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Old July 14th, 2009, 09:05 PM   #1
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I've had Parental Controls on my account ever since we got our new computer in December. At first it wasn't much of a problem for me. No sites were blocked off, since my dad knew I didn't go on the bad sites and I was free to download (sort of) anything I wanted to.

Then a couple months ago, my dad found out he can enable time limits and control when I could use the computer. When I come back home on the last day of school, I was hoping I could go on whenever I want to, but when he sees my report card, he goes onto the computer and blocks off more time than he did during the school year. Which I don't get because this trimester was probably my best one (all As and a B)

Now everyday I can only go on until nine, which is totally stupid, since I don't have any school, and I can't go on the computer until one (well, he said he might change that). I also can't go on from six to eight for some reason, and I have to share the computer with my sister, so the amount of time I get is very limited now.

Does anyone know any good excuses or how to convince my dad to get more time on the computer? I've been studying more like he wanted me to and I even finished my summer project the first two weeks of vacation. So far, nothing I've said or done helped.

I just hate being shut off in the middle of a conversation with my friend or when I'm doing something important. I'm also on the verge of retiring from the staff, because I don't think I'll be any help at this point, due to the limited amount of time I had(Parental Controls wasn't much of a problem when I joined) .

I'm not very good at convincing other people, so some help would be really nice. I never got why Indian parents are always so strict.

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Old July 14th, 2009, 10:02 PM   #2
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Ouch, that's clearly harsh. Not sure what you can do, other than to just live with it.

Maybe try to talk to him saying that you are responsible enough to be able to go on whenever you want.
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Old July 14th, 2009, 10:13 PM   #3
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Wow that's really stupid he's limiting it so much. Just try to convince your dad that you're responisble enough to limit your time on the computer. With my dad a thing that worked for me in the school year was that 15 minutes of studying/homework= 30 minutes of computer
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Old July 14th, 2009, 10:15 PM   #4
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Ask him. Make him give you a reason why you cant go on. He might see that his methods arnt helping anything.
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Old July 14th, 2009, 10:17 PM   #5
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My father once blocked me entirely from a few sites, so my answer was to hack my way out of it.

Very simple on some sites, but seeing as you're being blocked from the computer itself, I'd say resort to blackmail.

Or just attempt to appeal to logic.
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Old July 14th, 2009, 10:20 PM   #6
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Ugh, strict parents.

I'd go with what Lycanthrope said. Tell of how you're responsible. I'm gonna guess that you're the older sister so I'd add in the fact that since you're older you deserve more freedom on the computer (gosh that sounds like something about curfews). You got all As and a tiny B plus finished a project early. You've done your best and made sure that you got something done ahead of time so that you're ready for school. It seems like you'd be on the honor roll.

Other than that, I don't know what else you could do. Save up some money to buy a laptop but that's gonna take a long time. Just going to have to put up with it for a while unfortunately.
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Old July 14th, 2009, 10:22 PM   #7
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How long does your sister get on the internet?
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Old July 14th, 2009, 10:29 PM   #8
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Just go onto your dad's computer and "hack" your time to what you want it to be.
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Old July 14th, 2009, 10:35 PM   #9
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If it is a Windows Vista that you are using this is very easy to get around. I don't know what you are using so I don't know how to help you much. Did you try to tell your parents taht you are actually a staff member on a big site? Well if you are using Vista you can "reset" the system, which resets everything and all(including the Parental times to zero a.k.a no time limit) If you are a PC gamer this will reset all of your game files and stuff as well, I don't know if you are or not. That should work, if you have Vista, XP, I have no idea.
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Old July 14th, 2009, 10:36 PM   #10
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Just go onto your dad's computer and "hack" your time to what you want it to be.
Better yet remove the restrictions altogether; shit's easy.
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Old July 14th, 2009, 10:38 PM   #11
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If you hack it thoguh it'll be hard for her dad not to find out about it
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Old July 14th, 2009, 11:06 PM   #12
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I can understand your Dad's point of view, actually. It's never too healthy to spend too much time at the computer, and parents completely exaggerate the perils of the internet.

As others have said, explain that you want become responsible and mature, and you think being able to manage your time, and making decisions yourself will be beneficial to the process of growing up.

You said that you don't like your access being restricted when in the middle of something "important". If it is something truly important, then you should be able to explain that to your father.

Make it clear that using the computer is useful, a great way of keeping in touch with friends, a great resource of information...etc etc.
Also, stress that going on the computer won't hinder your life in any way (if you believe it to be so), as I'm sure your father is concerned that it may waste your time, and often people are less responsive and animated in ordinary life if they've been sitting in front of a computer screen.
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Old July 14th, 2009, 11:14 PM   #13
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Just go onto your dad's computer and "hack" your time to what you want it to be.
Hacked into his computer a couple times, but my dad found out and changed it back the next day
I get his password every Friday, but he checks the time limits after I go on, so it's pretty pointless.
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How long does your sister get on the internet?
About same time as me, I get a little more time, since I'm older.
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Other than that, I don't know what else you could do. Save up some money to buy a laptop but that's gonna take a long time. Just going to have to put up with it for a while unfortunately.
This is what I'm going right now.
But I fear that my dad would put time limits on that, too.
He says he'll buy me one at the end of summer but knowing him...I doubt.
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If it is a Windows Vista that you are using this is very easy to get around. I don't know what you are using so I don't know how to help you much. Did you try to tell your parents taht you are actually a staff member on a big site? Well if you are using Vista you can "reset" the system, which resets everything and all(including the Parental times to zero a.k.a no time limit) If you are a PC gamer this will reset all of your game files and stuff as well, I don't know if you are or not. That should work, if you have Vista, XP, I have no idea.
Telling them I'm on staff on a site could work. Thanks.
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You said that you don't like your access being restricted when in the middle of something "important". If it is something truly important, then you should be able to explain that to your father.
I've been shut off while typing content for the staff and a couple times typing my summer project.
My dad's excuse would be just periodically save your work though, and it won't be a problem.
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Old July 15th, 2009, 01:03 AM   #14
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Getting shut off in the middle of a project is rough. I would bring that up a lot. When it happens you probably lose your train of thought entirely.
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Go out of the house more. Your dad will see that your not as much of a nerd that he thought you were and will take that limit of as quick as a jiffy.

O wait
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