Reply #4: By the time kids are in junior high, you have "lost" most of the control

[SoCalDem]

you ever had anyway.. My boys saw movies we did not want them to see and magazines I didn;t want them to have, BUT you have to choose your battles..

The friends your kids choose, also have parents..and you just need to make sure you know who your kids are hanging out with and know their parents too..

My youngest was the only one still at home when the computer came into our house, and he was too busy to spend much time on the thing, so we lucked out.. He left for school at 7:30AM, had football practice right after school, came home at 5 for a bite to eat and to change into scooer gear for practice until 8..and then homework.. Not a lot of free time to suft the net :)

we also only had ONE computer then, and it was MINE all MINE.. Mom's not much at sharing :)