[ozoneliar]

it takes a parent all of 10 minutes to install web security software

Works until junior formats the HD.

The only effective web security software is you personally checking up. That other stuff just doesn't work well at all.

Any parent that would allow their child to get away with formatting the HD is not doing their job.

[JamesP81]

Any parent that would allow their child to get away with formatting the HD is not doing their job

This conceptualization we have that children are stupid and we can stop them from doing those kinds of things by taking away the CD is rooted in an alternate reality.

You can forget protecting your children with software. You can forget totally securing the machine by controlling the CDs. The only way to protect them is to watch them with a wary eye. No other method works.