# Kid problem – wanna hear it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-problem-wanna-hear-it/565092 "2010-12-22T18:33:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-problem-wanna-hear-it/565092/61 "2010-12-23T13:11:02Z")
> [@pericynthion](#): > > At 14 he’s plenty old enough not to be damaged by anything he might find online. Something tells me this poster is not a parent! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-problem-wanna-hear-it/565092/62 "2010-12-23T13:33:26Z")
Update: I do have the friend’s telephone number and address. I had Paul call the number last night and no one answered but he left a generic “call me” message with our home number. We’ll just try until we get someone, which may not be until after the holidays. **Pasta** , I do think he’s a good kid. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-problem-wanna-hear-it/565092/63 "2010-12-23T13:34:35Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > Here’s a more general question. > > In the days of Penthouse, Hustler et al, wasn’t there a lot more “supervision” in the sense that if it could be published and sold on newstands it was pretty much mainstream and harmless? > > Whereas what can be found on the net isn’t neccessarily so? > > Personally, I would be more worried about online porn viewing than the traditional mag of yore. There were things in Hustler which disturbed a lot of people (women in a meat grinder being the classic example.) Playboy, yeah, you’re probably right, it’s about as vanilla as it gets (or it was when I was stealing Dad’s in the 80’s). Penthouse…well, I learned about chicks with horses and a particularly delicious story about a girl whose father forcibly bred her to a farmboy, leather restraints and all, from Penthouse, so you make that call. I’m sure \*my \*mom wouldn’t have been happy about that. And, despite Rule 34, the vast majority of porn found online is more Penthouse than Hustler. I’d even argue that watching amateur porn online, with real people of mixed ages and body shapes and preferences, might give a kid a much more realistic view of sex and men and women than either the airbrushed or cookie cutter raunchy fantasy porn of yesteryear. At least they get to see how to give women REAL orgasms! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-problem-wanna-hear-it/565092/64 "2010-12-29T23:19:10Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > No one had a talk with me, but then, I didn’t get caught either. Not as far as you _know._ > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > As far as viruses and computer security and whatnot, that’s my husband’s domain. He was pissed last night because he doesn’t want stuff connected to the network without him knowing about it. This was discussed with Paul during the last episode, but he still broke the rule. Whacker’s gonna whack. Get the kid a Costco bundle of kleenex and a PC in his room with decent antivirus/antimalware software and leave him alone. he’ll know what to do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-problem-wanna-hear-it/565092.md?page=3)