Dilemma – Facebook or bust (UPDATED Oct 2010)

Updated: Son is still 12 and now in Year 8. Grounded for 2 weeks (nothing major) but the issue remains. His entire homework delivery system is guided towards internet connected computers (love that, great stuff) but blocking facebook and other social media he uses (and when pressed he will use them all), also tends to knock out YouTube and other homework-useful sites.

If anyone has any ideas I would greatly appreciate it.

PS VERY proud its been almost 5 months since last grounding!

This is a dilemma.

I have a 12 year old boy who sometimes needs calming (as I call it) or ‘grounding’ he says.

Now, part of his social world is his ‘town’, ‘phone’ and

It’s pretty easy to ground both town and phone. For the former. He has to hang out with his Dad doing ‘crap Dad stuff’ like trying to work Word Press or gardening or even (excitedly) shooting baskets.

His phone goes in my pocket and that’s it.

So, do I ban him from ?

He is online with homework set online (mymath). He has 3 independent learning tasks per half term most of which require internent involvement (research/presi/wordle). He learns his bass chords online and youtube provides his stance for bass.

So, when grounded should Ewan have to give up the internet (and)

or should I find an alternative?

I just don’t know.

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