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I need examples of why you shouldn't let the internet raise your children.
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It would make sense for him to be committed, from what I remember he seemed pretty volatile. Not sure why he would be dead though? He was definitely more of a danger to other people than he was to himself, he never struck me as suicidal or anything like that (the whole "drinking Febreze" stunt was clearly just attention-seeking, for example). It's far more likely he's either still in a unit on an indefinite hold or he's been released and his carers have just taken away his Internet access.
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I turned out quite well, exclude social media and this would be fine.
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Now that I think of it, PreciousLeaf is probably a good example (supposedly his family neglected him and didn't enroll him in school, and he's basically been raised by 4chan since day one):
DoNotReadTheFinePrint
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The real question should be: How should I guide my kid on the Internet and teach the little gremlin how to use it?
After all there is no way (no matter if you use some form of child safety software or not) to keep your kid from finding degenerate stuff.
(0.) Have a trusting relationship with your kid where they're comfortable, even in the midst of puberty, to talk with you about their problems, thoughts, and questions.)
1.) Teach them how to find and phrase the right questions and how to find the real answers. This is the most useful ability to have inside and outside the Internet.
2.) Show them how to use Google (or any other search engine for that matter) the right way and how to filter through the stuff it spits out.
3.) Teach them how to make strong passwords and to never give them to others, not even you.
4.) Teach them to be distrustful towards anyone on the Internet and drill it into the kid to not post anything personal like their real name (full or just part), photos of their face/house/school/friends, their age, where they live and go to school. or when and with whom they go somewhere.
5.) Warn them about predators and show them how to spot, avoid and report them.
6.) Warn them again that strangers on the Internet are never their real friends. Especially if they start to ask/demand invasive stuff (look at 3.) for examples).
7.) Teach the kid to have boundaries and how to enforce them. The block-button is the ultimate tool of curation on the Internet.
8.) Show them that you trust them. Don't stalk them via alt-accounts or install spy-software. They'll find out and become even more secretive. Instead share stuff you like from the Internet with them in the open and they'll share with you.
9.) Teach them what para-social bonds are and how they work as well as how some people use those bonds to force people to do stuff they wouldn't normal do.
This is all that comes to my mind right now.
After all there is no way (no matter if you use some form of child safety software or not) to keep your kid from finding degenerate stuff.
(0.) Have a trusting relationship with your kid where they're comfortable, even in the midst of puberty, to talk with you about their problems, thoughts, and questions.)
1.) Teach them how to find and phrase the right questions and how to find the real answers. This is the most useful ability to have inside and outside the Internet.
2.) Show them how to use Google (or any other search engine for that matter) the right way and how to filter through the stuff it spits out.
3.) Teach them how to make strong passwords and to never give them to others, not even you.
4.) Teach them to be distrustful towards anyone on the Internet and drill it into the kid to not post anything personal like their real name (full or just part), photos of their face/house/school/friends, their age, where they live and go to school. or when and with whom they go somewhere.
5.) Warn them about predators and show them how to spot, avoid and report them.
6.) Warn them again that strangers on the Internet are never their real friends. Especially if they start to ask/demand invasive stuff (look at 3.) for examples).
7.) Teach the kid to have boundaries and how to enforce them. The block-button is the ultimate tool of curation on the Internet.
8.) Show them that you trust them. Don't stalk them via alt-accounts or install spy-software. They'll find out and become even more secretive. Instead share stuff you like from the Internet with them in the open and they'll share with you.
9.) Teach them what para-social bonds are and how they work as well as how some people use those bonds to force people to do stuff they wouldn't normal do.
This is all that comes to my mind right now.
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People without kids giving advice lol.
You ain't gonna stop your kids from seeing what they want online anymore than you childless weirdos giving advice were stopped.
You will either raise functional children or you won't. Internet access is incidental.
You ain't gonna stop your kids from seeing what they want online anymore than you childless weirdos giving advice were stopped.
You will either raise functional children or you won't. Internet access is incidental.
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The question wasn't saying "don't let your kid go on the internet ever," it was asking why you shouldn't let the internet RAISE your kids -- big difference.