[GRLUG] Web filter for kids?

[Collin Kidder]

>
> Your opinion is spot-on when applied to adults (in the workplace) and 
> teenagers, who will actively attempt to defeat filters. But I think a 
> content filter for a young child is a good thing until he can 
> understand the difference between places he is allowed to go and 
> places he should not be going. The age when that happens will be 
> different for each child. I think a whitelist is good for very small 
> children, a strict porn/gore filter is appropriate for pre-teens, and 
> hopefully he will have a sense of right and wrong by the time he is a 
> teenager and able to hack around whatever you put in front of him.
>
> I have been thinking a lot about this subject because my first child 
> is currently overdue by five days.
>
Yes, sorry... It does really depend on the age of the child. For any kid 
over 12 I'd say filters are worthless. For younger kids it could be a 
decent idea but I wouldn't let a 7 year old surf the net by themselves 
anyway.