling his mind with impurities faster than you can say BOO!
Parents--if you don't already check up on your kids...DO IT...and if you do...you ROCK!
| JenH03 |
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| 05/10/08 07:42 PM |
| 75.84.55.129 |
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Re: Reminder to parents of teens...
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Good advice.
Last weekend when we had my husband's kids, his 17 year old son went to a "World of Warcraft" party at a friend's house. Little did my husband know that this friend is in his 20's and married, so there was no kind of parental supervision. My stepson's mother would have never let him go there if she knew, so we know she had no idea, and my husband wasn't too happy about it either. Stepson also thought he could get away with coming home at 1:45 in the morning, something else he'd never try with his mother. He knows better now than to do that with my husband either, but I guess he was testing him. He got seriously busted though.
My husband and I have discovered that his kids will try certain things at our house that would most likely not be allowed at their mother's because my husband is more easy going than his ex is. But now that we are getting wise to them, we check on EVERYTHING they ask to do.