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Old 03-30-2015, 02:39 PM   #154
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Originally Posted by rcentros View Post
I don't quite get your point. If the parent chooses this tool to help him with parenting, how does it harm anyone? And isn't this act of choosing this software showing his responsibility?

I use openDNS Family Filtering on our Internet. Does this mean I'm an "absentee landlord?" Or does it mean that I'm using a tool to help keep filth out of my house? The tool doesn't take my place, it just helps me to do my job as a parent.
OpenDNS uses category-based filtering and allows you to manually blacklist/whitelist stuff. It is indeed a tool, a flexible and accurate tool.

This app is none of that. Far better to read reviews, use ratings and tags to filter out inappropriate books.

I note that OpenDNS blocks websites entirely, because they are bad websites. The app allows you to read the book, it simply plays "cipher" with some of the words -- in a very predictable pattern. It does not either change the meaning of the contextual flow.

Not much of a tool, which is why it is absentee-landlord-style parenting.
Responsible parents use tools that work.
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