Teenager using internet late at night
 

Hi all

Is there any way of automatically turning off wifi between certain hours as my 13 year old daughter is watching Youtube etc late at night on her Ipad/Iphone. She has been told but she appears very sleepy in the morning !

Would like to set timing from 2130 - 0500 hrs

Virgin Super hub 2

Did think about simply unplugging it but house phone is a VOP one.

Would appreciate any help or advice.



Mank thanks

Regards

Mike

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Have you thought about taking your daughter's phone and laptop out her room at 10pm.

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Thanks for the advice....due to my work pattern I am often asleep before them and rely on them following the rule !

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Mike I honestly believe that once your daughter understands the reason that she is tired in the morning is because of staying up later than your have advised, she will soon follow your rules. Remember us parents know nothing ;)

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Have a read HERE.

Should do it easily for you.

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Thanks for this

I currently run McAfee Total Protection .....wonder if they can be run together ?

Regards

Mike

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Remove the modem and her phone and laptop

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This is why the shub is in our bedroom, and gets shut down for the night. And my daughter, the main culprit, surrenders her phone every night after switching it off. No obligation, just a way to help her get a good night's sleep.

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The SH2AC has timed MAC filtering.

http://192.168.0.1/VmRgMacFiltering.html

I don't know if the SH2 has it, but if it does, you can block those devices between hours such as 22:00 and 06:00.

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Because 13-year-old's don't know how to use 3G...

(Also, isn't this just going to be completely bypassed by VM's new WiFi sharing service?)

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Helpful advice is always welcome....

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What, like:

or

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It's the same story just about every time this same question comes up. This is a parenting issue that can't be solved through simple technological measures, they are just too easy to bypass at that age.

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To be honest that wasn't the question asked..the OP asked for a technological/software solution.;)

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Like I said, it's the same story just about every time this same question comes up. The end result after page and pages of the same thing is the realisation there is no effective technological solution.

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Anybody ever tried taking a smartphone / tablet away from a tired hormonal 13 year old and came out of it alive?

If my niece is anything to go by, nobody in the house would get any sleep!

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Throw Justin Bieber tickets at them.

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Actually the real answer is not to give said teenagers a mobile phone, smart or otherwise and keep the internet in the room that is occupied by the parents so a good and close eye can be kept on the child's internet usage. This was what I did..After all my generation got by without any gadgets and if there was a phone it was in the hearing of parents.

However I still think the OP requested a certain solution having considered the other option first.

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My sister kids know the rules.

If they abuse them the phone is removed for x amount of time. Which she has done. There must be a way for you to lock the phone/apps between certain hours?

I was wondering on a PC you can setup a PC to make parents as admin & children to user, so that they cannot use the PC between certain hours but as the admin to can use it.

Can a mobiles be setup as Admin/Users?

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I don't think a techno solution will really work. There's always that nerdy kid in the playground that knows how to unlock/bypass any thing you might set up and if he (she) knows then all the kids know.

Much better to have an open relationship with your kids and for them to know the boundaries that you set and why. IMHO.

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Thats what my sister has, abuse it you lose it.

She's taken the xbox from my nephew for not obeying the rules.

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Sadly doing that to a 13 year old these days will likely leave them socially isolated and screw them up emotionally.

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Eh. Most phones will automatically switch to 3G/4G if WiFi cannot connect for any reason.

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Hello all

Really appreciate all the advice and views given

Just to update you :

I called a house meeting with my 2 daughters (15/12 year olds) last night at 1930hrs

On the Agenda was

Appointment of chair / minute taker
Pocket money
Internet Access
Guinea Pig hairs
Homework
AoB


The following was agreed after much debate

3 chores need to be completed daily to obtain weekly pocket (LB to produce a chart to monitor / record / sign off tasks as complete. (No subcontracting of any chores allowed)
Internet access will be provided until 2145 pending agreeing a schedule for weekday evening to include when homework will be done)*
A dog basket will be brought to stop the Guinea pig from peeing on the sofa and capture any hairs.
Home work will be done each evening from 1800 -1900 hrs (no audio / TV during this period)*
Finally minutes agreed and signed off by all present
A meeting has been fixed for a weeks time to review above

Thanks again

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I like the approach of a proper meeting. Helps train youngsters in the way things are done when they get to work.

:tu:

Glad you were able to get a mutual agreeable way to do things.

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Unfortunately there will have been a secret daughters-only meeting at 2330 hours at which it was resolved that all resolutions passed in full family meetings should be treated as advisory-only unless also approved at said daughters-only meeting.

;)

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Then the secret parents-only meeting was held, and it was agreed to cancel the childrens' mobile phone tariffs unless they agreed to go by the terms of the original "all hands" meeting.

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Or leave them open to cyber bullying..which will be even more isolating and lead to being screwed up emotionally.

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And any such approvals can still be vetoed by any peers at a Facebook peer-review meeting.

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And then one of their friends points out you can get a free PAYG SIM at any neighbourhood shop or supermarket.

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I bet you're the guy in the design meeting who can always find the problems, but rarely offers a solution.... ;)

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Right update for you

I am concerned

Eldest daughter (14) has called an Extraordinary Meeting tonight...

This follows a rude comment written on the monitoring chart and concern over the authenticity of a signature signing off a task as being complete :shocked:

I also get the impression they are going for a hike in pocket money.

Problem is youngest daugther (12) is chairing tonight and there is 2 of them so I might have problems if things are put to the vote

I am taking the minutes :)

Any advice ! ! !

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Your house your rules ! Time to get strict, cruel to be kind and all that.....

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Oh I'm the guy who always has the solution to anything. Usually however, my solution is the one nobody likes.

I'd heed this guy's advice (adapted):

http://matt.might.net/articles/tenure/

Best way to deal with problematic behaviour in teenage kids? Don't have teenage kids. Alternatively, try this:

http://www.funnyordie.com/articles/6...ur-problem-now



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You're far too generous. When I was a 12 year old my parents dragged me out of my room, yelled at me, and beat me with a stick until I did what I was told.

Unless the offence was computer related, at which point they'd beat me with a computer keyboard.

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If you meet one ore two assholes a day, they're the assholes - if everyone you meet is an asshole, it's probably you who is the asshole.

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What if the only asshole I meet all day is the one in the bathroom mirror?

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It means you are self-aware enough to recognise it, but not enough to want to do anything about it... ;)

As a well-known SF author once put it "The failure mode of 'clever' is 'asshole'".

Anyhoo, back on topic - here's hoping the OP's house meeting, and agreed outcomes, work.

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That implies every asshole can be "done something about". Not all assholism can be fixed y'know. Especially when it comes to teenage daughters.

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OK thanks for all the constructive advise I think this thread has served it's purpose now...

I am going to suggest it's locked now as I am not feeling the love any more

Mike

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