Silly me had all of them just using my account (oh, the damage they could do!) so I needed to do this from scratch for each of the three big kids. When you install Magic Desktop, you’ll need to set up a user account on Windows for each of your children. I found all of that and more with Magic Desktop. I wanted them to be able to do the things they needed to do, while keeping my file directory safe. I wanted the kids to still be able to go to class, and use programs installed on the computer, like Teaching Textbooks or learn to type software. When I started my search to find software that would make the computer safer for the kids (and the computer safer FOR the kids) I had a few features in mind: I wanted the kids to be able to access ONLY the websites I set as safe. I could find a way to block websites, but he still needs Google, and Google will bring him anywhere. I could change my workdays, so I am home when he has class, and ban computer usage when I am not home… but he has too many classes to make that work. It only took a couple of weeks before we realized that instead of working diligently, he was spending a decent chunk of the time I was away from home playing computer games, and even worse, he was simply Googling what he wanted to play, and was clicking on sites willy-nilly.ĭo you know what happens when a kid clicks on sites willy-nilly? Nothing good. But, he’s also trusting, and is still a nine-year-old boy. He’s trustworthy and honest most of the time. But, Bug is getting older, and this year, he has a handful of online classes he needs to attend whether or not I am home.Īnd this is where we started to have problems. The kids have awesome people looking out for them when I am not home, and workbooks and reading and other creative activities are easy to do when Mom isn’t around. In the past, this wouldn’t have been a huge issue. While I am still home much more than I am away, there are still a couple days a week where I need the kids to be working on their school assignments without me looking over their shoulders. Most of you know that I went back to work, which has made homeschooling a little more complicated than it has been in the past. This year has been full of changes for us.
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