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What Filters Are Right For Kids?
WaywardGeek writes "My daughter is using phrases like 'hot guys,' and soon will have a chat about the birds and the bees. I believe in letting kids discover the world as it is, and have no Internet controls on any of our systems, which are mostly Linux based. However, it's not fair for aggressive porn advertisers to splash sex in her face without her permission. My question is: What Linux-based Internet filtering solution do Slashdot dads favor, and do they hinder a child's efforts to learn about the world?"
Cheesecloth works pretty good to get the chunks out.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Filter or no filter, its just bad for them especially at that age.
"Waste not one watt!" - CZ
Um . . . "splash sex in her face" . . . oooooh-kaaaaaay . . .
I scream. You scream. I assume that means we're both acquainted with the problem. We proceed.
That should scare her away for a couple of decades.
NOW.
Filter out the obvious stuff. You won't stop a dedicated teen from finding what they want, but you can try to stop them from getting things they don't want that are inappropriate.
I have a daughter and a son, and yes, knowing there will be a day when my kids are looking for 'Hot [Gender of choice]' scares the shit out of me.
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I only whitelist the sites that teach good lessons for their development into adulthood:
Zombo.com: You can do ANYTHING there.
Goatse: What better way to show what one can accomplish if you put your mind to it?
2G1C: Teamwork and empowerment
Lemonparty: Appreciation for the elderly.
I'd list more, but CPS is here. Must be donation season or something.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
If she prefers IE for some weird reason then just put an ad-filtering web-proxy on your network like Junkbuster.
If she is clever enough to get IE to run properly on the aforementioned linux systems, she is clever enough to configure her own porn-blocker...
You demand that the government censor the entire internet for the safety of The Children!
;)
Porn is only unrealistic if you have a girlfriend who doesn't like porn. Now if you'll pardon me, I have a donkey and a midget waiting for me on the bondage rack.
Think back to when you were ten, you put a random term into Google
When I was ten, a google was a fixed (i.e., not random) value. Also:
So, no, I can't relate to your example. Now get off my lawn.
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth gets you modded -1 Troll
I have to ask...do people REALLY that often, hit porn sites by accident?
Yes, every time my wife or boss walks in and there's porn on the screen? Accident.
I've gone to whitehouse.com in front of ~80 people, deans and other faculty mainly, doing a presentation on Netscape 2 and all the nifty features including domain completion. "And here you can see I type in 'stanford' and it goes to www.stanford.edu without typing anymore. A handy shortcut. Let's try another, whitehouse, let's see what the president is doi.... aww crap." Projected on a 50' screen. Lovely day.
It's rare that I win the race to say something first on the internet. I am soooo proud today.
I scream. You scream. I assume that means we're both acquainted with the problem. We proceed.
Personally, I think Camel filters are the best for kids.
Or maybe his brain has started to decline, and he's just forgotten how to spell it....
Guilty as charged. Now GET OFF MY...
...have you seen my glasses?
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth gets you modded -1 Troll
Let's try another, whitehouse, let's see what the president is doi...
Clinton was President then, wasn't he?
Hey, that was another great suggestion! I'm a bit embarrassed I wasn't already using it. I've not had much time to play with it, but thepiratebay.com has seemed to think I really need to meet a girl living near me for years. Different nearby towns, names, and ages, but always the same girl! I almost feel like I know her... I certainly know all her bathing suits. Now thepiratebay.com has nothing but whitespace where she use to be!
I think I'm happier with both Adblock Plus and a DNS based filter. Both free, easy, and useful.
Celebrate failure, and then learn from it - Nolan Bushnell
"Daddy what's that?"
"That's how babies are made sweetheart."
"Oh. Do you and mommy do that?"
"Not anymore. (sigh)"
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