[DebbieCC]

My daughter needs her computer to do her homework but she socialises at the same time how do I stop this and how can I be sure she is doing her homework and not the other?

[DebbieCC]

By the way I am not a junior member, made a mistake when signing in. I clicked on High school because I thought it was the subject I was talking about. Whoops

[Curlyben]

What does she actually need to complete her homework on the computer ?

[cmeeks]

The social activities available online are a huge draw for us all and especially young users. Aside from the fact they wast time that could be better used elsewhere they are dangerous. The bad guys on the Internet are good at what they do and do present a real danger. Here are some ideas that may help make your child more productive with her homework and safer too.

1. Place the computer in a common area of the house where you or other adults can look over her shoulder to monitor her activities, no unsupervised computing.
2. Set out clear expectations, rules and consequences for misuse and stick to them.
3. Or deploy a content filtering device or service on the network to block sites and activities that you do not want to happen. in your home.

Having your router resolve DNS with a service like Open DNS would allow you to filter sites at the DNS level, however a user can set DNS on the computer they are using to another DNS server and circumvent tis unless you set u an account on the computer that dose not allow the user to make these changes.

[ITstudent2006]

I agree with Cmeeks as far as putting the PC in a general location.

Also determining what she needs and doesn't need is the next step. There are ways to block certain things as Cmeeks mentioned. THere are different ways to this. If this is something you're interested in then I am positive we can help you.

Sometimes this is less of a computer issue and more of a "hey, you don't do your work I ground you issue". Have you tried discussing the consequences if she doesn't do what she needs to do when she needs to do it. Let her know that youu can block these sites and if that is the case there blocked for good. Even when she's got freetime on the computer.

Let us know!