Its tough decision to find out where the line has to be drawn as far as monitoring your children's online activities. And its not as simple as using an age guildeline. It really (imho) depends on the parent(s) relationship with their child and his/her personality. I mean if your kid is one of those always honest, respectul, etc parents-dream type kids, then really just cursory checking up on histroy and such would suffice. On the other hand you could have a child that frequently lies, etc who would require considerably more effort to keep tabs on. Also another good reason for always having a certain element of monitoring capablity is to keep p2p apps off your childs computer, as you could end up facing a lawsuit from the RIAA, as some families are already dealing with situations like that.

cheyenne1212 > I agree with you that is you provide the internet connection and the computer, to a certain extent that voids a level of privacy for the child, because its your property they are using as privilege, not a right.