This is absolutely ridiculous, honestly. Because a child COULD type in something pornographic and find porn, it's bad? I'm sorry, but that is your CHILD at fault, not the website. I know parents ...
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Will you let your kids use Bing?
Your Comments:@crzypuppy: Your son is at fault. I cannot make it clearer. Your. Son. Typed. In. The. Words. To. Search. If your son types in "boobies", what do you think he is going to get pictures and videos of? BOOBIES. That is not the search engines fault, it is not the governments fault, it is not the companies fault. It is your son's fault, because HE. SEARCHED. FOR. IT. The search engine is not telling your son to look up porno, HE IS WILLINGLY CHOOSING TO. You shouldn't need the website to parent your kids, YOU SHOULD be parenting your kids. If YOU don't want your kids to see porn, don't let them use the computer without your supervision, because, guess what, your kid is going to look it up if he wants to. YOU are a flawless filter. If YOU are watching your child and making sure he is not looking up porn, guess what? He won't see porn. Simple. Parent your own kid, don't rely on others to do it for you. ps. I never said I watch porn, I simply said that it is my right to watch porn if I want to. The government should not tell me what I can and cannot watch because parents like you want to blame everything but themselves for their child's problems.
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Will you let your kids use Bing?
Your Comments:The best part of this is, no matter how in control you think you are as an adult and no matter how hard you try to set the filters, any kid can use google and find step-by-step instructions on turning off every single filter you set. Your child, no matter how much smarter you think you are as an adult, will beat you at computers and how to work them. Set all the filters you want - any kid over the age of 12 can figure out how to disable them. Also, as for Bing not having good filtering options? Blame your kid, not the website. The website isn't making your kid look at porn - your child is CHOOSING to search for and view porn. Don't want your child to see porn? Tell the little pervert to stop searching for it. The website shouldn't be doing your job as a parent - YOU should be parenting your kids, not Bing.
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Should You Read Your Kids’ Texts?
Your Comments:"Something to hide?" is a terrible defense. Hiding something or not, having your privacy invaded is not a good feeling. You tell me with a straight face that you, right now, would allow me to read all your text messages and e-mails, then pass judgement on you based on those. You will probably say "that's fine" to help you prove your point, but the fact is, no, you would not be okay with that. Over 18 or not, a person is a person and need a form of privacy. Fact of the matter is, your kids do NOT need you lording over them like some kind of self righteous king/queen like you sound like on this website. Go ahead and read their texts but don't come whining to me when they won't let you near them or their stuff because they fear your invasion.
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Should You Read Your Kids’ Texts?
Your Comments:Looking at your child's text messages only installs a sense of untrustworthiness in you as their parent. By sneaking peeks at their text messages, all you are doing is invading your child's privacy. Besides, what are the chances that you, as a parent, will find anything in their messages that you need to read? Once you view their messages even once, the kid will catch on - then all he or she needs to do is delete every message they send or receive, and you're out of the loop entirely, and can't ever view their messages or get them to trust you. All it teaches them is that they can't trust their parents and by association, adults, and that if they want to keep their privacy, they need to cover their tracks and lie to you about it. All in all, no, viewing private messages your child has asked you not to view is just bad all around.
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Is It OK for Kids to Do Homework on Facebook?
Your Comments:I like how the article can't keep a straight point. It goes from doing homework using Facebook, then straight into "look out, your kid might be cheating, don't trust them!", then to "oh, and make sure someone smarter doesn't help!", then to "schools think Facebook is bad - you might have to agree with them!" to time limits, bullying and multitasking. If you're going to make an article, stick to one subject. And for your child's sake, have a little bit of trust in them. They aren't automatically cheating, taking advantage of another student or bullying someone because of being on Facebook. And who cares what the school thinks? If I want my child to use Facebook, no school is going to tell me he/she can't.
