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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 114884" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>My son (when living at home) had limited computer access at 16 BECAUSE we found disturbing porn sites popping up. What really did it for me was the day he ran away, we called the police. The police asked if I knew of any house he may go to, and I got on the internet in my home office to look up the name etc. The cop followed me into the office - and when I turned it on and went for a search a womans huge and I mean HUGE naked behind with sound effects and all popped up on my screen. It's as close as I've come to being embarrassed in years. The cop just smirked. </p><p></p><p>I set up a long desk in my office with a router and 2 computers. When I was on line- difficult child could sit right next to me and be on line. THere is NO WAY in THIS WORLD that I would allow my son to be on line unsupervised. We were shocked at the amount of filth he had found - and not so amazingly the kid who told him about all these sites was sending the info through MY space. It was also the child that had been arrested in connection with the house burglaries difficult child was involved in. I asked his mother if she was aware HER 13 year old son was looking at this mess and her comment was - "He's got to find out about it somewhere." ARGH - absentee brain= absentee parent. </p><p></p><p>I found the MySpace site my son had created with the help of this kid. It was well put together - colorful, music. I was surprised my son could do this. Then I found out when they had a falling out - the other boy that had helped him changed his site to very disgusting things. difficult child was so angry - we had to email MYSpace and get the thing removed - it took almost 3 weeks. Some of the pictures that difficult child had put on there - were of us at the rifle range - so THOSE pictures with guns were naturally picked which meant that now the entire free world KNEW what we had in the safe at home. AND he posted pictures of our dogs - again - now everyone KNEW what beautiful dogs we had, and you only need to ping an internet address to get a neighborhood location - drive around and BAM - house robbery, dogs stolen. </p><p></p><p>The cops told us that MySpace was a nightmare for them. They get at least 20 calls a DAY in their small office about it. TWENTY? From parents who are not savy enough to keep up with whats going on. And kids lie when they put their ages in there. Or they don't know about internet perverts and put ALL their info, pictures of the inside of their house (there's the layout for a robber) and in pictures things are in the background that give you insight to what the people are like. To a seasoned robber - it's heaven. </p><p></p><p>Since my son has been out of the house I did an internet search based on his email address and found a new MySpace page he's created. I got suspicious when he said he wanted some NEW pictures of our dogs. We have bulldogs - they are big, and fierce looking. And like I said before - they were VERY popular on the internet with difficult child accepting EVERYONES invitation. So I asked him what he wanted the pictures for and he said that the scrap book I made him got ruined in the flood they had. ??? Red flags went up and he was trying to rush me for them. So it prompted me to do an internet search and I found his MYSpace account. </p><p></p><p>This time the site just portrays and interest in Rappers - and Bling....some rap music (song is pretty vulgar) but no pictures of MY furry kids. Apparently he has no access to a scanner because you and I both know those pictures didn't get ruined in a flood. But the catch is - If I want in to see what else he has on his site - I have to make myself a profile - and don't know that it's all that important to me to be a 17 year old hottie and hear what language he may use with young women - so I haven't done anything yet. </p><p></p><p>As far as Family Guy goes - it's not for kids AT ALL. We don't even watch it because it's content has been more and more over the edge. I just don't care to watch anymore. It was sorta cute with Stewie at the beginning - but the story lines aren't even good anymore. </p><p></p><p>And the Simpsons - Seems they've toned it down from what they used to be or maybe I'm just numb to the amount of shocking and eye opening things the world is offering any more. I never allowed difficult child to watch it because I already HAD a kid who had bad behavior and he came from a dysfunctional family. I didn't need to fuel the fire so to speak. When he got older 14-15 we let him watch it, but the thrill was gone. </p><p></p><p>I'm glad there is a writers strike - maybe people will get bored with TV and start being active outside, or doing things with their families again. </p><p></p><p>Hugs</p><p>Star</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 114884, member: 4964"] My son (when living at home) had limited computer access at 16 BECAUSE we found disturbing porn sites popping up. What really did it for me was the day he ran away, we called the police. The police asked if I knew of any house he may go to, and I got on the internet in my home office to look up the name etc. The cop followed me into the office - and when I turned it on and went for a search a womans huge and I mean HUGE naked behind with sound effects and all popped up on my screen. It's as close as I've come to being embarrassed in years. The cop just smirked. I set up a long desk in my office with a router and 2 computers. When I was on line- difficult child could sit right next to me and be on line. THere is NO WAY in THIS WORLD that I would allow my son to be on line unsupervised. We were shocked at the amount of filth he had found - and not so amazingly the kid who told him about all these sites was sending the info through MY space. It was also the child that had been arrested in connection with the house burglaries difficult child was involved in. I asked his mother if she was aware HER 13 year old son was looking at this mess and her comment was - "He's got to find out about it somewhere." ARGH - absentee brain= absentee parent. I found the MySpace site my son had created with the help of this kid. It was well put together - colorful, music. I was surprised my son could do this. Then I found out when they had a falling out - the other boy that had helped him changed his site to very disgusting things. difficult child was so angry - we had to email MYSpace and get the thing removed - it took almost 3 weeks. Some of the pictures that difficult child had put on there - were of us at the rifle range - so THOSE pictures with guns were naturally picked which meant that now the entire free world KNEW what we had in the safe at home. AND he posted pictures of our dogs - again - now everyone KNEW what beautiful dogs we had, and you only need to ping an internet address to get a neighborhood location - drive around and BAM - house robbery, dogs stolen. The cops told us that MySpace was a nightmare for them. They get at least 20 calls a DAY in their small office about it. TWENTY? From parents who are not savy enough to keep up with whats going on. And kids lie when they put their ages in there. Or they don't know about internet perverts and put ALL their info, pictures of the inside of their house (there's the layout for a robber) and in pictures things are in the background that give you insight to what the people are like. To a seasoned robber - it's heaven. Since my son has been out of the house I did an internet search based on his email address and found a new MySpace page he's created. I got suspicious when he said he wanted some NEW pictures of our dogs. We have bulldogs - they are big, and fierce looking. And like I said before - they were VERY popular on the internet with difficult child accepting EVERYONES invitation. So I asked him what he wanted the pictures for and he said that the scrap book I made him got ruined in the flood they had. ??? Red flags went up and he was trying to rush me for them. So it prompted me to do an internet search and I found his MYSpace account. This time the site just portrays and interest in Rappers - and Bling....some rap music (song is pretty vulgar) but no pictures of MY furry kids. Apparently he has no access to a scanner because you and I both know those pictures didn't get ruined in a flood. But the catch is - If I want in to see what else he has on his site - I have to make myself a profile - and don't know that it's all that important to me to be a 17 year old hottie and hear what language he may use with young women - so I haven't done anything yet. As far as Family Guy goes - it's not for kids AT ALL. We don't even watch it because it's content has been more and more over the edge. I just don't care to watch anymore. It was sorta cute with Stewie at the beginning - but the story lines aren't even good anymore. And the Simpsons - Seems they've toned it down from what they used to be or maybe I'm just numb to the amount of shocking and eye opening things the world is offering any more. I never allowed difficult child to watch it because I already HAD a kid who had bad behavior and he came from a dysfunctional family. I didn't need to fuel the fire so to speak. When he got older 14-15 we let him watch it, but the thrill was gone. I'm glad there is a writers strike - maybe people will get bored with TV and start being active outside, or doing things with their families again. Hugs Star [/QUOTE]
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