My Teenage daughters don't love me anymore ;)

[MarkandLea]

I like the 2 router idea. Never thought of that as a option before. The KISS principle.
I use one of these http://www.fritzbox.com.au/product-fritz-wlan7390.html animals.
Can be setup to even block any web site you select. 
I am still in trouble for doing a test one day and blocking facebook

[Ynot]

I use the router idea from time to time, nothing works better!


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[TOPNDR]

Hey Lemo,
That's a great idea having two routers.
Might just do that.
Besides, it's handy to have one as a backup in case one dies.
Cheers for the heads up.

 

More recent Apple AirPort Extreme/Time Capsule routers allow two networks, home & guest,  give the kids the guest password and you still have control of their access!

[Brumbypt]

I suggested the two router idea and theirs was going to be limited to certain hours, both of them complained, and the wife complained too..

all female wingers.


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[Bunyip]

I went out and bought a router that I can set time of day by individual address.

Wife and I get 24/7, if I catch the daughter using technology late at night she will be limited in her hours.

The threat itself seems to be enough at this point, have not had to restrict her.

Our kids have lived with no electronics camping since we started and we have never had an issue with them. The daughter somehow loses her phone or iPad charger, untl she finds them her devices will not get charged. She has just gone two months without her iPad for that very reason.

Bunyip

[fishfinder]

I like the 2 router idea. 

One of many dreams I have 

[mcm72]

Most routers these days will allow multiple SSID's

This allows you to set up more than one access point. 

Most routers will also allow restricted. Speed. Hours of use.  And total time. Via the MAC address of devices.

Mine does all above. And it works GREAT !!!


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[Squalo]

We're just at the point of needing to think about this stuff (6,7 and 9 year olds). All three have their own Android tablets, plus there are two iphones, one ipod and one ipad in the house. Oh and mum's laptop and my work laptop.

My work laptop is out of bounds and internet is off for all devices except the ipad (which they don't have the pin for). But kids need to be able to use internet (can't hold them back in this age of technology) so I will take some of the advise in this topic and get going on it - thanks in advance for helping me avoid tantrums later in life

[Rumpig]

The telly gets hijacked for Big Brother.... 

our 10 year old daughter started trying to watching that rubbish this year (her friends at school watch it), the first few episodes i caught her watching it i made her turn the crap off, after several more times being told she can't watch that show she gave up and doesn't try anymore  how that rubbish ended up back on the idiot box i'll never understand 

[Hairs]

how that rubbish ended up back on the idiot box i'll never understand 

G'day Rumpig,
It's there because the young one can't live without watching others.
Like Lab Rats, people are fascinated with watching others.
I don't get it at all.
 

[gqcamper]

Have recently had to set restrictions for gadget use and surprisingly all went very well.
Daughter was told no usage before school and to set her own for after school or we would.
She ended up setting herself a 2hr limit for night time usage ,so after homework and uptil she goes to bed at around 8pm she uses her 2hr time limit.
So far it has amazed me how easily she has adapted to it without any whinging.

[gibbo301]

One of many dreams I have 

Hahaha Thats routers not rooters 

[DRB120]

I must be harsh on my 11yr old boy. He isn't allowed to use his Ipod or the likes any time during a school week except for an hour each day on the weekend.

I grew up playing video games however the games on the net these days have so many ways of making them addictive that the young ones feel they need to keep going back to it and sooner or later it consumes all their spare time and behaviour becomes terrible. A work mate has had to smash his kids Ipad to get his kid to stop using it, after a couple months of the kid being moody and tired all the time he found out they had been playing it every night until 2 and 3am,and the kid ended up having withdrawal symptons and got a bit of counselling. His boy is now 14, hasn't played games for 8 months, grades at school improved straight away and is now a great kid all round.

[schmik]

My wife phubbed me the other day... (phubbing = phone snubbing).   She did it 3 times. Some thing was much more interesting on facebook.

I blocked facebook on the router.  Fire cracker night came early that year!

[Mallory Black]

our router lives in a the home office.
the door has a lock.
I have the only key...........

[Hairs]

Well,
What a difference a few days make.
They have got use to the idea of having an hour each evening to chat with their friends.
The eldest gets a bit longer to research stuff for school assignments.
They don't grunt as much, their attitude has changed greatly,
Ya gotta love a bit of hard love at the right time 

Hey guys, thanks for all the other tips too.
It's appreciated 

 

[HEM19X]

One very unhappy father, maybe a bit drastic but I'm sure he would have got his point across!!

Dad shoots daughter's laptop

[speewa158]

l hare you Brother 

[fishfinder]

Hahaha Thats routers not rooters 

depends on what part of australia your from as to how it is pronounced

[WilSurf]

What is a good modem/router to use which could do the limiting in hours thing?

[Hairs]

What is a good modem/router to use which could do the limiting in hours thing?

Don't know, I was thinking of buying either one of these and keeping my Billion 7401vgm for the kids.
Hmmm.

Billion 7404VNPX ADSL2+ Modem/Gigabit Router/Wireless-N/VOIP/3G Support


EBAY, TP-Link TD-VG3631 300Mbps Wireless N VoIP ADSL2+ Modem Router


We still have issues with the girls wanting to spend far to much time online(As far as I'm concerned anyway), but no where near as bad.
Spending 10 days camped at Nymboida for the national meet & at the gorge helped with attitude adjustments 
  

[WilSurf]

We took my oldest daughter (10) her tablet off as she was on it when she was going "to bed".
Even after telling her 10 times not to, she still did it.
Now her tablet is mine and my wifes tablet has a password.

It would be great to restrict the daughters time for 1 hour every day.

[Hairs]

Hmm, That's why I'm looking at a second router, I can give the kids access through it and Fysh and myself will have access throught the new one.
When the kids have had 'Their Time" I can turn the one off that they have their access through.
First world problems hey.
 

[dazzler]

Aren't you lot a barrel of laughs. 

Bullying your kids.  Waaaaaay to go! 


(You do of course get the irony.  Bagging out your kids for using the exact medium you use to bag them out on.) 

[Hairs]

Bullying your kids.  Waaaaaay to go! 

Ya reckon. 
Can I ask Dazzler, Do you have kids of this age?
I know it's a different world to when I was a kid of their age some 34 odd years,  Oh but wait, I can't bring that up with them can I?
What I did when I was their age has got nothing to do with them!
Hmm, lets see,
Using this medium doesn't interfere with my time I spend with my family or friends face to face, it doesn't give me attitude, it's doesn't take from my ability to interact with others. I don't use the excuse there is nothing else to do and I don't chuck a izzy fit when I don't have internet connection AND I don't have to check my messages every bloody second on my Facebook page.
A big difference I would think.
Every child needs boundaries and rules, I had them as a kid and we have set them for our kids.
And on a whole they are pretty good, BTW I do let them know when they have done the right thing too