You are absolutely correct. At this point it's more for safe searching more than monitoring. I bought this http://www.internetsafety.com/safe-eyes/ and it works very well, with some tweaking. She is a very good, self-monitoring kid, with a great set of values, but we need to make sure it remains that way. Last week she was doing a search for "beautycuties" which is some sort of doll, but it came back with a bunch of "other" stuff. Still got a couple things to configure to ensure it's as safe as it could be, but it's looking pretty good now. They let you install onto 3 computers for 1 license, so that's pretty cool too. Their customer service was excellent too, though I had to wait a while on hold first.

>Hi Jay,
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>I can not really answer your question because my younger kids are simply to young (and there comp is not connected to the net) and my oldest is old enough.
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>Anyway, my .10 €
>I think a question need to be answered.
>If the feeling grows that there is a need for such a program I would start with education.
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>If I look the comp down, there will be other ways. At least I can do a little search on the comp / proxy and if the problem raises then, at the latest, it's time to provide some information to the kid.
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>I know there are other ideas about this out there. But I think sexual education could not start to soon. I have seen pregnat 10 year olds.
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>But I like to give you a laugh:
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>http://www.heise.de/ct/schlagseite/07/10/gross.jpg
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>Translates like
>Mother: So you have programed the child - lock?
>Son: Yes, I have used extra encryption. From now all the ... content is locked to father.
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>Agnes
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>>How do other people monitor computer use by their kids? Tracy, I know you have mentioned this, and I also recall that your daughter is quite technical for her age. How can you stay ahead?