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writes: i am a concerned single mom. i have teenage boys and i found out that they were looking at porn sites. i had a talk with my boys but im still concerned there looking at these sites. how do i block sites. what programs do i use? and can i get it free because i dont make a lot of money. thank you
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reader, Yos  +, writes (11 November 2006):
 Can you move the PC to the main living room of the house? They'll be much less keen to look if they think you can walk in and see them at any moment.
I also have to say that stopping teenage boys looking at internet porn is a bit like standing on the beach at low tide and commanding the sea not to come in. You have an uphill battle ahead of you, it might be better to try to educate them on what porn is and does, rather than to stop them looking at it.
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reader, anonymous, writes (11 November 2006):
You might be better off ditching the computer to accomplish this.
Cyber Nanny and those things work but a lot of mainstream unblocked sites will allow through porn. Like google images, and google video. Youtube is a major porn source.
What would work would be to use a whitelist in a browswer like Netscape 8.x. But then you'd have to lock down the desktop. This is a lot of work.
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reader, ogga +, writes (10 November 2006):
Ask your ISP or look around on whatever program you may be using,
but personally i dont think it will do anything, because im a teen and i know how to get round it if i wanted to and there will always be ones that dont get blocked,
Also its healthy for them, surely its better they knew about stuff rather than not? personally i would let them carry on
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reader, anonymous, writes (10 November 2006): Just ask your service provider. Nearly all of them offer parental control. They can restrict access to certain sites for you at no extra cost
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