[ale] Old host you want to unload?

Scott Castaline skotchman at gmail.com
Mon Jul 15 12:19:13 EDT 2013


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Reverse psychology. My father figured out telling me no was turned
into a challenge to do. While a teenager in the 60's I lost interest
in the "allowed" stuff and found ways of gaining access to the
forbidden. Such as beer. I had a mustache when 17 and looked like I
was in my mid 20's, and would go into an area of Boston that we called
the "Crossings" (pretty rough area and one took a gamble of getting
out of their alive if you weren't from the area) pay a visit to this
one package store and walk out with multiple cases of beer. Several
friends tried with no success the same place, they definitely looked
like kids. When my father finally said yes to alcohol in the house I
lost interest in it and moved on. looking back, he was able to get me
to do things that I normally wouldn't have done if he had required me
to do them. That worked for a while anyway.


On 07/15/2013 11:56 AM, Jerald Sheets wrote:
> One of mine is going into Computer Science (God help him) and the
> other into related tech.  So, it had the same effect.
> 
> It's remarkable the different vibe when you tell them ahead of time
> "there's no blocks anywhere, but you're logged from here to hell
> and back, so keep your nose clean".
> 
> Thing is, her kids are not my kids, and it's not my place to
> decide.  It's something she's asking for.  We had the discussion,
> and she still feels more comfy at the sub-15 level to do content
> filtering more for the "accidental results" in a search a young one
> might happen upon than the directed, purposeful look for
> undesirable content.  I have to agree somewhat.
> 
> --j
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 15, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Mike Harrison <cluon at geeklabs.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> 
>>> In short: don't rely on technology as a role model stand-in for
>>> children. I have exactly 0 filters on the feed at my house.
>>> none. waste of time. Kids will find what interests them. If 
>>> it's porn, you're overdue for "the talk" and that one will go
>>> on for the next several years. If the adult is not capable of
>>> sitting down and watching what they are and rationally
>>> explaining what is problematic about it, the child will begin
>>> to disregard the adult as an authority figure and view them as
>>> just another knee-jerker wearing blinders.
>> 
>> Well Said. -----------
>> 
>> Signed: Former owner of multiple ISP's, including "angelic.net"
>> which provided filtered internet for concerned parents and
>> adults.
>> 
>> Which, when we examined the logs, these kids spent more time
>> getting around such things and looking at "forbidden fruit" than
>> the rest.
>> 
>> Although I do like a friend (with many kids) idea/method. He
>> keeps limiting internet access in steps, just ahead of the kids
>> abilities. They have gotten really good at networking, bypassing
>> proxies, booting from CD's.. with a wry smile from Dad. They've
>> gotten more interested in the networking/tech than the p0rn and
>> such.
>> 
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