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  Any Suggestions for Curbing Kids' Internet Access?

  by Scully in

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  what kind of measures do other parents take to help kids navigate the internet safely?.

  i hate msn and other iming programs - there's far too much potential for mischief with that service available.. are there some easy ways to block sites or isps?

  or is it better to set it up with approved sites only?.

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  KidSafe Security Key - http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/936f/, one option.

  Try to raise the kid right. (And I'm not referring to you specifically, Scully, but all of us parents.) If you think you have reason to believe something is going on that shouldn't be, become technically savvy enough to monitor their computer use. If you can't, restrict their access. Don't let them have a PC in their bedrooms. If they prove to be untrustworthy, shut off access completely.

  My son is six. He's not old enough to be that technically savvy, but he still has a locked down profile on the PC, which is in the living room. He can't do much of anything on it but run the applications he has icons for on the desktop, even if he knew how.

  With Internet access, start from a state of no access at all, then allow them access to the sites you want to let them have access to. Check logs on occasion to make sure they haven't bypassed the security. If you even suspect that they have, lock it down completely.

  Hopefully, we raise our kids to be more trustworthy than this, but...
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  I want to apologize to everyone, for everything.

  by nvrgnbk in

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  i'm sorry.. we've all been through alot.. .

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  nvrgnbk

  I've been hit or miss here, but I went back through your post history a few threads back and I don't see anything publicly where you pissed anyone off recently. And even if you did, you gives a frick?

  Otherwise, I would hope this is not an attempt at garnering attention. (And I mean no disrespect by that, just that sometimes we do this.)

  Take a break brother. Come back refreshed.
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  Do you ever wonder what people on here look like?

  by changeling in

  1. jw
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  i'm influenced by the avatars too.

  like, i think purple sofa looks like audrey hepburn, and willyloman is a "burnin hunk'a love" and nvrgnbk looks like a sufer dude.

  the wanderer is a skinny guy with glasses who never looks you in the eye.. how do you picture fellow posters?.

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  NO....Im not transexual or from Transylvania

  I'll just bet you have the Time Warp down though.
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  Do you ever wonder what people on here look like?

  by changeling in

  1. jw
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  i'm influenced by the avatars too.

  like, i think purple sofa looks like audrey hepburn, and willyloman is a "burnin hunk'a love" and nvrgnbk looks like a sufer dude.

  the wanderer is a skinny guy with glasses who never looks you in the eye.. how do you picture fellow posters?.

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  Ahhh... so your "that" daystar...

  ... wait... ... um... Don't quite know how to respond to that.
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  Do you ever wonder what people on here look like?

  by changeling in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm influenced by the avatars too.

  like, i think purple sofa looks like audrey hepburn, and willyloman is a "burnin hunk'a love" and nvrgnbk looks like a sufer dude.

  the wanderer is a skinny guy with glasses who never looks you in the eye.. how do you picture fellow posters?.

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  LOL!!

  Well, I've been described as metro before, but I'm much more comfy as a shorts and t-shirt kind of a guy. Hazel eyes and, well, not exactly athletic. A bit tall and gangly perhaps.

  Here are some pics Sparkplug took at Littletoe and Xena's wedding earlier this year in Texas:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/134174/2395551/post.ashx#2395551

  I know there is a post with a photo of my beloved Brigid and myself somewhere around here on JWD, but I can't find it for the life of me.

  Anyhow, just goes to show you can never tell.
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  "It will change your life"

  by lost_light06 in

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  i have to share this.

  last night i had an appointment with a lady.

  i was under the impression that it was regarding life insurance, something i will need to get soon, however there were hints that there was some sort of "business opportunity".

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  In retrospect I wasted about 3 hours of my life last night. I did come away with something though, I now have more confidence in my ability to think critically and to identify when someone is trying to take advantage of me.

  Not a wasted night at all in my estimation.
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  Do you ever wonder what people on here look like?

  by changeling in

  1. jw
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  i'm influenced by the avatars too.

  like, i think purple sofa looks like audrey hepburn, and willyloman is a "burnin hunk'a love" and nvrgnbk looks like a sufer dude.

  the wanderer is a skinny guy with glasses who never looks you in the eye.. how do you picture fellow posters?.

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  I haven't been posting here much lately, so you don't have a feel for what I'm about. But take a stab at what you envision I look like.
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  All you DFW peeps with teens

  by Brigid in

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  are there any of you in our area with teens?

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  We'll figure some thing out baby...

  (Sparkplug and Hemplover... hint, hint)
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  Satanists- What do you believe they are about?This Thread isn't demonized;)

  by eclipse in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i will not give multiple choice answers to choose from, since there is a wide variety of beliefs out there, .

  so anyone who has an opinion and would like to share it, i welcome your thoughts.

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  Thesis, antithesis, synthesis...

  Solve et coagula

  Brigid and I were talking about something around this subject last night. The goal is balance, the Middle Pillar. The extreme (or core) of any thing contains within it the seed of its opposite. Yin/yang.

  From the Christian standpoint, Satanism is evil. From the Satanist viewpoint, Christianity is Evil. (over-simplified, surely) Just as the Christ may be seen as the balancing force applied to the angry, mysogynistic, death-dealing god of the Old Testament, Lucifer (the light-bringing, the hidden light of the soul) is seen by many on the other side of the coin. By some, they are considered to be one and the same.
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  Satanists- What do you believe they are about?This Thread isn't demonized;)

  by eclipse in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i will not give multiple choice answers to choose from, since there is a wide variety of beliefs out there, .

  so anyone who has an opinion and would like to share it, i welcome your thoughts.

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  In my experience there are varying types of what people may call "satanists", just as there are varying types of Christians, Muslims, etc.

  In my studies, I find that, based upon how the bible sets up the fundamental argument in Genesis in the Garden of Eden, anyone who does not submit 100% to the Will of God is a Satanist. In other words, 99.9999% of the human population are Satanists whether they realize it, like it, accept it, or not. Once you make one decision that does not fit it with that schema, *poof!* you might be a Satanist!