Need way to keep Teenager off Facebook, but still use CPU for Homework

[cbelt3]

++graylocks.
But... The friend and post baby pictures and embarrassing childhood tales ... Almost too evil. ... Almost

[Carm]

+1 Open DNS... Also I have two routers. His and Mine. I can disconnect and stash his if I need too.

[Speedy]

LOL!

particleman wrote:
Invite an Army recruiter over to the house.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....you may need to FACE facts that in this day and age......it isn't doable.....??

[pinion]

I have to throw my vote in for opendns, I have mine configured at the router.

[decay]

mattkime wrote:
simply friend them on facebook and post a lot

^

THIS.

[graylocks]

pinion wrote:
I have to throw my vote in for opendns, I have mine configured at the router.

yes but do realize that anyone with admin privileges can change the DNS servers on a computer and that will bypass the OpenDNS ones set at the router level. it's how mom could visit Facebook on her computer while sonny boy couldn't on his.

[pinion]

graylocks wrote:
[quote=pinion]
I have to throw my vote in for opendns, I have mine configured at the router.

yes but do realize that anyone with admin privileges can change the DNS servers on a computer and that will bypass the OpenDNS ones set at the router level. it's how mom could visit Facebook on her computer while sonny boy couldn't on his.
Why would you give a child admin privileges?

[pinion]

Just ran across this from a few weeks ago, I think it will certainly help.

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/09/17/mac-101-r...eb-access/

[graylocks]

pinion wrote:

Why would you give a child admin privileges?

a child, no. a teen, possibly, especially when technically it's their computer. his computer or not, my son DID NOT have admin privileges on it when in high school. galled him to no end but i needed to keep the lid on illegal downloads in addition to study time stealing activities like Facebook and YouTube.