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Say you were a guardian or parent and get to decide when a child can get a phone or use a computer and get internet with it. If you wish you can also install software and change router settings to what you see fit.

Some parents decide to forbid the internet completely, others are more relaxed. Some go the helicopter route, and some do not care whatsoever what their kid does online.

What is your policy on letting a child use the internet?

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

kids get YouTube for 15 minutes a week.

everything else comes from Plex which has been vetted by myself or my spouse.

no internet access other than a school sanctioned chomebook.

I have a windows XP (sp3) system setup with encarta, local Wikipedia, and a bunch of other early learning computer software/games. it connects to the network for intranet, but no internet access at all.

[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

get them debian instead of windows xp please

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 hours ago

less vulnerable and less corporatey