Parental Control:(I need advice on a mom who overrides everything with Parental Control!?
ByI am a very good kid, a least now. When I was 13 I went on “MySpace”, even though I was specifically told not to. I got in trouble grounded, you know the whole shabang. Well now I am 15, I don’t give a flying pig about Myspace or any of those stupid websites, because of what I’ve heard from opera and those horrible story’s. The only stuff I go on when I’m online, is yahoo, and yahoo messanger, and my email, and I look up photo’s of real cute dogs, and I’m searching for a laptop. The problem is sometimes i can’t on things because of stupid parental control. get this: She put a password to the computer and parental control. i am 15, i my second yea of highschool. I am very mature for my age, i don’t think i no everything. this is getting old and obnoxious. when i get my laptop she is putting parental control on that too. it’s ridiculous. she said its for other sites, not just myspace. what does she honestly think I’m going on, porn? any way what should i do. i try to have adult conversations about it but she just starts yelling. its annoying, any advice???????????????? I thank you kindly
6 Comments
April 14th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
First off, OPERA? I think you mean Oprah. Major LOL’s!
Second, your mom is being overprotective. Until her paranoia has passed, I’d suggest you use library computers for things you can’t get at home.
April 14th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Talk to her, tell her that you will use a monitoring system so she knows what you are doing but you can go where you want.
April 14th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Well, she’s trying to a responsible parent, but at 15, if you’re usually a pretty steady kid, I think it may be time to loosen the choke-hold she has on the computer.
Tell her that if she wants to, she can put a program on the computer that monitors where you go and what you’re doing, but it’s not a “parental control” in that it would allow you a little more freedom than you have now. If you show that you don’t care if she knows where you go on the internet, and are willing to be an “open book”, she might relent. It’s when kids get secretive about their computer usage that parents start to get worried.
April 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
wow
myspace?
talk to her
April 14th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Learn to spell, and listen to your mom. Though you think 15 is extremely grown up and mature, its really not. Maybe your mom is thinking about all those sickos out there,who put things on the internet. It might not be you she doesn’t trust. Believe it or not, your mom isn’t doing this for her own amusement. She is trying to protect you. Its no fun having to be the bad guy and say no.She shouldn’t start yelling at you, but maybe you are really annoying. Leave her alone and do what she says, you’ll thank her later.
April 14th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
15 is 15. You are not ‘very mature’ you are an adolescent. Parental Controls are there to protect you from adults would who take advantage of you. There are lots of people on the web who would love to put a virus on your machine that could suck out your mom’s financial info, or social security number, or bank account password. There are people out there would love to pretend to be your friend to lure you into doing stuff that you don’t want to do. It is hard to recognize those people and situations. That’s why your mom has put Parental Controls on your machines.