Comments on: My Daughter’s Adventures on Google

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:55:51 +0000

Hi Meredith,
No I haven’t bailed on you. I’ve had a full plate with my 15 hour work days lately. This is a great post. My son is 7 and getting interested in looking things up on line and playing video games. I know I am going to have to find NetNanny soon…or some other great filter. And I love the heart to heart you had with your child–a so much better solution than a screamfest.

By: Kathleen Marie

Kathleen Marie — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:07:13 +0000

We have had a few instances in our house with four children (three grown) and one just 15 and yes, sometimes you just want to take a hammer to the computer. You did the right thing, you talked to her about it - you communicated.

What a great mom you are! Hugs!

By: Angela Efken

Angela Efken — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:55:10 +0000

I am so glad she didn’t stumble into anything worse. I am impressed that you didn’t let your strong emotions get the better of you..praise God! I shudder to think how horrid the internet will be for the future generations. FYI: there is backdoor way of getting on the internet without a password. I’m sure Jason knows this, and Jess is not likely to know how to do this..yet. Just so you guys know for the future. Take care. Ang

By: barbara

barbara — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:31:14 +0000

oh, my heart just aches for our children. God be praised and thanked that He led you to react in the way that you did. Your little girl will long remember the lesson, but she will even longer remember your reaction.

blessings.
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By: Meredith Efken

Meredith Efken — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:17:49 +0000

Thanks, Pattie. I’m sorry to hear about your fall. I hope you heal quickly. {{{Pattie}}}

By: Pattie

Pattie — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:21:59 +0000

Oh, Meredith, I’m so sorry this happened to your little girl. Praise God you found her, and I think you handled the situation very well.

I’m working on a Voices piece about my fall on the ice this week - I’m bruised and sore but much better now than I was earlier in the week!

By: Meredith Efken

Meredith Efken — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:41:33 +0000

Thanks, momrn2. It is angering. I think there is probably some that internet companies like Google could do, but to be fair–there are ways to skirt around the restrictions. Everything from how you set up your URL to meta tags. I don’t know a lot about it, but I know there’s a lot of scumbags out there who have a deep interest in getting around whatever restrictions have been placed.

That’s one reason why we aren’t going to bother with getting a child filter on the kids’ computer. We have it set up right now to where they can’t get on the internet at all unless I put in a password. So I’ll put in the URLs I want them to see, and keep an eye on them to make sure that’s ALL they see. But my husband–who’s a programmer–says that the filters are pretty easy to wiggle around, so we’d have to watch out anyway. He doesn’t want us to abdicate our vigilance and leave it to a program. So we’re planning to keep close watch and teach our kids what’s safe and what’s not. We can’t keep them off it forever, but I’m hoping we can make them street-smart when it comes to cyberspace.

By: momrn2

momrn2 — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:30:51 +0000

AAarghghg… things like this are so angering! Not that the little one was curious, what child isn’t? But that trash is so easily and readily available to them!!! And what’s even more angering, those at the top who can do something about it don’t seem to care.

Praise God you walked in when you did and your response was such as it was. I’m sure that has opened coversation in the future and made it less intimading and overwhelming to approach you.

Way to handle it mom! Sounds like You Did Good!