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comment by steve

Nick S. down the street.

His dad had a subscription to playboy. He tore out a picture of a woman floating in a pool and gave it to me.

I took it home and put it in my sock drawer. My mom proceeded to find it within days and beat me until I told her where it came from. I must have been about 6.

A few years later, my mom's boss brought his VCR over to dub some movies, it was there over the weekend. I came home and pushed play on his VCR to see what movie he was dubbing.

Let's just say my mom said he couldn't use our VCR anymore.





thenewgreen  ·  4233 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As a father, what would be your reaction if your son had something similar stashed in his sock drawer?

steve  ·  4232 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's already happened.

Except it was the browser history on the iPad.

We talked about it, and continue talking about it as needed. If you freak out and treat the kid like crap, it becomes a forbidden fruit that they seek out and potentially get addicted to.

b_b  ·  4232 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I guarantee the very next Google search he made was "How do I clear browsing history?"

Sorry. I don't me to make light of your family situation. It's just funny how things change, but always stay the same.

steve  ·  4232 days ago  ·  link  ·  

totally. I've noticed the iPad's browsing history has been cleared... it's not hard, and he knows it.