Setting up a laptop for a child... Help

[simon the viking]

[QUOTE 4217815, member: 10119"]Yeah, pretty much! And however much you know and like the friends' parents, the politics of the first fall out could be terrifying.

Plus also, I personally just think that 9 is just too young to be faffing with all that. It remains to be seen if the youngest (approaching 9) will push against that boundary - he does tell me whether or not I'm allowed to share pics of him on social media, and seems mostly uninterested. The eldest (now 14, and one of my fb 'friends' because that is also a Rool... you have to accept your parents' friend requests) was cool with it, but the young'un has gained a stepsister in the last couple of years which sometimes has the effect of his rules and boundaries getting changed without my consent. Or knowledge...

I do use a kid-friendly blogging platform at work to introduce the ideas of safe/responsible internet use, but usually with Y5/6-ish.[/QUOTE]

Yeah..... might leave that idea for a while it could end as fisticuffs between grown adults!!!!

 

[summerdays]

All of mine waited till they were 14 before getting Facebook, and one hasn't even bothered, but it is a rule that they have to be friends with Mum.... At least when they started and they still have me on Facebook even now they are adults. I would say that below 14 they really struggle to understand what should go on there and who is a friend.... (I've been asked before now by children I barely know). And some continue to not understand beyond 14.... As a friend discovered her son sharing inappropriate photos with a stranger and then being blackmailed!

 

[simon the viking]

All of mine waited till they were 14 before getting Facebook, and one hasn't even bothered, but it is a rule that they have to be friends with Mum.... At least when they started and they still have me on Facebook even now they are adults. I would say that below 14 they really struggle to understand what should go on there and who is a friend.... (I've been asked before now by children I barely know). And some continue to not understand beyond 14.... As a friend discovered her son sharing inappropriate photos with a stranger and then being blackmailed!

Sad how people don't grasp the photo sharing thing.... Would you show this photo down the pub? No... then don't share it on the internet....

 

[PhilDawson8270]

All of mine waited till they were 14 before getting Facebook, and one hasn't even bothered, but it is a rule that they have to be friends with Mum.... At least when they started and they still have me on Facebook even now they are adults. I would say that below 14 they really struggle to understand what should go on there and who is a friend.... (I've been asked before now by children I barely know). And some continue to not understand beyond 14.... As a friend discovered her son sharing inappropriate photos with a stranger and then being blackmailed!

Even I have my parents as friends on facebook. At 28, I didn't have the heart to decline the request then go for lunch

Though, them being "friends" with you on facebook doesn't mean you will see what's going on. They can set user groups you cannot see, and change privacy depending on the context.

They could quite easily have 2 groups "Friends", "parents". And have their privacy settings for their posts, and stuff posted to their wall to not be visible by "parents".

I have work colleagues, and younger family member stuck in restricted. So I don't need to be "as" careful with what I post.

 

[summerdays]

Even I have my parents as friends on facebook. At 28, I didn't have the heart to decline the request then go for lunch

Though, them being "friends" with you on facebook doesn't mean you will see what's going on. They can set user groups you cannot see, and change privacy depending on the context.

They could quite easily have 2 groups "Friends", "parents". And have their privacy settings for their posts, and stuff posted to their wall to not be visible by "parents".

I have work colleagues, and younger family member stuck in restricted. So I don't need to be "as" careful with what I post.

I know.... I had to get Facebook when they did and they often showed me what to do. Now I always look at which people or group I post to, so often others don't know. But when children go on Facebook at first they don't know about that. But it's mostly about communicating with them, so mine know of the photo incident but not who for example.

 

[simon the viking]

Pretty much set it up last night. put parental controls from BT on it then realised it affected all connected devices and couldn't Google on my phone through wifi so switched it off. I can download from them a device specific one to it, so will do that. Cracking little bit of kit though for the money, hopefully he will love it. Put him a profile as user (child) and me as admin and it sends me email alerts for inappropriate actions. Sorted.

 

[fossyant]

Enable BT parental controls from their website. It works and we have in on. As for time control, we use the routers settings to knock the internet off certain devices at specific times - i.e. evening/bed time.

Don't put the BT WIFI app on the tablet as it will automatically connect to another neighbour's BT wifi !!!

 

[simon the viking]

Enable BT parental controls from their website. It works and we have in on. As for time control, we use the routers settings to knock the internet off certain devices at specific times - i.e. evening/bed time.

Don't put the BT WIFI app on the tablet as it will automatically connect to another neighbour's BT wifi !!!

Will have another look at it when he's had a week or so on it...seems Ive got most bases covered

 

[ufkacbln]

Not just kids

My Sister in Law came over and wanted access to internet so my wife gave her the password

She then activated parental controls and decided that a better password was needed so reconfigured thatto my wife's name

I found out when I couldn't log in and then had to spend two hours reconfiguring all my computers and things To rectify it

 

[machew]

Dont forget OpenDNS.