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Oh no one gets near my computer. I don't even use AntiVirus. I am anticipating me having to clean up hers at least once or twice, but this way she will see what not to do.

On the subject of parenting. My parents used to try and shield me against everything. That had a very bad effect and let's just say I ended up not being what they wanted in a teenage kid.. something which continued the rest of the way in growing up.

This has led me to believe, that keeping kids honest and setting guidelines rather than limits is a better way to go. Maybe I'm wrong, but there is no way it can end up as bad as shielding them too much.
 
mobile said:
hey m8:)....i do have an idea of a site named speed.cd...on the front page itself its says "its a family-safe torrent site"....as far as i know i guess i have seen somebody post that its has about 5k torrents(cant be sure though)....so u might try that site....gud thing is its open to sign up..often

and now too http://speed.cd/signup.php

hope this helps you to some extent :happy:
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On the face of it this looks pretty much ideal for the OP needs.
 
I'm trying to teach a 10yo girl and her mother safer downloading habits on their new PC and having a bit of trouble finding an easy to use site, that also has a non porn atmosphere (both torrents and forum). Are there any?

BTW I am looking for just one general site, not specialty sites, that still have quality in mind. This unfortunately excludes places like Demonoid.

Edit for future reference:


Family Friendly Scene site with over 7.000 active torrents: http://speed.cd/signup.php
 
if i were you i would use Zone Alarm, put a password, and set it to highest parental control (filters adult content, torrents, drugs, and couple more content). I would even set it so it won't allow her user account to download or install program.

you can call it shielding all you want but seeing something wrong at an early age will leave bad impression...forever. There are papers written about it...lookup over the interwebz.

idk what type of restriction your parents did to you, but if it was something like no torrenting until 13 then they did well. I mean, even the site you are trying to sign her up for says "I am at least 13 years old."


i'm just saying...

edit: thnx for speed.cd link btw. i myself was looking a family friendy general content site.
 
Great question, will have a dig around.

Ok the only site that I can see that fits the bill content-wise is ITS, because it's ratio & porn free, your going to have to find a friend in there to recommend you and apply on your behalf.

Filelist could be ok too as far as content goes but she'd need to keep ratio and I'm not sure how well a youngster would fit into the community there. The only other problem with this is one is there is no invites & no open registration so that could be tricky.

Blue_Skies if there was a dedicated site designed for kids with kids content it'd be a great tool for us users to introduce younger family members to filesharing. I'm thinking it would probably need to be ratio free or something cause kids are like "I see shiny things" "must have shiny things" ! :)
 
Problem is that shielding often results in rebellion, as it did in my case. From the age of around 13-14 up until adulthood, I did nothing my parents wanted me to. I bet that even if I knew they were right, I would still do everything wrong.. if not for anything else, then to show them that they had no control of my life.

Guiding builds confidence in a positive way.

squirr3l said:
I mean, even the site you are trying to sign her up for says "I am at least 13 years old."


i'm just saying...
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I bet it also says: "Do not download this torrent file unless you own the content." We all do that, right?
 
I totally agree with polarbear children of that age shouldn't even browse without some form of supervision. Just set the mother up on a good site lock out the XXX and add a parental lock program to the whole computer while you are at it.

Sure kids are curious and she will sooner or later run into some bad stuff but no need to facilitate the process.

KushBlow said:
Don't let age fool you. My brother is barely 9 and he's practically an uploader for TTi :lol:
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Yes and look how you turned out.
 
quite frankly i wouldn't let a 10yo girl on any torrent site. i'd say teach the mother how to do it, give her a torrentleech invite and then let her do the downloading for the daughter.
 
Polarbear said:
quite frankly i wouldn't let a 10yo girl on any torrent site. i'd say teach the mother how to do it, give her a torrentleech invite and then let her do the downloading for the daughter.
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Don't let age fool you. My brother is barely 9 and he's practically an uploader for TTi :lol:
 
ghurka said:
I didn't realise until I just checked but SuperTorrents does not allow any porn to be uploaded and there are no porn threads (that I can see) in their forums.

Blue_Skies - let me know if you want to take this further ;)
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Thanks mate :)

I'll just start her off with speed.cd though. It doesn't require invite, so if she screws it up, no one else gets punished.

also I saw axxo and kingben stuff on speed.cd so it should be very easy for her to seed.
 
My advice would be to keep the 10 year old girl focused in doing homework and playing with dolls. I don't think learning how to steal data, is appropriate for her at this age.
 
Since when have 10 year olds downloaded??? How can u trust soemone so young they will end up downloading a 1000 files in the first week.

Why dont u just get them to use demonoid, download what u want with no ratio requirment, and no xxx. But then again not the easiest place for a 10 year to use type one thing in and u get a 1000 results.
 
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