Although the author of this article makes valid points and good suggestions as to how a parent can control child intenet usage, I agree with some of the other commentators in the forum that the article itself seems contrived. First of all, it seems rather desperate for a grown man, friend of family notwithstanding, to ask a 12 year old if he could use the computer. Couldn’t he wait till he got home? If it was an important email for business, well, don’t those type of jobs always have employees who are glued to their cell phone internet? Evidently, the writer needed to personalize his suggestions and made something up. However, aside from this contrivance, a child should not have a computer. I had the family computer in my bedroom, and when the kids were young, I was in my room while they were surfing the web. I also made full use of AOL parental controls at the time, that prevented them from going on questionable sites. In addition, if the 12 year old in question had already been seduced ( strange word to use) by an older man, then I would be vigilant to prevent anything similar from happening again. Odd story all around.
the article is not ‘contrived.’
you are quick to judge, are you not?
your quickness is rash.
no further need to give commodious explanations as to the author’s moral integrity.
suffice it to say that the author and this family have known one another for thirty years, therefore, it would be not out of place for the author to make such a request of friends who are actually extended family over years.
please, don’t be so quick to make a cold judgment as you have done. it is not logical and it is not kind.