Hi, This seems to be a popular subject lately, including places that are closer to home... My 8 year old desperately wants to join in the fun, but daddy (me) can't think of anything else to say but "go clean your room or go bug your sisters or something... we'll talk when you're 40 !" ;) . But, kids are resourceful, and will figure out a way to quench their thirst to "fit in"... The reasons for not letting her in are obvious, and even though technically "not allowed", they will do it anyways... even at school (other kids with means and an iPhone and not that rare anymore)
So here's my idea and was looking for a kick start... I was thinking, if i can't win on this one (which I won't, again kids way too resourceful), I may as well try to join them (and keep some sort of control). Would someone have something (some code, a model, a sketch (a ready made app :) ), etc...) that could help me get her & friends setup on a private social thing of their own? To some sort of basic app, I would like apply to some VERY secure features (the kind of security that would allow me to sleep at night), where registering is impossible (must be invited, with obviously some routing ability to daddy's email (and invitee's parents') :) ) and the account is created for them), have some sort of overding parental control, enable a "i_am_still_in_charge" group for parents, some sort of proxy service for email (i had to remove her email privileges, not her fault really, but had to anyways) and things like that... but to get to there, I was hoping to... dare I say it? yeah, use someone else's code if some available :) - by the time I get to it, ... HTML 6 will probably be well over my head ;) I think it is sad to need to go to that length, but after seeing what happens first hand the type of scary stuff that kids get exposed to, its my one and only compromise to my daughter & her few friends (wether they like it or not). Kids (my daughter specifically) has been my first focus with web2py (that's a way different story) and maybe out of this, a community of young web2py fans could emerge :) - BTW - when explained at their level, kids that age do have the ability to learn about technology and as it turns out, they can be pretty handy (sometimes way too handy)... Can anyone help with ? :) Thanks, Mart :)
