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Originally Posted by ucfgrad93
I would go even further and say they should monitor all media they consume. My children do not have a TV in their room, my daughter didn't have her own computer until she went to college, for the first couple of years when she had an iPod we monitored what music was on it, etc.
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I wouldn't go as far as restricting them to no tv or computer access. I don't know about your kids so I can't understand why you couldn't let your kids have a tv in a room without you watching, but I have pretty good kids. They get into trouble of course but for the most part they know what I expect of them. They have tv's in their room and they have access to the computer when I'm not home, but they KNOW what channels they are allowed to watch and what websites they are allowed to visit. If they have a new website they want to check out, I am there with them to make sure it's age appropriate and then they can visit it whenever they want. I have set the parental controls on the cable box to restrict access to certain channels just in case they are flipping through and stumble across one of them. They might be able to get past it, but I trust them enough that I don't think they would. Mind you, if I caught them watching something they knew they weren't supposed to I would have no issues taking the tv right out of their rooms and sticking them in a closet until they've earned my trust back. I do the same with music that they have on their MP3 players. I know which albums are on there and I know there's nothing inappropriate.
I'm babbling today, sorry
