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Noob Question... Does your iphone bill show all of the websites you've visited?
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You know, if I am to ever become a dad, I would never install spyware on my family computer. What's the point? Who doesn't watch porn? It's part of the natural growing up process. As long as the kid's not addicted to it, it's fine. Installing spyware is like sending a message - "I don't trust you." It just doesn't help foster a healthy parent-child relationship IMO.Agree/disagree?
EXACTLY. When your parents install something on your computer that shows them everything you've done, it's such an invasion of privacy- and the thing is, I actually had to figure out that they were doing this MYSELF, otherwise I would've never known.
And the fact that when you DO watch porn, and THEY know, all that comes along are awkward conversations about your day..
Mom: "So, what did you do today?"
Me: "Nothing... uhh.. I read a book... Surfed.. the web.."
So, what happens when they check this thread to see why you've been so much time in it?
Tell that to the father whose son or daughter was murdered when she or he met up with some pervert in a chat room. It's nothing to do with TRUST. When you grow up and have a family you'll understand. Most kids say "I'll never do this or that when I have kids." You will change your mind very quickly.
You know, if I am to ever become a dad, I would never install spyware on my family computer. What's the point? Who doesn't watch porn? It's part of the natural growing up process. As long as the kid's not addicted to it, it's fine. Installing spyware is like sending a message - "I don't trust you." It just doesn't help foster a healthy parent-child relationship IMO.
you'd be a complete fool to reveal your anonymous online identities to your parents
I mean come on, Col Ronson couldn't be more ambiguous....haha
Then perhaps you didn't raise your kids to be smart enough to avoid meeting people through chat rooms? Common sense told me in my teens that I shouldn't meet these weirdos online and that chatrooms are generally lame. I'm pretty sure my parents raised me that way.
Being extra protective, or extra lax is both wrong. Installing software to spy on your kids is being too protective and it does no good. Hear it from the original poster Soreo. He figured out that he is being spied on and he's circumventing it instead. He still got what he wanted, and his relationship with his parents is possibly strained (Soreo disappointed that his parents are spying on him?). It's a lose - lose situation from a parent's point of view.
But I do understand what you are saying. I'm sitting here acting like I know how to be a parent when I'm only in my mid-20s. Maybe I will indeed turn into an over-protective parent once I have my own kids.
So to reaffirm what everyone else says, no your mom wont see which porn sites you have been visiting on your iPhone.
stole the words from my mouth. lol!
The phone numbers you call are on the bill, so they'll know about all those calls to 1-900-HOTT-SEX
I was your age during "the summer of love." (That's the late 60's if you can't relate). Drugs, sex and booze (and no AIDS or INTERNET to worry about). My hair was down to my waist. We smoked dope and protested the war (sound familiar?) When my 2 girls were born in the early 70's my whole world turned around and I went from Hippie (that's what we were called then ) to father. You may think you know everything now but YOU WILL CHANGE no matter what you say or think now. Mark my words. Wait till your 16 year old daughter wants to go out on her first date with a some kid who drives. You'll look back on how you perceived things when you were 20 and scratch your head.
Edit: And I (we) raised our kids VERY smart. Of course the world was different then so the issues were not quite the same. One has a Doctorate in Chem E from UVA and the other is a MSW from Rutgers.
) to father. You may think you know everything now but YOU WILL CHANGE no matter what you say or think now. Mark my words. Wait till your 16 year old daughter wants to go out on her first date with a some kid who drives. You'll look back on how you perceived things when you were 20 and scratch your head.Edit: And I (we) raised our kids VERY smart. Of course the world was different then so the issues were not quite the same. One has a Doctorate in Chem E from UVA and the other is a MSW from Rutgers.
Then perhaps you didn't raise your kids to be smart enough to avoid meeting people through chat rooms? Common sense told me in my teens that I shouldn't meet these weirdos online and that chatrooms are generally lame. I'm pretty sure my parents raised me that way.
Being extra protective, or extra lax is both wrong. Installing software to spy on your kids is being too protective and it does no good. Hear it from the original poster Soreo. He figured out that he is being spied on and he's circumventing it instead. He still got what he wanted, and his relationship with his parents is possibly strained (Soreo disappointed that his parents are spying on him?). It's a lose - lose situation from a parent's point of view.
But I do understand what you are saying. I'm sitting here acting like I know how to be a parent when I'm only in my mid-20s. Maybe I will indeed turn into an over-protective parent once I have my own kids.
By the way. I wish I had your attitude when I was your age. It was my way or nothing then. With what you said below you can be very sure you will be a great father when that time comes (just don't rush!).
But I do understand what you are saying. I'm sitting here acting like I know how to be a parent when I'm only in my mid-20s. Maybe I will indeed turn into an over-protective parent once I have my own kids.
Oh for the good old days when you just hid a Playboy under your mattress and hoped your mother didn't find it. Or you looked at the swimsuit ads in the Sears catalog . I sure feel old (well I should since I'm 58).
. I sure feel old (well I should since I'm 58).Oh for the good old days when you just hid a Playboy under your mattress and hoped your mother didn't find it. Or you looked at the swimsuit ads in the Sears catalog
As a teenager, the Sears part really made me laugh.
If they have a computer install it on theirs, and then blackmail your dad.
My dad looks at porno in front of me sometimes, I have nothing to worry about! lol I saw my first porn magazine at my dad's old huge office (his workers get them all around, especially in the bathroom) But yeah, for the OP, that could make some interesting conversation:
OP's mom: "Honey, what are you doing?"
OP: "Nothing, just checking out dad's favorite site."
OP's mom: "Oh, what's that?"
OP: "Playboy."
OP's mom starts shouting, then his dad comes in:
"Hey, what are you guys talking about?
OP's mom: "Your son looking at playmates on the internet."
OP's dad: "Oh crap, he's not using my account, is he? I only get five more videos this month.
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So to reaffirm what everyone else says, no your mom wont see which porn sites you have been visiting on your iPhone.
You've gotta be one horny little bastard to be doing that on a 3 inch screen.
OP: I would hire some college kids in dark suits and sunglasses to park out in front of your house in a black van for a few random nights. Install a crappy Radio Shack antenna on the roof so it looks like a surveillance vehicle. Maybe they'll rethink their scrutiny once they've had a taste of it.