s/o TV in Room- Computer?

almond1123 · July 2010

For those of you that said No way; not ever. Will you allow your kiddo to have a computer in their room in middle school/ high school?

They can watch anything they want on that (almost every show is streaming) or will be by the time they are that age.

DH's AP kiddos have had many projects that have been 100% computer based. I can see the need for the computer which just means they have TV access anyway.

jen5-03 · July 2010

SS bought a laptop in 8th grade (saved for 2 years to buy it himself)

I'm not that worried about what he'll get into online. He knows his dad checks it every once in a while. And he knows he'll get in trouble if he goes to questionable websites.

My reasons for no TV in bedrooms has more to do with sleep habits than potential bad content viewing. I think it's a lousy habit to fall asleep watching TV and it's a lot easier to veg in front of a TV in bed than it is with a laptop.

aprilprincess · July 2010

no tv or computer in the bedroom for my kids. I want a computer in the public area. It's not that I think my kid will be doing bad stuff neccessarily on purpose. But there was plenty of stuff I was doing that I thought was innocent but to the other party involved it may have been bad.

Like when chat/im first started when I was a teenager. We would talk to anyone anywhere and give out way too much personal info. I'm sure some "boy in chicago" was really a 40 something year old perv talking about making out with a teen girl.

Yes I know I can check up on websites and the history, but there's something so much different about being able to walk by anytime and say, hey what are you doing? I want to keep those lines of communication open.

And I don't want kids who are on the computer all night long, it's harder to put down when you're on the laptop in bed.

ayersfam20 · July 2010

I think just because you have to do homework on a computer does not mean you have to have one in your room. We did our homework in a common area in the house when we were younger, and our kiddos will probably do the same. They can use the family computer whenever needed!

almostjones · July 2010

No, I always want our family computer to be in a central, open location in the house. There's just too much stuff out there that is easy to access. I want them to know Mom & Dad can walk by anytime and see what they're up to. Plus, I don't want them up all night on the computer...

Granted, I know there's no way we can shield them from everything. They'll find ways. But, I feel that having the computer in an open area of the house will help.

PAGAS · July 2010

F will be allowed a laptop, monitored, as soon as she is ready to use one.

TexasPaige · July 2010

Not in their rooms. There will be a family computer in a communal area.

kat.in.the.hat · July 2010

Kids will have a laptop, but we'll keep power cords out in the family room so they can't stay in their room forever, hahaha! But as we'll be a homeschooling family, more than likely the computers will mostly stay in the schoolroom. (Hopefully mine included, I spent way too much time online.)

SigmundsGirl · July 2010

aprilprincess:

no tv or computer in the bedroom for my kids. I want a computer in the public area. It's not that I think my kid will be doing bad stuff neccessarily on purpose. But there was plenty of stuff I was doing that I thought was innocent but to the other party involved it may have been bad.

Like when chat/im first started when I was a teenager. We would talk to anyone anywhere and give out way too much personal info. I'm sure some "boy in chicago" was really a 40 something year old perv talking about making out with a teen girl.

Yes I know I can check up on websites and the history, but there's something so much different about being able to walk by anytime and say, hey what are you doing? I want to keep those lines of communication open.

And I don't want kids who are on the computer all night long, it's harder to put down when you're on the laptop in bed.

Ditto this 100%. I was also never aloud to have a phone in my room for the same reason. We will have to think long and hard about letting DS have a phone in his room. And I don't even want to think about at what age he should have a cell phone.

starlettedir · July 2010

TexasPaige:
Not in their rooms. There will be a family computer in a communal area.

ditto

rayskit10 · July 2010

I will let my kids have computers, probably lap tops and I will let them take them in their rooms BUT they will have to earn it and ask permission. It will not just be a 'given.'

As I said before in the TV post, I don't want to have too many steps to go through when punishing them as pre-teens/teens so I will let them have one major thing we can take away as needed and we would rather that be a computer than a TV.

BritanyV · July 2010

aprilprincess:
no tv or computer in the bedroom for my kids. I want a computer in the public area. It's not that I think my kid will be doing bad stuff neccessarily on purpose. But there was plenty of stuff I was doing that I thought was innocent but to the other party involved it may have been bad.

Like when chat/im first started when I was a teenager. We would talk to anyone anywhere and give out way too much personal info. I'm sure some "boy in chicago" was really a 40 something year old perv talking about making out with a teen girl.

Yes I know I can check up on websites and the history, but there's something so much different about being able to walk by anytime and say, hey what are you doing? I want to keep those lines of communication open.

And I don't want kids who are on the computer all night long, it's harder to put down when you're on the laptop in bed.

Yep! Everything she said!

LisaK2b · July 2010

TV will be a privilage that they'll be allow to have in their bedrooms as long as they make good grades, do their chores, and don't have attitude. If any of these goes down, then the TV goes away.

For computers, we're a laptop family and so Emmy has her own laptop now (it's my old one since DH just got me another one). We all surf in the family room together and so computers/laptops will be in the main area only for monitoring purposes.

Nanner · July 2010

I think through middle school anyway, using their computers in a common room will be just fine. However they'll probably need a little more quiet and privacy for stuff they'll do for high school. Not sure what we'll do then, but I've got about 9 years to think about it.

jen5-03 · July 2010

rayskit10:

I will let my kids have computers, probably lap tops and I will let them take them in their rooms BUT they will have to earn it and ask permission. It will not just be a 'given.'

As I said before in the TV post, I don't want to have too many steps to go through when punishing them as pre-teens/teens so I will let them have one major thing we can take away as needed and we would rather that be a computer than a TV.

No worries, punishment has been easy. "No electronics" and stick the laptop and ipod in the closet.

Punishment just got a little harder for us because he now has an iphone (from his mom) and we don't want to take his phone away which leaves him with plenty of entertainment options if he wants to sneak them. We don't take the phone because neither his mom's house nor ours has a landline. If he needs punishment for some crime related to phone usage we'd have to figure something else out, but so far he's never gotten in trouble with the phone.

Quizzle · July 2010

Computer can be in the common room, not in her room. I'm not comfortable with her using the computer out of my sight.

NOw granted, I had a computer in my bedroom in high school, but that was pre-internet. If we do end up with a computer in the bedroom at some point, I'll be locking the internet down pretty well, or as well as it's possible to at that point. Color me paranoid.

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