Originally posted here by TechieChick
Back to the parent issue...good for you Specter6, hold your ground and be a good parent. I offered classes this past year through community ed on keeping your kids safe on the internet, 3 different classes, at night so it'd be easier for everyone and not one person signed up. Not one person called to inquire even. Call me an idealist but I was a bit disgusted.
And I will hold my ground. My kids all have email address which are locked down to receive mail from family members only and they are able to access their email whenever they want to - as long as the wife or I are right there with them.

They, too, have internet access at school which I'm not thrilled about, either. I have been to many of the schools in our school district and have met many of the "IT" people who work for said district and I am not even close to convinced they know how to monitor and/or isolate traffice on their domains... but that is an entirely different post altogether.

I have also taught many classes to Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops as well as to several community groups about online safety and in particular how to protect kids. Although I have never had a class zero out in registrations, I have been frustrated at the lack of attentiveness and enthusiasm of a lot of those who did attend.

Now I am actually preparing to present several classes intending to narrow the "digital divide" and provide basic computer and Internet literacy classes to senior citizens who find themselves with a new PC and no idea of how to use it or what can be done with it.

Anywho... thanks for the support and kind words.