So my 12 year old son is starting to get a little too comfortable with his new freedom of a school computer and a desk in his room. I do not believe he is doing anything he shouldnt be doing but being in the IT field, I am just cautious when he disapears into his room. Plus my wife and I want to make sure he is actually studying when he says he is. I am curious to see if anyone has any suggestions to see if there is a product we can put on our home network to see where he is going. Its a school computer so I don’t have any way to install anything on it. We have an ASUS router powering the network.
I’m all for adult monitoring, not electronic monitoring. If a computer is in the room, it’s at a desk and the door is open. You can look at the traffic patterns of the child but no blocking. At 12, our children did their schoolwork at their desk in the kitchen. It wasn’t until high school that they could move into their room. My approach was always, provide grades to keep freedom. Don’t provide grades and you’re back at the kitchen desk.