"everything I have tried so far the kids seem to work around it.”. Tell me have you tried not using a tech solution to fix a parental problem?
And, I know, that might sound a bit harsh, but bear with me, what ever you do, however much money you spend, your kids will, absolutely will, work around it and see stuff you would rather they wouldn’t! So maybe, accept it and do what I did with both my daughters?
I said to them both, ‘these devices give you access to the sum total of human knowledge, which is good, and sometimes some stuff that will confuse you, scare you, worry you. And that’s fine, part of growing up.
What I told them both is ‘anything you stumble across, anything that someone scares you; if you aren’t sure come to me or your Mum and show us. You are not, absolutely not, in trouble, we will both explain it to you, and then you, you, decide how to proceed.
I’d like to think that I have brought up two perfectly adjusted daughters, who can talk to me about anything, literally anything. Periods, boyfriends, etc.
Ah, sort of gone off on a tangent here but I do think that although I absolutely do understand your desire to shield your child from the worse things on the Internet, the important thing is don’t ever expect any technology to take the place of parental responsibility.
Trust your children, they are not as delicate as you might think, they are capable of making rational decisions - if given the right support!
