DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING?
By Kandase
@Kandae11 (53679)
October 6, 2017 2:11pm CST
A little over a week ago, a WhatsApp contact of mine sent me a video which I found rather disturbing - cruel, vile and disgusting to say the least. I deleted it along with the particulars of that whatsapp contact who happened to be a business associate of mine. I must admit I do not know him that well but I was shocked and disappointed that he would send me such a video.
After being unwilling exposed to the very dark side of the internet, I am wondering how well parents monitor what sites their children visit - is it even possible. If what I saw is an example of what can be seen with the click of a button - then it is no surprise that violence is on the increase and the moral fabric of society is rapidly decaying.
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15 responses
@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
6 Oct 17
I know a few parents that won't let their kids on the internet without parental supervision.
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@snowy22315 (169888)
• United States
6 Oct 17
I would report it to Whatsapp. They may not know what is being bandied about in the guise of entertainment.
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@sabtraversa (12914)
• Italy
6 Oct 17
I think there should be a minimum age for children to use the internet.
Unless they're hyper-supervised, because of a school project, for example.
I got my first laptop with internet access when I was 12 or 13, and yes, some things are unavoidable.
Some pictures or videos can be shocking, but what worries me the most are the strangers with bad intentions a child can find. Well, a good amount of trust and dialogue towards parents really helps.
Stranger says: Don't tell mum.
*runs to tell mum*
That was me back then. 
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
7 Oct 17
When my kids were young we only had one computer and it was in my dining room. so I always knew what they were looking at. These days they are grown so who knows what they look at lol.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
7 Oct 17
@Kandae11 Nope I don't even want to know what they are doing online
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@Kandae11 (53679)
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7 Oct 17
@fishtiger58 Its best not to. For the last two years my son has been living on his own in the city, I tried to train him well, so whatever he does now is up to him.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
6 Oct 17
So true. Some friends I used to have had... weird and disturbing taste in humor to say the least. :( Sorry you got exposed to that. -- no kids here and no plans to have them as far as that goes
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
6 Oct 17
@Kandae11 LOl. People keep saying. I've even given up on wanting to date any more. Fairly sure the feelings about kids won't change, but one never knows
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
6 Oct 17
It is scary what children are exposed to. My DIL was letting her daughter (4 in December) watch videos while she combed out her wet hair after a bath and all of a sudden there was something disgusting on it. She grabbed it quickly and it was from a YouTube kids site, supposedly with vids aimed at kids. I won't say what it was but it was awful and very sick. It wasn't on long enough for my granddaughter to get a good look but now her mom pre-loads videos and music onto a certain place on her phone and locks up everything else.
What a shame we have to do this but there are so many sick people in the world.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
7 Oct 17
This business associate obviously does not know you well and now you have reason to not want to get to know him too well. It is disturbing to know and at times see what's out in this world.
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@LeaPea2417 (36434)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7 Oct 17
At one time when my kids were young, we put a certain block on where they could visit online. I forget now the name of the "lock system".
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
7 Oct 17
Thankfully I don't have children, because this world today is hair raising. But I have received some disturbing videos, also deleted them and told the people who sent them that they need serious help and deleted them too. Sorry that happened to you. All we can do is be grateful for the delete button and hope that most of the people we know are decent and don't send disturbing videos or images.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
7 Oct 17
I don't think a lot of parents even pay attention @Kandae11 . They might use Parental Blocking for the TV but forget about what the computer has on it.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
6 Oct 17
That's the negative side of the internet; the gruesome, violent things that even children can see and think are just right. So saddening.
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@craftsmart (265)
• United States
6 Oct 17
Yeah, I agree. It's horrifying some things that kids are discovering. I'm young and I'm not thinking of having kids in the next 10-15 yrs but I have no idea how it'll be then and how hard I'll have to work to manage/sensor things! It's a headache just thinking about it!
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
9 Oct 17
Parents should install Netflix kids if they want their kids to watch something on their tablet instead of Youtube because Youtube have those Spiderman Elsa videos. Try to search Spiderman Elsa and watch one of those videos and see how inappropriate they are.
