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1. nyargh · 1790611878 · focus · HN ↗

   Discovered my kid doing exactly this years ago. We purposefully limited all social media, locked dowb devices etc, but life uh.. finds a way.

   I was impressed, just had the standard talk about how you have to assume everything you put out on the internet never goes away and that you really have no idea who is on the other side of the screen, never share personal information, etc

   Now they are older and are on ridiculous group chats with their friends. Pretty impossible to control tbh. At least they keep me up to date with the latest memes!

   1. xer0x · 1790615584 · focus · HN ↗

      This is my kids too, life finds a way. I've blocked Youtube, and yet I discovered they are watching their favourite Youtube creators via Spotify.

      1. Lerc · 1790630522 · focus · HN ↗

         My father blocked things from me, not internet based obviously because they weren't available. But things like fixing the heater so it wouldn't be set higher than what he considered reasonable.

         I assume he's still alive, but I haven't communicated with him for years.

         1. pkthunder · 1790634902 · focus · HN ↗

            Did yours also do the fun “hide the power cords to important electronics” as a punishment? That was always my favorite /s

            1. plausibility · 1790639932 · focus · HN ↗

               When I had my computer mouse taken away because I got in school suspension (for getting domain admin in the local AD no less), I promptly learned how mouse control via keyboard worked.

               Feels like a rite of passage.

               1. SV_BubbleTime · 1790668190 · focus · HN ↗

                  My dad took the keyboard and left the mouse. I did ok, it was annoying using char map to copy letters because there was no virtual keyboard then.

                  Ended up making common phrases and commands in a txt file.

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