"Jay T. Blocksom" <usenet01+SPAMBLOCK@appropriate-tech.net> wrote in message
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> On 3 Sep 2003 13:21:39 -0700, in <alt.privacy.spyware>,
> itc_sburnett@hotmail.com (Steven Burnett) wrote:
> >
> > My kids are driving me nuts....they dowload EVERYTHING that pops by
> > them without a second thought. (The 13 yr old also belives the web
> > site that claims Jim Morrison and Elvis are hangin out in El Segunda)
> [snip]
>
> Notwitsthading the issue that prompted you to post this article, which by
> now you've realized is a moot point, it sounds like it's time for some
> serious parenting. No matter what you do to the computer, short of
removing
> it from your household, you CANNOT prevent your kids from acting stupidly
if
> that is what they are wont to do. You need to educate your kids, not so
> much about each specific hazard or bogus whacko-with-a-website claim, but
> about being able to think critically and rationally, and the value in
doing
> that *before* they act.
>
> Don't try to apply a technogical cure to what is actually a social /
> behaviorial problem.
>
> --
>
> Jay T. Blocksom

A miracle has occurred - Jay and I agree almost exactly on something. If
your children are not both knowledgeable enough about the dangers of the
Internet (and there are many) and reliable enough that you can trust them to
care for the safety of both themselves and your machine, then they have no
business whatever being allowed to surf without a parent at their elbow -
literally. No "net nanny" program comes close to taking the place of a
parent's supervision.