Please come and talk to me about Internet Security and surfing DS1

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Last night I found DS1 (6.7, year 1) googling "How to Draw". And I've previously caught him attempting to send his email address (he doesn't have one and it would only have gone to Toonatiks on the BBC but you see the issue).

I had to have a talk with him about only visiting sites that school or parents had pre-approved but to him there's so little difference between googling and typing in the address bar. And of course if you're googling "How to Draw!" then it's fine but if he starts to check anything about anatomy, etc, we could have real problems.

Both DH and I need to use the computer, and to range around many websites, for work.

I don't want to ban him from the computer. I can't sit and watch him while he uses it.

What do I do next please?

does he not have his own account?
with parental control?

I'll give you two guesses.......

I will be watching with interest.

I have a rule that the DCs don't use the computer without asking, but one day, DS and friend (8) sneaked off when I was on the phone, and I found they had tried to google "Bum Stuff" . (Not sexual I hasten to add, you know how little boys are obsessed with poo and farts etc.)

Fortunately, they were on Google maps, so were looking at a map of Bumhole, Arizona, or something. I go hot and cold at the idea of what they might have come across.

I have re-iterated the rule about only going on the computer when I am there, and it is in the lounge, and hidden the task bar, so they can't search the internet. We have a list of websites bookmarked that they can access them.

Must put parental controls on !!

Oh, also, they have their own account

do you know how I get him his own account and how I put parental controls in screaming please?

No I don't know, as I am a doofus computer-wise, and DH did it

lol at doofus.

help someone please!

well our windows thing has what the kids call " faces" ie we click on our own one to do stuff

there is some help here
www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/

thank you