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:thumbup: Stinky says good idea but doesn't for some reason like the word "catulus"

Teenage pup just needs a good old fashioned thrashing :lol:

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Years ago, when my stepson had use of a computer but occasionally was restricted as a 'naughty chair' style sanction, my own computer was password protected.

The password was the name on screen just above the password box.

He never figured it out. I mean, who on earth would imagine the password was displayed in such a way? :lol:

And before anyone says he was a teenager, he'll have worked out how to access it....nope, definitely not.

Maybe keep the password the same. He'll surely assume it's been changed. ;)

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Was it "Windows"?:lol:

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:rofl:
No, but it would probably have worked just the same.

I remember when we first got computers at work. The original sign on, before we created our own, involved the password PASSWORD and whenever the IT bods had to solve a problem it was reset to PASSWORD again.

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Probs because teenagers over 13/14 who have demonstrated they can use the internet responsibly don't need parental controls. ;) Careful if yours is a techie like me, i'd be round them [permanently] in an instant.

I've always been the responsible techie type so never needed them but briefly when my younger brother was having issues caused by too much erroneous YouTubing did we block just that site on his computer. Nowadays the only restriction he has is on the mobile internet on his phone :lol: 5+GB data overage got dealt with pretty quick.

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:thumbup:
My only request is that he goes to bed at a sociable/acceptable time so he can get up in the am which is a real struggle - kind of sick of thrashing him to within an inch of his life every night :thumbdown:

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So not James Robertson Justice after all then, more Jimmy Edwards.

http://america.pink/images/2/2/3/1/0...my-edwards.jpg

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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You can stream FilmOn with 6Mbps without any issues

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:lol: I love your current references :thumbup:

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I remember those days, lol.

When my son was little he barely slept at all, by the time he was 14 he more than made up for it - and continued to do so, lol.

I must admit, I was one of those really mean parents who wouldn't allow a computer or tv in his bedroom, so his access was limited (though there were still arguments about turning off his computer / game box). I don't envy parents today with kids with tablets, phones etc., being able to access the internet anywhere, anytime.

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Yeah, it isn't that we are depriving the poor little treacle- he is then impossible to get out of bed in the morning. I know he is a teenager and all that but a smidge of cooperation would really help:thumbdown:
I agree with your point re wireless technology/ cellphones- I have given up there.:(

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Get one of these - covers all devices in the home: https://meetcircle.com/circle/

Download the app for android etc., to the phone/tablet he uses if you don't want him accessing the internet when he's out: https://meetcircle.com/circle-go/

:)

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I have considered that but effectively that is what the parental control was supposed to do with the Linksys router

Gozit, I need your tech skills... Router is Linksys WRT 1900AC- how is he cracking the router password and Linkysys account password?? He just flicks the settings to never applying parental control times... Little sod:thumbdown:
Would the app be any more successful?
It isn't the content I'm bothered about, it is the timing that he can access the PC online.
Has anyone thwarted your attempts to get online Gozit?:rofl:

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Ah yes I can see that. I just learned that lesson on my own, ie if I go to bed too late then i'm grouchy and can't function at school the next day. But its just natural consequence, no nudging from the parents there. I've learned my limits on how late I can be up doing something until it affects me the next day. I then reward myself with staying up late on the weekends and sleeping in till whenever I want. He'll figure it out on his own.

You see, today, doing stuff like that (IMHO) hinders their abilities with technology which is a skill they need in today's society. I know parents who only allow their kids 10 minutes on a computer per day, and the rest of their day is completely structured with private tutoring, private music lessons, private this private that, blah blah blah, the kids go to French immersion school, (and every time I call round to do some techie work for them they ask me why I don't go to French immersion school) etc etc. I know if my parents were like that with technology then i'd never have found the interest and skill I have in it today which will become my career. When I see parents like those ones I just think the kids are being robbed of what could potentially be a career opportunity and an area of skill. The ironic thing about that family is the dad works as a Software Developer. :confused:

Anyways, rant over. Not saying you were like that with yours, the parents I cited are way more extreme. But I think natural consequences generally outweigh parental forcing/punishment as long as it isn't a life or death situation.

Again, really, for a 16 year old too much. Factory reset the device and that sod is gone off it. Thats what I would do and I suspect any bright teenager could figure that one out.

He either knows you very well and knows what passwords you would use, or he is simply taking a ballpoint pen to the little recessed "reset" button on the back of the router and resetting it to factory defaults, then inputting the SSID and password so it doesn't look like anything was reset.

Is the PC in his room? Does he have a mobile phone? The thing I would be concerned with as a parent if I was restricting the wifi network is the kid flicking the wi-fi setting on his phone to off and using up all of the mobile data allowance for the month on his phone and causing overages.

You could try a parental control software on his PC combined with a non-administrator account. That would be alot harder to crack than the router. Microsoft does a good one for free.

And, no, no one dares thwart me as i'm the one that controls all the technology in the house :lol::sneaky:

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Thanks Gozit- I'm not bothered by the 4g data use as phone coverage in his bedroom is minimal!:thumbup:

No, he isn't resetting the router- I have done that several times and changed passwords so god knows how he is doing it. He does it from his PC somehow, he is accessing the settings, he definitely does not know the passwords. Any further ideas?
Re restricting access, it is the way of the world now, I don't have big issues. He is doing fantastically at school so I can't even get him for that :sneaky: It is just the shut off time that I'm having problems with.
I'm not asking you to be a snitch... Well, maybe just a little, but I would have thought that with PC parental control programs he would have no problems cracking, are there any uncrackable programmes or apps for this purpose?