how to turn off internet every day at midnight

bcham said:
the router schedule did not work. still playing after 12pm on steam dayz game.so i unplugged the modem and kept the plug in my bedroom. this morning he still would not get up.i had to drag him out of bed.under protest. i feel like kicking him out.
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As I said earlier you need to start using account control with passwords on the PC that he can't get around. I have an severely autistic child that tries to get around any blocks to access the internet and has a lot of behavioral problems. It can be done effectively.
 
fornowagain said:
As I said earlier you need to start using account control with passwords on the PC that he can't get around. I have an severely autistic child that tries to get around any blocks to access the internet and has a lot of behavioral problems. It can be done effectively.
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sounds good but is there any instructions as what to do.
 
which router do you have. you said D-link i think. let me know which one and I will see if there is other settings you can change to lock him out. Is he on a wired connection or wifi connection.

I had to do this with my daughter watching youtube videos all night long. she has an iphone and ipad on a guest network which goes off early each night and she has a child account on the windows machines which I lock down. she soon learnt what was allowed and now I am a bit more relaxed with her at weekends as I know she will not take the P**s. but I had to follow through with my threats to remove devices and got a lot of but please back at me. or I need to see if my friend has contacted me.

Stick to your guns. It is the only way to do it.
 
ExRayTed said:
I've had this with both my sons.

The first thing to know is there is no such thing as fair

By that I mean do not allow your decision making to be clouded by his teenaged perception of what is fair

I gave my sons an ultimatum - off the internet by midnight or there would be repercussions. They did not comply. I removed both of their hard drives.

'It's not fair!' they cried, 'You can't do that!' they cried. I told them I couldn't care less.

Two days later they promised to comply. They got their drives back with the promise that other luxuries such as electricity would be removed if they did not comply in the future.

This is basic discipline. Give him a boundary and what will occur if it is not met. Then carry out the threat if he does not comply with your wishes
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This ^ is good parenting.

Changing the wifi timing schedule isn't

Ted's story put the responsibility on the kids to be sensible, the wifi settings option just forces compliance. An important difference.

The wifi thing is also pretty passive-aggressive. Just front up and deal with it
 
abarrass said:
which router do you have. you said D-link i think. let me know which one and I will see if there is other settings you can change to lock him out. Is he on a wired connection or wifi connection.

I had to do this with my daughter watching youtube videos all night long. she has an iphone and ipad on a guest network which goes off early each night and she has a child account on the windows machines which I lock down. she soon learnt what was allowed and now I am a bit more relaxed with her at weekends as I know she will not take the P**s. but I had to follow through with my threats to remove devices and got a lot of but please back at me. or I need to see if my friend has contacted me.

Stick to your guns. It is the only way to do it.
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i have the D-link dir-615 d . and its a wired connection thanks
 
cheesyboy said:
This ^ is good parenting.

Changing the wifi timing schedule isn't

Ted's story put the responsibility on the kids to be sensible, the wifi settings option just forces compliance. An important difference.

The wifi thing is also pretty passive-aggressive. Just front up and deal with it
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you dont know what hes like.dont you think ive tried.
 
My father in law, his old house all the rooms had there own fuse at the electric box
Come 10 at night he would start flicking the fuse off, after he son's ps3 got hard drive errors he soon stopped playing later than 10pm haha
 
bcham said:
you dont know what hes like.dont you think ive tried.
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Just ignore all the people who tell you to man up and deal with, half of the people commenting probably dont have children.

I dont understand these forums sometimes. You come on here asking for advice and people seem to turn on the OP :confused: Cut the guy some slack, he doesnt know what else to do.

Id maybe go for the parental controls on the PC as already mentioned, unplugging / plugging the router in in every night and morning maybe become a bit tiresome! :p
 
bcham said:
windows 8.1
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Easy then. First go to user accounts make sure your main account is administrator, should be if it's the only one. Add a password and/or pin to your account. Reboot and make sure it boots to your admin login. Pretty easy after that, basically you add a child's account with a password. Then turn on family safety and set limits, curfew, monitoring, downloading, web filtering, allowed apps etc.

All can be set from the Microsoft account login > https://login.live.com/ or locally. You should have a Microsoft live or outlook account, if not just create one. Make sure you verify your MS account on the 8.1 settings page

I'd used the online monitoring it has more functions and creates reports etc. It works really well and can't be bypassed as long as you keep you admin password/account secure. Little tip from a parent of a very devious child, setup the screensaver so after sitting idle for a few minutes it only awakens to your login, same for suspend/hibernate. Stops the child getting into your account when you're distracted and making their own account admin so they can turn the parent controls off!

Read this > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/family-safety


Once you have it working, the child will get a warning that they only have so much time remaining before they get locked out and when access will be restored. They can also make requests to add apps, approval for specific websites or ask for extra time.

Oh, and put a password on your bios login to stop him changing the boot order.
 
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God reminds me of when I was 16 I had a hidden ps1 a hidden keyboard and a hidden old pc all cus my mum would ban it all the time and then go out on a Saturday night thinking I was just watching tv lol.
 
fornowagain said:
Easy then. First go to user accounts make sure your main account is administrator, should be if it's the only one. Add a password and/or pin to your account. Reboot and make sure it boots to your admin login. Pretty easy after that, basically you add a child's account with a password. Then turn on family safety and set limits, curfew, monitoring, downloading, web filtering, allowed apps etc.

All can be set from the Microsoft account login > https://login.live.com/ or locally. You should have a Microsoft live or outlook account, if not just create one. Make sure you verify your MS account on the 8.1 settings page

I'd used the online monitoring it has more functions and creates reports etc. It works really well and can't be bypassed as long as you keep you admin password/account secure. Little tip from a parent of a very devious child, setup the screensaver so after sitting idle for a few minutes it only awakens to your login, same for suspend/hibernate. Stops the child getting into your account when you're distracted and making their own account admin so they can turn the parent controls off!

Read this > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/family-safety


Once you have it working, the child will get a warning that they only have so much time remaining before they get locked out and when access will be restored. They can also make requests to add apps, approval for specific websites or ask for extra time.
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nice one.thanks.
 
HAz said:
God reminds me of when I was 16 I had a hidden ps1 a hidden keyboard and a hidden old pc all cus my mum would ban it all the time and then go out on a Saturday night thinking I was just watching tv lol.
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She knew exactly what she was doing as she knew you'd be sat at home playing games rather than going out and getting into trouble.
 
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