[freedumb2003]

Any parent that lets a kid have a PC/laptop NOT in the living room where it can be monitored is asking for trouble.

Likewise the cell phone/PDA history, etc, should be checked twice a week at least.

[Morgana]

While I agree, that ship has long since sailed. I go to the mall, gym, where ever and see kids with hand held computer devices. The genie is out of the bottle. Time to form a new battle plan.

[GeronL]

Schools are giving out IPADS here. argh

[the OlLine Rebel]

I don’t think any “kid” should have their own of any of this “technology”. No “phones”, either. All they do is waste time and think how cool they are that they are talking to some faceless people all the time while ignoring real people.

I don’t want to hear “but it’s safer to have a phone!”

BS. Probably just invites scum into their lives.

I don’t want my son constantly on the computer, especially with “connected” software. No computer for him. No matter what any over-indulgent busybodies may say in his life.

[Drew68]

Likewise the cell phone/PDA history, etc, should be checked twice a week at least.

You don't think kids know how to surf privately and/or clear their history? My 5-year old knows how to clear his iPad browsing history.