• rumba@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    The younger kid’s chat is disabled. not allowed to friend anyone.

    The older kid has chat enabled, but is only allowed to friend people we vet.

    Computers are in an open area, chats have been keylogged, we check occasionally.

    If friends show up unanounced, or they chat where they’re not supposed to, they lose internet access long enough to regret it

    When they get old enough to have friends online, we contact the parents, make sure they’re compatible politically, theologogically, just generally not extremists and their kids have some base level of dicipline and are safety minded.

    We also semi-regularly play with them and set rules about the appropriateness of the games in relation to the kids ages. The younger one’s don’t get to play the violent ones.

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      6 months ago

      Making sure the parents of your kids friends are compatible politically and theologically sounds incredibly dodgy to me.

      I will say this as well: strict parents raise sneaky children

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        6 months ago

        Not from a multi-race household I see.

        If little Timmy’s parents start talking about “those kids” my kids isn’t playing with him. Too many racist fucks out there.

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      6 months ago

      we contact the parents, make sure they’re compatible politically, theologogically

      This is insane. You call that kid’s mom to ask who she votes for and what name she uses for god, and if it doesn’t match yours, kids can’t have fun?

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        6 months ago

        We have a 15 minute conversation to find out if they’re batshit crazy slur calling racist trumpeters because we dont need to subject our kids to that shit.

        I find it insane that you wouldn’t take 15 minutes to get to know who your kids influencers are, but you do you.

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          5 months ago

          There is a vast difference between ascertaining that someone is or is not a racist and asking about their religion and political affiliations. Do you not understand that difference?

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            5 months ago

            d asking about their religion and political affiliations.

            To be completely reasonable, I’ve not seen any strong right-wing supporters that are not either deeply racist or don’t care what’s going on with black/brown people right now.

            If someone is so far up Fox News’ butt that they think nothing wrong is going on, I sure as FUCK don’t want them recruiting my children.

            There is a vast difference between being in a different political affiliation and whatever the fuck is going on right now. I don’t want my kids wrapped up in that bullshit and if you support it, just block me now.