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Originally Posted by piperclassique
Do you routinely censor your daughter's reading?
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Maybe I'd say "check" instead of "censor". The "censor" part would come into play only if things may start to go into the wrong direction.
If I had kids, I'd be reading what they read, and visiting the websites they visit, and check out the places they go to, and so on. Only if they'd be reading books or visiting sites or places I really don't want them to at their current age, I'd step in and put a stop to it. And of course, I'd also want to know their friends.
I think it's good for a parent to do things like that; you shouldn't let kids do wathever they want and just trusting everything will turn out all right.
(Not directed at the above poster, but in general: Please, don't give me that "kids deserve privacy too", or "you are spying" bullocks. When I was a kid, it was called "proper upbringing and watching over your kids". Privacy starts coming into play bit by bit at around age 12 or so, IMHO, except for the really trivial things. I don't mind a 7 year old wanting "privacy" with regard to collecting soccer stickers and him not wanting me to know how many or which he still needs in his book to complete it, or something. However, in today's online world where everybody can get into contact with everybody else, I *definitely* want to know what the mentioned 7 year old is doing on the internet. All of it.)