One mom tells how she addressed the issue of inappropriate websites with the Avast Omni
As the mom of three boys under 10, I’ve found that screens can be a sanity saver by keep my boys quiet and occupied. But as they mature in their use of tech, I worry that I am “free-ranging” my them on the internet.
My 8-year-old recently asked for his own device, and when I let him use my old phone we stumbled into 21st century parenting predicament.
We set up content filters and screen time limits on the phone, then turned him loose. It didn’t take long for him to wander into a trouble spot.
Author Whitney Glockner Black
One afternoon I entered his room unannounced to find him watching adult content on “his” phone. We were both panic-stricken. He was overwhelmed and embarrassed; I was afraid I’d failed him. In several difficult conversations, we allayed his fears that he was in trouble. We ultimately successfully reassured him that while his curiosity was OK, the content was not. We ultimately successfully reassured him that while his curiosity was OK, the content was not. That night I tried to figure out where I had gone wrong. The telltale clue was a deeply buried setting. I had overlooked the checkbox that shut down “video embedded in websites.” That one peephole into the adult world allowed him to click on an ad on a soccer site and start browsing a hardcore adult content.
Parenting forums packed with similar experiences gave testimony to the fact that many feel outmanned and outsmarted in our attempts to create a safer internet for our kids.
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