Blocking WTF?!

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Manu7

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I agree with your mother about wtf not being a place for 'kids'. That's exactly why my mother doesn't know that wtf exists.

I'm sure that my father, who lets me do more or less anything, would completely freak out if he knew what wtf was, what I talked about here, etc.

As for getting past the blocker, use a proxy.
 
Thanks everyone for your good, and err not so sane advice. :)

But, me being the nerd I am, found out a way to get into all the sites she blocked, and delete my web history. :D
 
I think you are a bit self-righteous and want to believe that about me, Beef. Obviously you didn't comprehend when I said more than once my biggest reason for not letting her on this or any forum is that I don't allow my kids to meet people over the internet because I feel it's unsafe. I also am not clueless to what my daughter hears (as I've also said earlier) and I do not shelter her from reality, but merely the disturbing prospective pedophiles and sickos that lurk the web.

I think you should re-read the things I've posted and stop doing it with a predisposition about me. I'm by far not an over-sheltering parent. I just make my choices based on my own beliefs and experience.

And to the rest of what you might think is my real reason, I really don't talk any differently on here than I do infront of her in real life. I told her I would be a hypocrite to tell her that swearing is bad but to at least respect others by not doing it infront of those she doesn't already know won't be offended. If you think I'm that bad on here then you don't read many of my posts. I haven't posted much I would feel the need to hide from her. We have a very open relationship and you'd be surprised what we can share with each other, much more than most parents I know. Nice way to completely misjudge me, Beef.
 
I think that, even though I agree with you on the issue, your mom has a warpped vision of what you might be up to. A lot of parents prepare for the worst(you internet whoring) yet expect the best. Rarely do they lead by example, but only because they want you to be the best possible, even though they're not the best they could be. you could try to talk to her, but I don't think that she'd change her mind. The only thing you can do, that I've learned to do is be the best around them, do what you think is right behind them, don't get caught, or if you do, make sure it's not too bad. This is a hard thing to get perfect for the child and the parent.
 
My kids are not on this site. Even our 14 year old. Why? Because I pay the fucking internet bill and I said so is why. Deal.

PS: It all depends on the type of parent you are. Personally I don't want the kind of child I expect my kids to be to see the shit here. Now, that does not mean that you other kids on here shouldn't be here. But part of being a good parent is knowing exactly what influences your children and removing it from thier life if need be. Another part of being a good parent is discipline.

At least nymph's mother is trying. I talk to some of you other kids out here and I think....god damn, no way would I let my kid get away with that, no matter how old they are.

PPS: I DO shelter my children. I am a very controlling and obsessive parent. Why? BECAUSE THERE ARE CHILD MOLESTORS ON THE INTERNET, IN YOUR NIEGHBORHOOD, AROUND THE CORNER, AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO ANYONE IS. I do not trust anyone. My kids have never been in day care, they have never been left alone, they have never been anywhere if I do not know exactly where, with who and for how long. And as long as I pay the bills, that is exactly how it will be. My children do not have email and are rarely on the Internet because I simply do not trust the world. On the other hand, I have explained to my kids the difference between good and bad touch, that if someone they dont know pulls up in a car the FIRST and ONLY thing they do is run away screaming thier heads off. So while I do shelter my children, they are in no way naive to the evil in the world, but I will shelter them from that evil.
 
I understand you completely, DG. My kids didn't/won't go to daycare until they can at the very least talk to me. I'm very neurotic about someone messing with my kids as well and have gone over good touch/bad touch/ and how to handle strangers until they run away yelling, "I know, mom, I know!". I know how easy it is to take place as well, and that scares the shit out of me.

The internet though, that is one place I do have control over and I exercise that right as a parent.

Trusting your children to make the right decisions is all nice and PC, but if you just let them experience "reality", and put your faith in how you "raised" them and what you think they will or won't do, well, I just have to ask, did you skip puberty/adolescence??
 
LOL

Well...the thing is...the Internet is NOT reality. Its just a bunch of dipshits talking smack, and that includes me.

:D

Oh, and none of my kids will experience puberty. Im having them all nuetered.
 
Well, the "reality" that this forum must represent to what Beef was eluding to, you know of vulgarity and sexually explicit talk that is dominant in every middle school and high school in the world... nevermind. You know who I was talking to. :tongue:
 
Oh I know its there. I hear the little jr. high girls that go to my daughters youth group. Matter of fact, one of the neighborhood older girls had the nerve to call me a bitch because I told manda it was time to go home. I very loudly proclaimed that if she did not get off my lawn, I'd get a belt and show her exactly how MUCH of a bitch I can be. Its good to be feared.

Now my daughter, and sons, are good kids. As a matter of fact, both chris and amanda refuse to play with some of the neighborhood kids because they are trouble makers.
 
Ok, I am sorry that I did misread the direction of a couple of your posts. Not intentional towards you now. In a way I do go along with what you also said earlier, but you know what? I was raised where I was allowed to experience "reality", and I learned from the choices that I made. My parents did put their "faith" in how they raised me, and although I had my couple of "speed bumps", I would have to say that from my experience they did the right thing. They were there for me when I got in trouble or I got down, they did advise me at times when I was starting to do something that could endanger me. Yet, for the most part, they did let me live my own life and make my own decisions towards it. I didn't miss out on adolescence or puberty at all, I remember almost every moment quit vividly. And I will raise my child in the same fashion. As you somewhat said earlier in the same post that I've quoted above, it is the fashion in which I choose to raise him.

Now as to what I'm going to say towards the quote above us, I don't fully disagree with what you've said, it is your right to keep her from that if you want to. However in my case, my son is quite conversive with me about things that happen on the net. He asks me for help when his friends need advice about certain things when it comes to school or dealing with parents (as I said, I do remember being that age). We have talked about the subject of "potential" predators on the net. He actually called me over the one time that someone did approach him like that in a Yahoo chat room. I cinfronted him and he logged out. Haven't seen him back in there since. After that I got "Black Ice Detective" (I think that's the right name for it). It records all chat logs, and I can pull them up at any time if I need to have the cops come for such a situation. And also from what I've seen so far, the logs are unalterable so they would stand up in a court of law. Also I make sure that me and my boy talk about things a lot. I'm not saying you don't with your daughter so please don't take it that way, it's just that I know from my own childhood how important communication can be to make the difference.

I don't know Honey, I guess it's the fact that I have a boy and you have a girl. Or that I'm from Mars and you're from Venus. Either way from time to time, we're more than likely going to come from two completely different worlds on something. Once again I am sorry that I made that previous post such a personal attack towards you. I just get off the handle once in a while, and in your case it was unwarranted. I'm happy you didn't just respond with "Oh what do you know? STFU!", lol. But instead you actually caused me to go back and look at some of your previous posts like you suggested. I've been dealing with so many idiots and hypocrites here lately that I just got it in my head that you were sheltering your kids or some shit. Well I'm going to stop kissing ass now. Gosh, I don't even think that I've ever even had to give this long of a "I'm sorry" explanation to my wife.

See you around on the boards.
 
Well, I know many people are much more relaxed with boys than girls. I won't raise my son any differently having raised my daughter this way, for fairness if nothing else. I grew up hearing "because he's a boy". It drove me crazy.

My mother was raised the same way as you, but not because her parents trusted her, it was more because they didn't care. She made the right choices too. I've also seen other people raised that way and frankly it seemed the results were pretty much hit or miss. I'm just not willing to take that chance.

Thanks for the apology though, Beef and not coming back and "standing your ground" trying to prove you're right and make me look like something I'm not. :)
 
I don't think that any certain way is 100% foolproof Honey. I just know that what happened did work for me, and so that's the path I'm going to follow with my son. You have your way, and that's the path that you're going to follow. I don't think there is any foolproof or right way. Because when it all comes down to it, our children are going to go out into the world someday. It's if they decide to follow the things in life that we've taught them or not, will be what shapes their destiny. Any way is really hit or miss if you ask me.
 
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