Is it a bad thing for a teen 16 yr old to have a computer in their room???

Question

with internet and all that etc.....

Answer 1

i dont think so...

Answer 2

Wow.That's A Tuffy. I Would Say Yes Because Of Porn,Pedifile.But No If You Have Parental Block On It. Just Ask Yourself. Do I Know My Teenager? Does She Tal kAbout Umature Things? If She's A Good Kid And You Know She Wouldn't Do That Stuff That No. Just From Time To Time Walk Into Their Room And See What Their Doing.Spying And Looking What's On The Computer Is The LAST Thing On Mind. You'll Lose Their Trust.Just Be Very Careful Of What She Does On The Computer Because Almost Everyone, And I Mean Everyone Has AIM Or An Myspace.

Just Be Awair Of That

Good Luck,
Jat Tay :]

Answer 3

I see nothing wrong with a 16 year old having a computer in his or her room. I have no problem with a 16 year old being on the internet in his or her room. I do have a problem with a 16 year old child being in his or her room on the internet unmonitored and unprotected. I have a home network for my girls at my house. I have a home security system at my house with cameras outside. I put just as much security on the internet as I do around my house. Everything anyont in my house does on the computer is monitored and filtered. I check the logs every week. If anything funny comes up I dig until I know exactly what it is. I talk to my girls about what they are doing on their computers regularly. They are very well aware of the fact that the Internet is monitored by dad. The filter alert screen says "NOT APPROVED BY DAD" whenever they do trip the filters. The Internet is a tool just like any other. Just like any other tool, it can be used for good or for bad. The slogan "Guns do not kill, people do" works for the internet as well. They are both just tools. It is how we use them which matters. You do not let a 16 year old have a knife in their room unmonitored, why the Internet ?

Answer 4

i think that there should be parental controls on it for the teens own safety cause there is a lot of trouble to get into through the Internet, you never know who you are talking to, it could be a 40 year old predator and you think you're talking to a 16 year old girl that knows exactly what you are going through so you plan to meet up then bam you a just another victim of the Internet, i have seen it happen and i can tell you my son will never have a computer in his own room we will always keep it in the family room or the office never in a place where we cant just walk by unnoticed to see what he is doing. Its not that i wouldn't trust my child i just don't trust other people in the world.

Answer 5

Sure.. I was online at 15, back when AOL was competing with Prodigy... and there was only like ½ million websites in existence. LOL
It's how I met my husband actually ;)
However.... don't let that be a deterrent. Talk with your kids, and be open to things they might want to tell you. I wasn't able to tell my folks about my boyfriend (husband now) because he was a bit older and online... so they didn't find out till like right before (1 day for my dad) that I was moving out to be with him, 2000 miles away. It would have made my life, as well as theirs, easier if they would have been open minded back then. I've been with him many years since then, married happily for almost 3 now.
The internet can be a great thing, particuarly in rural areas. But if you have no idea what's going on in your kids life, whether they have internet access or not is probably the least of your worries.

Answer 6

Yes it can be! No matter where the computer is you need to monitor what sites she is visiting. One of my daughters had a computer in her room for a while, until I found out that she was going to all kinds of chat rooms, telling all kinds of personal info about herself and even her phone number and address! We about went ballistic! We had several discussions about the dangers of all of that, as well as having her talk to an officer at the police station that deals with Internet crimes and child solicitors. I also had the computer moved to another place in the house that was far from private.
She needs to know that you are trying to protect her. She may not like it at first, but she will eventually thank you.

Answer 7

well you got the good and the bad stuff there. any teenager is gonna go to chat rooms and stuff like that have messenger and probably go to my space.com, but you can put a nanny patrol on the computer it locks out any site with adult material on it. the good thing is its out of the way of the living room area and in a quite place for them to study and online homework. but like i said get a password protected program for the system and you and the spouse only know the pass to log on. if you feel like you can trust them without the password and nanny patrol on there you can always check in the history on the computer and see where the sites was visited. try to stay away from web cams too many perves out there, and be careful on the messengers cause they can get to your kids on there also. teach them all the safe thing about the internet and the dangers also, here is a good site to teach them on. these are some goods sites to look over with your kid.

Answer 8

It really depends on the 16 year old. If the individual is responsible and knows the difference between right and wrong, and what their parents will allow, then it isn't really a bad thing. There are programs that parents can purchase that will block pornography and other things that they do not wish their child to exposed to. There are also loggers for instant messaging programs that will save their conversations onto the computer's hardrive. This way parents can be sure that their child isn't in contact with someone sketchy and they can be sure that they are not planning on meeting anyone.

Here is a link to one of the child safety internet programs:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8136117&type=product&productCategoryId=cat01143&id=1158322267252

Hope this helps!

Answer 9

In my house it was. My daughter didn't get a computer in her bedroom until she was able to pay for her own...she was 17...before that we had ONE computer for the two of us and it was in the kitchen. She got to be on it for an hour every day, sometimes longer if what she was doing was for school. I knew everything she did on the comp...didn't have "net nanny" or any "parental controls". I kept the internet connnection passworded and the only way she could get on the net was if I signed her on.
Computers in the bedrooms of minors is why we have to have shows like "To Catch A Preditor" nowadays.

Answer 10

No, as long as you have the parental controls on it. There is too much information on the net they can obtain, (besides the regular no-no's ie Porn, Violence, etc.), they THINK they're old enough to handle. Our teens now-a-days are a totally different breed. They think they're ready for the world and have no clue what they're getting into. ANYWAY :), the computer also gives them another world in which to learn new and different things. If you have parental controls and can firewall the bad sights, I say yes.
(OHHH, please make sure they know the basic functions of using a computer, or you'll be de-fragging every night) :)

Answer 11

Ive had a computer in my room since I was 8, Im now 13. The computer and internet helps alot with things your to embarressed to talk to anyone about