No notions of family democracy or children’s liberation troubled Edwardian parents. An unwritten contract operated, much like that between master and servant. Parents provided food, clothing and shelter as best they could: in return, child owed respect and unquestioning obedience until they set up homes of their own. Parents of all classes equally demanded respect. A London packing-case maker recalled that he wanted his children to behave "in a deferential sort of a way, you know. We’ve got to be respected", and a Nottingham man put a typical view. "They were your father and mother--you respected them as mother and father, aye. "
Although providing for the family was primarily the parents’ job, they did not consider it wrong, in hard times, to ask the children to help. Many children did not need to be asked, but found their own pennies in the many ways then open to them before they left school: catching rats for two pence each, sellin
W: I am very concerned about my children’s online activities. How can I greatly minimize any potential risks of being online You know children need a certain amount of privacy.
M: Yes, they also need parental involvement and supervision in their daily lives. The same general parenting skills that apply to the "real world" also apply while online.
W: Then how can I take responsibility for my children’s online computer use
M: Make it a family rule. Never give out identifying information in public message such as chat or bulletin boards.
W: You mean home address, or telephone number
M: And school name. Be sure you’re dealing with someone that both you and your children know and trust before giving out this information via E-mail. Get to know the Internet and any services your child uses.
W: But I don’t know how to log on.
M: Have your children show you what he or she does online, and become fam
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