My step dad resently gournded me from the computer ( i'm on the school computer currently) and he did this because I had my HOMEWORK written on arm. Any chat site including msn, msn messenger have been perminently blocked from my computer so that I cannot access them ever again ( on that computer) a site to be added to the list of untouchables... HIPFORUMS!!! Because of all of the awful awful things that the kids get up to on this site <sarcasm> I am banned from it. Sooo here's my question to you.. Does sheltering your children to the extent that they canot have full access to the internet or write their homwork on their arm, infact protect your child or does it just cause them to find ulternative ways of getting what they want? I'm not dealing herion to 5 years olds here, i'm writting "SS paragraph" on my hand...so what do you think.. a little space here and there or tight ass parenting?
I think it's something best discussed with your parents, than with random internet people as your "backup" I've also heard from a few different sources that the step-parent as the disciplinarian rarely works. Does your mom at least back him up on this? Do some research, get some real facts, some sort of proof. Documentable sources, not just the opinions of some people who haven't lived your life or tried to be your parents.
A good friend of mine did something stupid once... We were sophs and had a speech class with many seniors. One was this really big skater guy. We had a film during class one day and we watched it in the dark. Well, the skater guy fell asleep at his desk so my friend wrote "Kiss me, I smell" on his arm. When the guy woke up and saw it he punched my friend so hard he flew out of his chair! All in the middle of this instructional video. I have no idea what this has to do with anything other than the writing on arms thing... BUT, to answer your question, the arm writing thing, I don't get what the big deal is there. If your internet useage is interfering with your homework then I think limiting that is a good idea. I do agree though that all this stuff does is make the older kids use some ingenuity to find ways around it all. And it can be done!
uhhh, and you say you aren't talking about yourself? eh? alright, generally speaking then, it's something that should be discussed with the three people involved, and the opinions of random people will have no bearing or leverage for any of hte parties, at least no positive effect.
Your parents, or step father atleast, sounds quit a bit like my parents. My mom used to get unbelievably upset with if I let somebody draw on my hand or something like that. I'm guessing you're an only or oldest child here. Stupid as it may sound, just suck it back, and listen to your parents. They're just trying to do what they feel is best for you in the long run. I know how frustrating it can be, believe me. I was 16 years old with a 9:00pm curfew for the longest time. When I was 15, I had a bedtime of like 9:30 :& I hated it, and I hated my parents for it. I fought them every chance I got, and in the end, most of it wasn't worth it. You're 16 years old. Deal with it for a couple of years, and when you're 18, you're free to move out on your own and make your own rules. Although, I think you'll find out later on that much of what your parents wanted from you, while silly, wasn't that unreasonable.
