Well, the first day of some restriction at the computer was not too bad...partly because the girls had other activities in the afternoon. After supper, when I took the 2 younger ones to the YMCA for swim lesssons, Lydia was playing a little bit on a site that is O.K. However, the restriction box pops up alot during it (because of all the advertising) and she got frustrated. When I got home she was not happy about it. She was even having problems with facebook and the flair page. Anyway, I got that smoothed over. then later she was doing research for homework and it was restricting sites again and she was MAD. I turned off the program so she could just do homework. When I came back later she was doing something else and not homework. So I had her turn it off. Some of her issues have to do with a friend from church that has unlimited access to the computer (as far as I know) and when she goes over there they play alot on it. I really feel that time should be limited with it and that other activities should be going on. She just gets locked in to playing on it and kinda zones out.
All in all, I glad that we are doing this for now....I think that it will teach some self-control and maybe patience too!!!
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Hey Mary,
what are you using for the computer? Jeff has a great program (free) that he recommends where you get to say what sites are safe, and on other sites the kids can request permission. it seems better than the programs that just block stuff, you know? Good to read your Christmas letter!! Thanks for that! ~Sonja
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