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<blockquote data-quote="WNC Gal" data-source="post: 59798" data-attributes="member: 3783"><p>We used our router to block access to MySpace and also to enforce a rating limit to PG (not quite sure if it actually works or not). My kids love Rhapsody music service, and I was thrilled to see that I could password protect the explicit songs so they can still enjoy all of the clean versions (although I admit the kids MUST know what is being skipped over or dubbed over). </p><p></p><p>Then, when our daughter began having serious issues and a lot of them seemed to stem from her interactions with dysfunctional friends, we decided to monitor her internet activity with a keystroke logger from SpectorSoft. It may seem invasive, but if a child is not disclosing potentially life threatening issues (suicide) - it seems more important to know what is going on with her - if we had only checked her computer on the morning she tried to overdose, we might have known she was sending out "farewell" notes to her friends. Luckily she survived the attempt! We also discovered that she was tending to "research" various symptoms that she was trying on for size. For example, she was a healthy and athletic child, but began researching "how to" sites on anorexia and started to emulate the behaviors.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WNC Gal, post: 59798, member: 3783"] We used our router to block access to MySpace and also to enforce a rating limit to PG (not quite sure if it actually works or not). My kids love Rhapsody music service, and I was thrilled to see that I could password protect the explicit songs so they can still enjoy all of the clean versions (although I admit the kids MUST know what is being skipped over or dubbed over). Then, when our daughter began having serious issues and a lot of them seemed to stem from her interactions with dysfunctional friends, we decided to monitor her internet activity with a keystroke logger from SpectorSoft. It may seem invasive, but if a child is not disclosing potentially life threatening issues (suicide) - it seems more important to know what is going on with her - if we had only checked her computer on the morning she tried to overdose, we might have known she was sending out "farewell" notes to her friends. Luckily she survived the attempt! We also discovered that she was tending to "research" various symptoms that she was trying on for size. For example, she was a healthy and athletic child, but began researching "how to" sites on anorexia and started to emulate the behaviors..... [/QUOTE]
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