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Hmm.. what is my kid looking at on the net? if he's participating in cyber attacks, or looking at any of the "chan" websites, I'd rather he be getting drunk..
then again, what else WOULD a 13 year old be doing on the net besides look at porn? lol
I wouldn't allow my child to surf the web that much. The last poll like this was for college students, whom you probably wouldn't have daily access to. A 13 yo living in my house would not have access to a computer like that. The drinking elsewhere would be harder to enforce.
I wouldn't allow my child to surf the web that much. The last poll like this was for college students, whom you probably wouldn't have daily access to. A 13 yo living in my house would not have access to a computer like that. The drinking elsewhere would be harder to enforce.
My kids are on line about 1-2 hours a day and that is a lot. It's mostely playing games on Pogo or Neopets and using itunes. I have Safeeyes set to shut down the internet for the kids at bedtime so they can't get up in the middle of the night and go on line....not that that has ever happened here (according to my dd anyway but I don't believe her).
Neither is healthy. Both are potentially dangerous.
I wouldn't give my child a choice between those two. If you're asking because these are the choices you've given your child, you've lost parental authority.
If you're comparing two children you know, that's pathetic. Both children are being allowed to make poor choices - and both have parents that are lazy, imo.
Take the computer the child uses and limit the hours it can be used for the internet - my kids don't like it, but their hours are limited everyday by Windows. But being liked by my children isn't as important to me as doing what's in their best interest. As to the drinking - my 13 year old wouldn't be allowed out of the house or out of my sight - shame on their parent for not providing adequate supervision.
I wouldn't allow my child to surf the web that much. The last poll like this was for college students, whom you probably wouldn't have daily access to. A 13 yo living in my house would not have access to a computer like that. The drinking elsewhere would be harder to enforce.
No, it wouldn't be. If you are aware that your 13 year old goes elsewhere to drink and you continue to allow them to go there, then you are telling them it's okay.
You could take steps to limit the amount of time they spend on the internet and you can also block sites you don't want them to visit. My oldest son is 10 and once I saw he was watching videos on uTube I blocked utube via the wireless router. I have done that with several web sites. I also turn the wireless and DSL off when I go to bed so that he is not up late playing on the internet.
No, it wouldn't be. If you are aware that your 13 year old goes elsewhere to drink and you continue to allow them to go there, then you are telling them it's okay.
if I knew about it I wouldn't allow it. I think these are stupid questions anyway. They are never going to be the dilemmas we face parenting. I wouldn't allow either one. I wouldn't rather my teen do either one.
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(according to my dd anyway but I don't believe her).
