If you think you trust your kid online, think again. A quick look at tinypic or photobucket can give you an idea of what your 'innocent' children are doing online. MySpace get's all the attention, but Xanga is just as culpable. It's just harder hide things on Xanga. MySpace and Xanga have become the new babysitters, much like television. I prided myself on tracking what my 14 year old did online, but what I discovered when he accidentally left his MySpace logged in truly opened my eyes. Since then I have installed monitoring software on his computer so I have access to ALL his online activity. Parents, if you don't know what your children are doing online, you have no one to blame but yourselves.
You said it all with this thread. The relatives see me as their personal mechanic (I'm an aircraft mechanic by trade), and computer guru (hobby). "Can you come look at this?", be it a computer, car, tractor or lawn mower. Especially when they tried to 'fix' it and screwed it up royally. Then they get po'd when you can't honor their wishes, "There is no way UT2003 will run on your x386", or "The only way to retrieve the bolt is to pull the intake and hope it didn't end up in a cylinder". The next time their kids thrash the system by turning off the anti-virus that I installed they can kiss my butt.
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If you think you trust your kid online, think again. A quick look at tinypic or photobucket can give you an idea of what your 'innocent' children are doing online. MySpace get's all the attention, but Xanga is just as culpable. It's just harder hide things on Xanga. MySpace and Xanga have become the new babysitters, much like television. I prided myself on tracking what my 14 year old did online, but what I discovered when he accidentally left his MySpace logged in truly opened my eyes. Since then I have installed monitoring software on his computer so I have access to ALL his online activity. Parents, if you don't know what your children are doing online, you have no one to blame but yourselves.
You said it all with this thread. The relatives see me as their personal mechanic (I'm an aircraft mechanic by trade), and computer guru (hobby). "Can you come look at this?", be it a computer, car, tractor or lawn mower. Especially when they tried to 'fix' it and screwed it up royally. Then they get po'd when you can't honor their wishes, "There is no way UT2003 will run on your x386", or "The only way to retrieve the bolt is to pull the intake and hope it didn't end up in a cylinder". The next time their kids thrash the system by turning off the anti-virus that I installed they can kiss my butt.