Stoppin a 15 year old from viewing porn

[Blind_Arrow]

cut the P**** - ha ha ha ha

 

[beedubaya]

Outside of software filters (which are not fool-proof or perfect), you can switch your ISP to a filtered service, or you can only allow him internet access when a parent/adult is there to watch him.

When I was 15 this is how my parents did it. I wasn't allowed Internet on my own computer, it could only be on the family computer on which my parents could keep a close eye. Of course I was 15 before always-on broadband and routers were standard.

If your 15 year old is not real tech literate, a program like Cybersitter would work. If he's like most of the guys on this forum, then watching him closely is the only way to do it.

 

[Deathawk]

Make watching porn a punishable offense. Catch him, and limit his power to the computer or something...

 

[Baez]

i have four brothers still living at home and they share one computer. my parents have a program called cyber-sitter on it. It blocks anything with swearing, images etc. and tells u that someone has been trying to get on sites that contain that kind of stuff the next time ur on. the process also runs hidden so he can't take the program off the process list. and if u want to uninstall it u have to put in the password first. i've used their computer when i'm home for the summer and it works well. couldn't get on to anything unless it was allowed by the administrator (parent). works with all browsers u set it to. the downside is paying 30 bucks since nothing like that is free

 

[Jam3s-Zer0]

I'm sure using a proxy or a portable browser would do the trick to get passed it

 

[superdave1984]

I used McAfee personal firewall plus on my kids' computers. The parental controls worked great. I could set the filter to various levels and even set access times. They hate it. My oldest used to come home from school and instantly be online, not anymore. No access until after 5. It's password protected so they can't do anything about it. And if they try to not log in to the service, internet access is denied completely. It also can "monitor" their IM's and chat messages for questionable content. Creates a nice log to use as evidence too so they can't deny anything. Well, they can deny, but I have the facts.

 

[spartan1121]

wow, I sure am glad my dad is completely tech illiterate...
Anyway, my suggestion would be to just limit connectivity after a certain hour, seeing as late nights (and sometimes before you get home) is prime time for well... you know. I saw where i could adjust these settings in my router, so you might want to see if your router has options like time limiting. But if you limit their time it might make em realy upset(at least it would **** me off really bad) I would just check in on them from time to time(make sure you step softly) because nothing in the world would be more embarising than having a parent walk in while your...you know. And if you choose to just check on them, make sure you never do it at the same time often. It wont take long before they have you timed. Theres also ways that you can get history reports sent to your computer(my freind says his dad could do that but i don't know how) Anyway i hope you have good luck with this problem. If you just keep an eye on your kid than you'll both be happy.

 

[Richard Laymon]

I've installed a small program called Net Dog it stops everything except those sites that can be added as clean. It doesn't leave an icon in the TaskBar and doesn't have a Process or application visable in the Task Manager. It's passworded and starts at bootup. I've hidden the program in a home-made Recycle Bin just in case he goes hunting for it in the Program Files folder

 

[Crysalis]

Cybersitter

That word still haunts me...

I never looked for porn (i'm not that kind of person believe it or not), but that program caused me so much grief. My parents eventually took it off after it actually caused issues with our ISP. They realized that I could be trusted (and i could).

Glad to never have to deal with that program again...especially now that i have my own computers.

 

[Vybuni]

Put a video camera by the computer and beat his *** whenever he looks at porn.