I feel compelled to point out that kids sending pictures of their naughty bits to each other over an IM network makes their parent/guardian a producer, distributor, and consumer of child pornography.
Just a thought for when they get a little older!
11-year-old living in your house has no right to an expectation of privacy.
QED.
Well, there is a difference between what I did as a kid and what I did as a kid that my parents condoned.
Did I find porn? Yep. Did I read trashy books my parents wouldn’t approve of? Yep. Did I drink before I was legal? Yep. Did I go ‘farther’ with boys than my parents would have approved of? Yep. Did I do my darnest to hide all this and fully expect to get in trouble if I was discovered? Yep. That kept me from doing it too much and too often - and going farther than I would have.
I “expect” my kids to do all of these things as well. And I expect that if they get caught, they will face my disapproval and get punished.
I sure hope these programs have gotten better than when I was a teen 8 years ago. That thing blocked Disney.com and my school music program’s web page because there was a link to “hot pictures.” :rolleyes: