I can see a barrage of piss taking on this, but I do have a serious request.
I want to limit the amount of time each day my nipper uses facebook. I have had a quick look at net nanny and other similiar products and none of them seem to let you put a time limit on a certain website. You can turn it off, or turn it on and you can put a limit on internet activity as a whole, but not a time limit on a certain website for example.
My son is revising for his exams at the moment, so he needs to use the internet, i just want to limit his use of facebook etc to say an hour or two a day.
Check the manual for your ADSL router, most likely there’s an option to set up a list of keywords/domains to be restricted according to a schedule, like this
With the current education system it’s a wonder there isn’t a qualification available on Facebook or Twitter etc. Just think, a BA in Media, specialist subject - chatrooms
Which OS are you using? Vista & Windows7 has parental controls. I suspect it falls in to the category of not being specific to sites though.
BT’s Home Hub is easy to log-in to but you might need the Adavanced menu settings to do anything clever. I’ve not looked for this on my S-in-L’s but from what I saw I’d be surprised if it could do it.
Has he got a smartphone? As if you stop it on the computer surely he’s just going to switch to that?
I believe that test/revision exam papers, as recommended to use by schools/colleges etc are often web based.
Sean’s lad is a great guy, & very sensible/responsible, imho. I’d be surprised if he wasn’t managing his time well, after a bit of parental guidance! Although, I know from experience that kids behave differently with parents, than they do with other adults, but as I implied above, Sean should be proud (& I’m sure he is too) of Ethan*.
[quote=Mr Pesky]I believe that test/revision exam papers, as recommended to use by schools/colleges etc are often web based.
Sean’s lad is a great guy, & very sensible/responsible, imho. I’d be surprised if he wasn’t managing his time well, after a bit of parental guidance! Although, I know from experience that kids behave differently with parents, than they do with other adults, but as I implied above, Sean should be proud (& I’m sure he is too) of Ethan*.
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I’ve known Ethan for 12 years mate
He is indeed an AWESOME kid, and Sean is and should be very proud of him.
But he is also a teenager
and I know plenty of other kids revising for the same exams as I have said
He’s a good kid. And yes there are loads of online tests and mock exams he is doing. Plus his teachers leave work for them on the school network for the kids to look at. Plus he is encouraged to submit work to his teachers via e-mail and he has to post it in his own student area of the school website.
I think it is a bit harsh by his teachers actually, what about kids who dont have ready access to the internet. Its a bit unfair in my opinion.
So in short, he needs internet access.
The Facebook thing is sorted, he came to us and asked us to change his password, then we log him on when he is allowed to be on. Problem sorted.
Sometimes it’s good to waste time on the net though, look what I found…
