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<blockquote data-quote="PowerBookG4" data-source="post: 237252" data-attributes="member: 8394"><p>Although the open room idea works, I will tell you from experience.. when I try to do my homework or research or something else that I need quiet for, I go upstairs to my room, or down to my edit suite in my basement to use that computer. I do not like people around me when I am doing work due to noise and just plain people bothering me. I will assume your kid will be less productive with his homework if there is alot of distraction... I would also not block him out of the internet at a certain time. I would how ever block sites because that is a good idea to do that, but working online at night is very important for extremely hard projects, labs, etc. I know hes only 12 but 12 years old is 7th grade and 7th grade is where it all starts.. I agree to block sites though through a filter and have a password where he can ask you to log him into a site after he asks you to type it in for him. </p><p></p><p>Just my 2 cents but I think being a kid (just graduated high school) gives me some insight to the work that has to be done, not just the fun part of having a computer in your room, and why its there and not down stairs. Be strict, but if it has to do with school let go on later.. that is probably one of my only regrets, I always went to bed early even when I should have stayed up and finished the homework that I started. Passing on the regrets to you so your kid does not have the same ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PowerBookG4, post: 237252, member: 8394"] Although the open room idea works, I will tell you from experience.. when I try to do my homework or research or something else that I need quiet for, I go upstairs to my room, or down to my edit suite in my basement to use that computer. I do not like people around me when I am doing work due to noise and just plain people bothering me. I will assume your kid will be less productive with his homework if there is alot of distraction... I would also not block him out of the internet at a certain time. I would how ever block sites because that is a good idea to do that, but working online at night is very important for extremely hard projects, labs, etc. I know hes only 12 but 12 years old is 7th grade and 7th grade is where it all starts.. I agree to block sites though through a filter and have a password where he can ask you to log him into a site after he asks you to type it in for him. Just my 2 cents but I think being a kid (just graduated high school) gives me some insight to the work that has to be done, not just the fun part of having a computer in your room, and why its there and not down stairs. Be strict, but if it has to do with school let go on later.. that is probably one of my only regrets, I always went to bed early even when I should have stayed up and finished the homework that I started. Passing on the regrets to you so your kid does not have the same ones. [/QUOTE]
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