Blocking a teen's I-Phone capabilities? (1 Viewer)

[tonydead]

I think you should teach this kid how to be a real boss. Set him up to sell time on his phone to all his friends whose parents put pron blocker on their phones.

 

[Guest]

I don't really look forward to having a porn talk with my kid. Talking to your kids about that sh^t is hard

It's not as tough as I thought it would be. Completely depends on your attitude going into the conversation. Just be non judgmental and matter-of-fact.

 

[ChiefD]

And you want to make darn sure you have the conversation to your son about being damn careful about what he puts out there through text messages, facebook, or ANY social platforms. He can ruin his life in an instant by taking pics of his stuff and texting it to a girlfriend. A dad sees that and goes to the cops - he's done.

Photoshopping his buddies faces on porn pics and sending them to his buddies - a parent sees that and he's done.

These are the things that kids HAVE to be made aware of as serious as you can. Because while online porn is all fine and dandy, it's also the random yuck-yuck stuff he pulls with his friends that can also do major damage.

Once it's out there in digital form, it's out there forever.

 

[=Smackdown=]

His mom wants to block the phone's access to, essentially, porn. Her solution, I sh^t you not, is to get some Victoria's Secret catalogs to leave around the house for whacking it.

All that's going to do is get him hornier so he'll want to go look at porn.

At that age I could look at my mom's Glamour magazines. Or just shut my eyes and think about a girl in my class who wore a skirt that day. A kid that age doesn't need much. I used to get turned on by knee cleavage.

1 thought

2 fingers

10 seconds

 

[Sweet J]

And you want to make darn sure you have the conversation to your son about being damn careful about what he puts out there through text messages, facebook, or ANY social platforms. He can ruin his life in an instant by taking pics of his stuff and texting it to a girlfriend. A dad sees that and goes to the cops - he's done.

Photoshopping his buddies faces on porn pics and sending them to his buddies - a parent sees that and he's done.

These are the things that kids HAVE to be made aware of as serious as you can. Because while online porn is all fine and dandy, it's also the random yuck-yuck stuff he pulls with his friends that can also do major damage.

Once it's out there in digital form, it's out there forever.

absolutely agree.

 

[sublimeone]

Definitely put a filter/tracker on the phone and any other device he has access to, and let your son know you're doing it. A 14 year-old doesn't need unlimited access to all the hardcore porn the internet has to offer. Like other have said, if he wants it he'll be able to get to it but he won't have unlimited access... sort of how we were with playboys as kids. You got to see it but you didn't have an endless supply of it.

Do a little research on porn. It's a huge problem for a lot of people. Having a bunch of counselors in the family I hear about it ruining marriages quite often.

I would have a talk with him, something along the lines of, "I know you're interested in seeing this kind of thing, and it's a good thing and a good sign that you're maturing but trust me when I tell you you'll be better off not putting these images in your mind. When you do finally get to have sex with a real woman you won't have a bunch of preconceived ideas that are unrealistic. It will help you have better more satisfying relationships in the future."

You know he will still probably look at some stuff but at least you have planted the seed that gorging himself on porn isn't healthy.

Or you can just make sure the first girl you bang is hot.

I'm talking more about performance than appearance but it's good to know you're a stud that bangs hot girls

 

[MindCrime]

I don't want to come off holier than though, I know I'm not parent of the year material. But as a parent of an 11, about to be 12 year old middle school son, you may be a few years too late to have this discussion. Good chance he's already had friends show him this stuff, on a phone, computer, etc, even if he hasn't typed it in the Google search bar himself.

Have the talk, better now than never. Trust him, and your upbringing of him. Get your wife to do the same. Then check in with him from time to time about it, father to son like.

It's a different world. To be honest, I'm glad I have boys and not girls when it comes to stuff like this. Unfortunately it seems like girls can get ruined by this stuff(selfies, noods) much more than boys.

 

[captain_amazing]

You could try out some MDM software - just google MDM for iPhones and you'll found a plethora of services to lock down phones and that allows you to manage/monitor phones remotely. It's pretty hard for someone to uninstall the software, if done properly. You could also try Net Nanny for phones as well. Can't tell you how well any of these works for your purposes, but we use some very lightweight/free MDM services for company phones and they work very well.

 

[Angry Beavers]

I have a 14 year old son, I have a 15 year old son. I have a crap ton of older boys that live in the 'hood from 16 to 18. They will watch porn. They will whack it. Tell your son that porn is just like other movies.. .not all the stuff he will see is really how it goes down. I am sure he is a smart kid and he will figure that part out. HTH

 

[Mario Kart]

I think the wife is afraid that one of the videos she made when she was younger is going to show up in his spank bank. Mom is a freak.

 

[Otis]

Honesty if you are putting a hyphen in I-phone you've already lost this battle. GL.