https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:44:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1983260 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:44:21 +0000 Dandelion 1983260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D is getting a tablet for Christmas. I already have the parental controls loaded onto it. For now, I think it's safe for him to keep in gis room (cause of M mostly), but I'll continue to monitor and adjust the limits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1982146 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:56:46 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1982146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When she's older. When I was in highschool, using a laptop in my room to do my homework was a lifesaver. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1982049 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:15:23 +0000 pinkb 1982049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We saved our old desktop Mac for the kids. We were gong to put it in LO's room but now that # 2 is on the way we will just put it out in one of the common areas in a year or 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1982011 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:00:35 +0000 TheReelDeal 1982011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When she is young, no, there will always be set limits on exposure to laptops/tablets. As a teenage I think personal laptops/tablets/cell phones have to be used as a teaching device. I don't want her to think she is "supposed" to have this stuff because she was born, but she has to earn the privilege to have them and maintain good grades and good behavior to keep them. I would like to believe that I can "control" what she does on the devices but being a teenager once I know that I can't and where there's a will there's a way, as a PP said. I can only hope to provide her with the tools to make good decisions, while monitoring her for signs she could be doing something wrong. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981939 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:22:50 +0000 mediagirl 1981939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Computers in common area. When she goes to bed for the night, we get whatever else she has (phone, tablet, etc). All devices will be monitored and reviewed after she hands them over, until she turns 18. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981936 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:20:24 +0000 mrsjyw 1981936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Common area only! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981862 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:37:45 +0000 Mamaof2 1981862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope and no TVs either.</p> <p>My sisters kids have TV's, computers, game systems in their room and she never sees them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981859 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:36:40 +0000 ShootingStar 1981859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably one day as an older teenager. We can't keep them from it forever, at 18 they'll go to college and have free reign to everything. I'd rather teach them along the way and gradually give age appropriate freedom.</p> <p>We will likely have a technology curfew, and we will put some sort of parental tracking software on their computer. I plan to be upfront about the fact that we will be able to know what they're doing, and that will have all their passwords. As they get older and build trust they can have more privacy and privileges. </p> <p>DH and I both work in software and we have a very heavily tech-y household. Technology is important to us and it's important that our kids are fluent in it. And we'll have to do the best we can to teach and protect them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981856 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:36:08 +0000 Synchronicity 1981856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really have no idea. Technology will look completely different by then, so that will be something that we have to deal with when the time comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981851 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:34:36 +0000 JennyG 1981851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never, but I'm sure by then (LO is only 16 months) there will continue to be new devices. However, there will be a strict rule on when devices need to be off. I'm sure once they're in high school it will be much harder to monitor, but I plan to try my best. I certainly want all their passwords to EVERYTHING. If you don't want me to see it, don't do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981849 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:33:06 +0000 swurlygurl 1981849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably. Technology is only going to get more common and advanced. I had a computer in my room growing up and loved it. There will be rules, and my kids will be sharing a room until High School which will hopefully curb any internet secrecy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981838 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:27:25 +0000 Sunshine1810 1981838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents had our computer in a common area and I suspect we will be the same way. When I was in high school, IMing friends was just starting to be a thing (AOL) and that made them nervous. That said, who knows what technology will be like at that point! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981832 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:26:07 +0000 autumnlove 1981832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dunno yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981828 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:24:15 +0000 Tanjowen 1981828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a no technology rule in our own bedroom, so it will definitely extend to our LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981743 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:22:27 +0000 meredithNYC 1981743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981684 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 07:21:44 +0000 looch 1981684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we'll probably allow a computer in the bedroom, it doesn't mean that it won't be monitored/controlled. We will likely configure it so that the internet access is turned off at a certain point in the evening and we will monitor activity.</p> <p>As for other technology, we will also allow it when it is appropriate, also monitored. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981663 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 05:36:24 +0000 erinpye 1981663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have mixed feelings on this and am adopting a wait and see approach. They'll need it for homework, period, and some people (me!) need quiet and space away from others to concentrate. I also feel that no amount of monitoring is going to allow me to have 100% control over what my child accesses on the Internet. There are school computers, library computers, friend's computers, family member's computers, and then all those people will also have phones/ tablets, etc. Does it mean I won't try to create the safest environment possible? No. But I also feel strongly they'll need some trust and space in an area I will never be able to control or keep from them. Common area? Maybe. Maybe a laptop that "lives" in a common area, but can be taken to a quiet place to work. I'll cross that bridge when we come to it, and by then who knows what technology will look like and how much easier it will be to access? My husband works in the app building world and knows a great deal about tech. I'm sure he'll set up some types of parental controls at least on our own devices. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981652 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 05:13:44 +0000 Ree723 1981652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No way - common areas only and no phones or tablets in the bedroom at night! The internet is not a place I want my children wandering around unsupervised.., </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981643 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:52:06 +0000 lamariniere 1981643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't thought about it yet...but my DH is an IT guy, so I think he could set it up so that the LOs can only access specific sites. Either way, I would definitely want to impose time limits on computer use if it isn't strictly for school work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981627 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:45:02 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1981627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope - common area only. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981624 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:42:34 +0000 SweetMamaM 1981624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As a high school teacher, that's a big hell no to electronics behind closed doors - have heard of far too many negative consequences to let that happen. We'll also have the electronic curfew, like @Mrs. Garland: was talking about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981555 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:05:48 +0000 pui 1981555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a shared family computer in a common area when I was a very young child. I only got my own laptop when I was in college... I don't know exactly what will end up happening with my own kids, who knows what will be appropriate by the time my baby is a teenager. If my kid was old enough to be using a computer now, I would do the same thing I grew up with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981548 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:59:13 +0000 birdofafeather 1981548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>man, i haven't even thought about it. i didn't have my own computer until i went to college! every computer in either my parents' or my friends' parents' homes were either in a living room or study. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981367 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:55:35 +0000 avivoca 1981367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely not. Computers and tablets will only be allowed in common areas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981365 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:54:56 +0000 jedeve 1981365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No computers in their rooms!! Phones will be turned in nightly. I can't really imagine buying kids their own tablets or computers but maybe things will be different in ten years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981347 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:49:07 +0000 catomd00 1981347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely not! There will be nothing with Internet access behind closed doors! A teen in our area was recently abducted by a man from a few states away that she met online, so I'm even more freaked out by this then I usually am since it happened so close to home! </p> <p>Then there's the whole cyber bullying thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981311 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:40:13 +0000 regberadaisy 1981311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope - I imagine cyber bullying and such to only get worse. We'll have a open communal computer (really, we know it'll be a laptop) area. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981306 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:39:35 +0000 Mrs. Coral 1981306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. Over my dead body. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981305 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:38:59 +0000 Mrs. Garland 1981305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As of now our plan is to have a computer in a common room, and phones, tables, etc. will be "turned in" at the end of the night each night. Of course, we have at least a decade or so before this becomes an issue, so there's no telling what technology will look like then! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-your-kids-eventually-have-a-computer-in-their-bedrooms#post-1981301 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:37:07 +0000 blackbird 1981301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hell no computers in their room. Earplugs maybe. I want eyes on what they're seeing </p>