All right. To be clear, would you then advocate greater restrictions on the computer usage of youth than on the computer usage of other persons?
If you would, would you also think it consistent to impose greater restrictions on the computer usage or net-related activities of women in regard to their susceptibility to violent crime committed by men? Would you repeat these same cautions to an older person, or do you approach with a perspective that adopts the assumption that youth are uniquely threatened or endangered by these alleged Internet predators?
I of course don't live in the UK, but are you then claiming that youth ages 12 to 17 face a greater danger of physical violence from Internet predators than they do from family members in that country? Do you have statistical evidence to support that assertion?
I have already dealt with this. With under 13's it would depend on their age and ability. For 13 year olds I was quite clear that provided they knew how to keep themselves safe, I would not be troubled with them coming to this site. I cannot answer in respect of a mythical person because everyone is different but as far as my own daughter was concerned by 13 I would not have needed any restrictions.
N/A However you are missing out on an important point here. Parents have a responsibility to their children. Adults are responsible for themselves. If I found out that I had a child, god forbid, who was making slappy happy films and putting them on the net, you bet I would get interested in this and every area of their life that I had been hiding my eyes from
From my own particular family members yes, and you made that personal to my own family.
I can tell you categorically that no one among the members of my family has been involved in physical violence against 12-17 year olds.
That's the point I've been attempting to make. Your post seemed to imply that you would favor such restrictions to avoid dangers from "pedophiles" on the Internet. If I was mistaken, you'll of course understand that I presumed that you viewed the presence of dangerous Internet predators as a justification for restricting Internet usage. I necessarily disagree with that stance on the grounds of the extreme statistical rarity of Internet predation against youth.
So I would make sure she was crystal clear aware of dangers and then leave it up to her to make mistakes and then come to me to discuss them.
What I'm saying is safety re such people as pedophiles is paramount but that can be secured by letting your child be very aware of what is going on. The rest is a life learning experience.
But that presumes that youth dependence on parents is a natural condition, and though this is dubious in the later stages of biological adulthood, it's simply decidedly untrue during adolescence. To that end, I would also not have favored the practice of a working husband placing similar restrictions on a housewife if he'd adopted the antiquated notion of their inferiority and "childishness," since that is also not a natural condition of dependence.
Not at all. My point was merely that family members in general were more likely to be involved in violent physical abuse of youth than Internet predators of some variety.
Then have you provided similar information of the statistically greater dangers that your immediate and extended family pose than people on the Internet?
Would you allow your 13 year old child to read and post on this forum?
I've spent a lot of time around my daughter and her friends. I would argue that there is a certain percentage of teenagers, especially amongst the gifted population, where this is the norm. These kids are eerily intelligent and mature.
This idea that teenagers are less capable of dealing with adult matters does not match my experiences with teens. In fact, more often than we would like to contemplate, teens deal with adult subjects that many of us refuse to contemplate: substance addicted parents, raising siblings, working to support the family. When you look specifically at inner city areas where crime is rampant, teen involvement in adult matters is even greater.
It largely depends on the teenager. My daughter unfortunately watched the dissolution of my marriage, and has subsequently had to cut off most contact with her father because he emotionally abused her (frequent references to her being fat, ugly, stupid, and iodiotic...she is none of those things). Let me tell you...her life experiences have made her far more mature than her father.
The concept of wisdom versus intelligence is a false one.
You're trying to characterize something that is a subjective idea in concrete terms. Some people are very intelligent, have had lots of experience, and still haven't learned from them. They lack common sense, something my daughter has in spades, and something that is also subjective and impossible to quantify. There are multiple types of intelligence
I'm 14, so It would be odd if I had a 13 year old child.
I would like to have him in High School before he posted here.
I joined when I was 13. This was my first mainly-adult forum site.
I think I've been scarred for life...
But on the other hand, I'm far better-informed than I was, and this is one of the better places on the internet to get a sense of the modern conservative viewpoint, as well as a source for interesting news you don't tend to see in the papers or on Yahoo.
If my future 13-year-old shares my curiosity, political interest and, for lack of a less narcissistic-sounding word, intelligence, I'd have no issue at all with them joining. If they were less sensible and more impressionable, I'd probably keep them away until I was convinced they could visit without getting sucked in by the 9/11 Truthers or blindly following the twisted envoronmental, social and financial arguments of certain posters.
ooops! I meant to say yes:3oops:
Would you allow your 13 year old child to read and post on this forum?
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