Internet Time limits?

Hamilton - posted on 06/10/2012

Why do you limit them? What are you achieving? Have you trailed it to see if they can hold their grades and such and still have freedom and acess to the Internet. From your point of view you must think you are a good parent because you see a link between your kids being good and you limiting their Internet to such a extremely low limit. Well that's a very narrow view ain't it? Have a think about how you are taking away a fundamental part of your child's generation and isolating them from a culture unique to them. As a teenager, I'm 15, I say shame on you and feel terrible for your poor children. They deserve better

Hamilton - posted on 06/10/2012

@ Nelly Pires:

Why do you limit them? What are you achieving? Have you trailed it to see if they can hold their grades and such and still have freedom and acess to the Internet. From your point of view you must think you are a good parent because you see a link between your kids being good and you limiting their Internet to such a extremely low limit. Well that's a very narrow view ain't it? Have a think about how you are taking away a fundamental part of your child's generation and isolating them from a culture unique to them. As a teenager, I'm 15, I say shame on you and feel terrible for your poor children. They deserve better

Loraine - posted on 12/01/2010

Like some mothers said, I monitor the sites that they go to. I have two kids and encourage them to have turns. They spend a longer time on weekends than school nights. It all depends on your home rules. I do use it as a corrective measure sometimes. If they have done something wrong they don't get to use the internet for the time stipulated.
Loraine

Louise - posted on 11/30/2010

Thank you!

Shellyann - posted on 11/30/2010

Hi Louise,
The program is called Network Magic and it is a great program. Have fun with it.

Kimberly - posted on 11/30/2010

I feel, as long as he's doing well and accomplishing the things that are expected of him then you don't need to set a time limit. Just make sure and monitor where he goes on the internet and be sure to get and have all his passwords.

Louise - posted on 11/29/2010

I love it! What is the program?

Shellyann - posted on 11/29/2010

I have a 16, 14 and a 10yr old and they all use the computer but the two older ones spends a lot more time than the 10yr. I don't have any problem with my kids using the computer they are all doing every well in school,chores etc. The only problem we had is that they (the older ones) were going to bed to late so my husband installed a program that shuts down the computer at a certain time, on weekends it stays on a little longer.

Barbara - posted on 11/23/2010

Homework done first. I also have access to the sites my daughter (she is almost 16) uses. The computer is in the living room, so it is monitored all the time.

Laura - posted on 11/23/2010

It's always very helpful for kids to set limits on the amount of time they spend in front of the computer. Internet and chat can take precious moments away from your son, and may interfiere with his schoolwork and family relationship. Giving him a dosification of two hours in the evening and some time early afternoon would maybe help. This is my experience, and it helped my daughter get back on track with school and stay focused. Good luck.

Nickie - posted on 11/22/2010

I don't have a limit on their time unless their grades haven't been up to par. I do, however, have parental controls set that will not allow viewing of sites that are inappropriate. If I see that they are spending too much time online at any one sitting, I'll tell them it's time to give it a rest and spend some time with the family.

Alphea - posted on 11/21/2010

My 15 year old is allowed to go on the internet during the week. But, a while back he was not allowed to go on the internet until Friday after school, if and only all his work was done and he did not make any failing grades during that particular week. They were allowed on the computer(internet) on Friday afternnon until 6pm on Sunday.
So, as long as he keeps his grades up, and do what he suppose to do, I have no problem. He has basketball practice everyday and gets home late about 3days out of the week. Also, since, we can check our kids grades on the internet, I know if he's able to go on the internet on a daily basis. Bad grades, no computer. NO EXCEPTION!!!! Every child is different. Good luck to you!

Barbilee - posted on 11/18/2010

My daughter will be 15 next week. Depending on the internet activity different time is allowed. Facebook 30 mins. Surfing 30 mins. Homework, until it's done. If it seems like she is taking too long with her homework i will often volunteer to help and then surprisingly she finishes quite quickly. Hope that helps!

Rosie - posted on 11/17/2010

I had to limit my15 yr old son from playing the "War Games". Mostly because he was being rude to his friends online. Then, just recently I had to ban it altogether bcause his grades were failing. Bad grades = No X Box. Took him off it for 2 weeks, his grades are better now.

Tracy - posted on 11/17/2010

Louise, we had a foster kid who had the same problem with the homework. When she stayed with us, I'd pick her up at school, check her book that the school provided, and look at her. One day, I walked into the school, found her teacher and got all the homework for the day. Then it was the battle at the table. But the girl got her homework done. The teachers said she did more homework at our house for those 2 weeks than at her regular foster home all year. The problems continued after she went back because it was an hour ride on the bus and when she got home, the mom couldn't go to the school to get the homework. This girl was very good at playing the system.

Louise - posted on 11/17/2010

I would be thrilled if my teenager would do homework and chores... I may not worry if he is on the game sites too long. Our problem is that he lies about homework comes home with a bad report card and still wants time on the internet game sites. I know that the reason for his bad report cards is due to the fact he lied about homework to be playing and he still expects to have the priviledge. I only allow internet time on weekends and it is still a problem for us. I think my son has a major gaming addiction. Nothing else seems to matter to him....

Tracy - posted on 11/17/2010

If it's not interferring with family life, school, church or exercise, then it depends on the activity on the internet/xbox. If it's educational more time is ok. It's also important to monitor the child. Remember what they do in play can affect what they do in life. There are days when our children don't get on the computer or the Wii. There's so many things that the kids can be doing instead of being locked into a computer, game system or TV.

Nelly - posted on 11/17/2010

Unless its for homework purposes theres no internet or video games on week-nights unless they gave up tv for the evening which is 1 hour on week-ends they each have 30 mins that seems to work for us

Kelly - posted on 11/16/2010

As long as they are doing what they are supposed to do in school and around the house (and in sports), then I wouldn't limit. I don't limit my kids.

Kelly - posted on 11/16/2010

I have a 14 yr old that gets good grades{high honor roll} and does what she is supposed to. There for as long as she respects us and does that I don't limit. each child is different. If he is getting bad grades then I would but if he is doing good I would let it go. I do monitor WHERE my kids go on the internet though. There are programs for that.
Good Luck.
KM