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"Rod Speed" <> wrote in message
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> Sam <> wrote:
>
>> I have a teenage son who I think uses the net too much. We have agreed
>> that I can switch off his access at 11pm each night.
>
> Dont forget who will be picking your nursing home.
>

HAHAHA!

However, not necessarily correct. Some parents outlive kids just to be
nasty! If they do, the Mr. Howard's Oberfuhrer (spelling?) of Medical
Matters will decide what you get!

Like I said, take the power pack to bed with you. The truth is that if you
DID trust him you wouldn't be in here asking this question.

He cant be trusted or you wouldn't HAVE this problem.

Anything you do to his router is easily fixed by him if he knows enough
which is why taking the power pack is then the only real answer supposing he
just doesn't go buy another.


"Sam" <> wrote in message
news:4545144d$...
>I trust him otherwise it would not be in his room. Sometimes the temptation
>to chat etc is too hard to resist. There are enough hours before 11pm to do
>whatever he wants or needs to do on the net and we have agreed on a time as
>an override. I just want to know how to do it.
>
> "tony sayer" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> In article <>, Rod Speed
>> <> writes
>>>Sam <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a teenage son who I think uses the net too much. We have agreed
>>>> that I
>>>can switch off his
>>>> access at 11pm each night.
>>>
>>>Dont forget who will be picking your nursing home.
>>
>>
>> LOL!,, Unless you've spent his inheritance first)
>>
>>>> I am after some advice on how to do it.
>>>
>>>> We have adsl and it is routed to a few computers in the house via an
>>>> SMC
>>>Barricade. All computers
>>>> use Windows XP.
>>>
>>>> I would like to know whether there is a simple way to have his access
>>>> set on a
>>>timer that I can
>>>> control. I dont want to have to do it by setting controls on his
>>>> computer. I
>>>suspect the answer is
>>>> no, but I am an optimist.
>>>
>>>Its quite easy to do if you trust him to not molest his system.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Tony Sayer
>>
>
>

Chuck wrote:
>> "Sam" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hello
>>> I have a teenage son who I think uses the net too much. We have agreed
>>> that I can switch off his access at 11pm each night. I am after some
>>> advice on how to do it.
>
>
> Here's some advice....better parenting.
>
> 1) Get the computer out of his smelly bedroom.

I like the idea of putting the computer in the kitchen, or some other
"public" place so the kids can't surf at ungodly hours nor visit the
wrong sites.

> 2) Your the parent, if you say No, then that's the end of it. Can't you
> trust him enough to do as told? Obviously he's not disciplined enough if he
> won't do as he is told.

It's a few years away yet, but I'm not looking forward to attempting to
discipline teenagers.


--
Ben

"Sam" <> wrote in message
news:45451349$...
> Wow! So simple. Thank you for this advice. You are so insightful being
> able to sum up the situation so quickly. Do you have an advice column I
> can consult for all my other parenting issues?
Not necessary.
Everything you need to know about anything is to be found on this newsgroup,
usually delivered in plonking, dogmatic fashion.
Oh to be nineteen again, and know everything.
Pity about the spelling.

Google for some software that limits the use. Just install it on his
computer, set it so that he can only use the computer for 40 minutes
every couple hours to space it out.

On Oct 29, 1:47 pm, "lynt" <tony...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Sam" <s...@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:45451349$...> Wow! So simple. Thank you for this advice. You are so insightful being
> > able to sum up the situation so quickly. Do you have an advice column I
> > can consult for all my other parenting issues?Not necessary.
> Everything you need to know about anything is to be found on this newsgroup,
> usually delivered in plonking, dogmatic fashion.
> Oh to be nineteen again, and know everything.
> Pity about the spelling.

tony sayer <> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Sam <> wrote:

>>> I have a teenage son who I think uses the net too much. We have
>>> agreed that I can switch off his access at 11pm each night.

>> Dont forget who will be picking your nursing home.

> LOL!,, Unless you've spent his inheritance first)

In spades if you have, it'll be the one like dog kennels in that case.

>>> I am after some advice on how to do it.

>>> We have adsl and it is routed to a few computers in the house
>>> via an SMC Barricade. All computers use Windows XP.
>
>>> I would like to know whether there is a simple way to have his
>>> access set on a timer that I can control. I dont want to have to do
>>> it by setting controls on his computer. I suspect the answer is no,
>>> but I am an optimist.

>> Its quite easy to do if you trust him to not molest his system.

Whatcher? <> wrote

> Like I said, take the power pack to bed with you.

Much more convenient to automate it in the router if the router can do that.

> The truth is that if you DID trust him you wouldn't be in here asking this question.

I meant trust him not to do over the router or PC config.

> He cant be trusted or you wouldn't HAVE this problem.

It aint that black and white. Plenty of people dont keep
track of time that well when actively doing stuff and just
need system that enforces what he has allegedly agreed to.

> Anything you do to his router is easily fixed by him if he knows enough which is why taking the
> power pack is then the only real answer supposing he just doesn't go buy another.

Or fry the router by trying another thats lying around.

Stupid approach.

Makes a lot more sense to configure the router and
set a password on that and check occasionally that
he hasnt reset the router. Lot less effort than
unplugging the router every night.


> Sam <> wrote

>> I trust him otherwise it would not be in his room. Sometimes the
>> temptation to chat etc is too hard to resist. There are enough hours
>> before 11pm to do whatever he wants or needs to do on the net and we
>> have agreed on a time as an override. I just want to know how to do
>> it. "tony sayer" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> In article <>, Rod Speed
>>> <> writes
>>>> Sam <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a teenage son who I think uses the net too much. We have
>>>>> agreed that I
>>>> can switch off his
>>>>> access at 11pm each night.
>>>>
>>>> Dont forget who will be picking your nursing home.
>>>
>>>
>>> LOL!,, Unless you've spent his inheritance first)
>>>
>>>>> I am after some advice on how to do it.
>>>>
>>>>> We have adsl and it is routed to a few computers in the house via
>>>>> an SMC
>>>> Barricade. All computers
>>>>> use Windows XP.
>>>>
>>>>> I would like to know whether there is a simple way to have his
>>>>> access set on a
>>>> timer that I can
>>>>> control. I dont want to have to do it by setting controls on his
>>>>> computer. I
>>>> suspect the answer is
>>>>> no, but I am an optimist.
>>>>
>>>> Its quite easy to do if you trust him to not molest his system.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tony Sayer

Whatcher? <> wrote
> Rod Speed <> wrote
>> Sam <> wrote

>>> I have a teenage son who I think uses the net too much. We have agreed that I can switch off his
>>> access at 11pm each night.

>> Dont forget who will be picking your nursing home.

> HAHAHA!

She may not be laughing |-)

> However, not necessarily correct.

We'll see...

> Some parents outlive kids just to be nasty!

Thats a risk she gets to take.

> If they do, the Mr. Howard's Oberfuhrer (spelling?) of Medical Matters will decide what you get!
>

Nope.

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:19:51 +1100, Sam wrote:

> Hello
> I have a teenage son who I think uses the net too much. We have agreed that
> I can switch off his access at 11pm each night. I am after some advice on
> how to do it.

Use good old fashioned parental authority. Tell him that he can't use the
internet after 11 pm and make sure he doesn't. You've lost the battle if
you have to resort to some automatic cutoff mechanism.

Dan

Whatcher? wrote:
> "David Fairbrother" <> wrote in message
> news:yz11h.55309$...
>
>>Whatcher? wrote:
>>
>>>"Sam" <> wrote in message
>>>news:...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello
>>>>I have a teenage son who I think uses the net too much. We have agreed
>>>>that I can switch off his access at 11pm each night. I am after some
>>>>advice on how to do it.
>>>>We have adsl and it is routed to a few computers in the house via an SMC
>>>>Barricade. All computers use Windows XP.
>>>>I would like to know whether there is a simple way to have his access set
>>>>on a timer that I can control. I dont want to have to do it by setting
>>>>controls on his computer. I suspect the answer is no, but I am an
>>>>optimist.
>>>>Thank you in advance
>>>>Samantha
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>PS,
>>>
>>>Those people telling you to set different times at the router - if the
>>>kid has access to the router and knows enough, it would take only a few
>>>minutes for him to completely reset it, enter the logon account details
>>>and get in again which is why I say to pull the power pack out and take
>>>it into your room with you.
>>
>>yes, but..
>>
>>>I can tell you that if he shoves the wrong power pack in it, he risks
>>>burning it out. Tell him that in case he gets ideas.
>>
>>you mean the actual power pack plug? he removes it, moves it to another
>>room and plugs it back in. unless i'm mistaken and i have no idea what
>>you're talking about...he'd need to have a negative IQ to do that.
>
>
> I don't know if you entirely understand. You have a power pack for a
> particular router. You take that power pack, as the parent, to your room
> when you go to bed. The router is left where it is, no power supplied. If
> the kid has yet another power pack for something else with the same plug
> that can go into the power hole on the router and plugs it in, if it isn't
> the right power output, he can burn the router out. I had to replace one at
> a medical surgery last month that did EXACTLY that.
>
> That is why I say to take the power pack and warn the kid what could happen
> to scare the crap out of it.
>
>
ahhh yep i got you now.