my 16 year old son is constantly is playing on line games in the early hours, on school days.how can i turn his internet off at midnight .through my computer.if i unplug the router he just sneaks back in to the room with the router and turns it back on.im at my wits end.is there any easy software i could install on my pc so i can turn it off.
how to turn off internet every day at midnight
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Without questioning your parenting too much. Shouldn't you be telling them when they can and cant be on the internet? If they 'disobey' your instructions then you should discipline in some way? Rather than, what it appears to be, that your son is ruling the roost regardless of what you do or say?
If you can install Tomato firmware on your router you can schedule turning WiFi or access to the internet on and off, you can also make it apply it to certain computers/devices.
e.g. http://www.howtogeek.com/67943/5-tips-for-getting-the-most-out-of-your-tomato-router/
Only works if your router can be flashed with Tomato though. Not sure but I imagine dd wrt will have similar functionality.
e.g. http://www.howtogeek.com/67943/5-tips-for-getting-the-most-out-of-your-tomato-router/
Only works if your router can be flashed with Tomato though. Not sure but I imagine dd wrt will have similar functionality.
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Take his computer off him if he continues to ignore your demands. It ain't exactly rocket science.
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, exactly.
And your warning/threat shouldn't simply be "I'll unplug the router". You go that extra step like ExRayTed did -- hard drive out, RAM out etc. Something like that, so he can't even use the machine let alone the internet.
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What's the OS? Install 'Microsoft Family Safety', which is free. Then create him a standard childs login account, as well as your own admin account. Then you can set his login with curfew hours and time online. As well as monitoring internet access and limit the (types) sites visited.
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I used to have the same problem. I ended up changing the password on the router to one only I know and setting a schedule in my Netgear router settings to turn off wireless access after 11:30PM until 6AM Sunday night to Thursday night which suits everyone else in the house apart from the noise maker, but only he (initially) kicked up a fuss about it. So he can still stay up late on a Friday and Saturday night, but I think doing this made him realise he's annoying in doing so because he hasn't stayed up that late since. The noise maker is my dad's girlfriend's son on his Xbox so I assume setting times in the router is the only option.
Difference is I'm not a parent and I'm 23, but I have to be up and moving at 6AM and was fed up of being kept awake until 2AM. I do plan on moving out soon though so I'll default the settings and he can become a problem for everyone else after that
Difference is I'm not a parent and I'm 23, but I have to be up and moving at 6AM and was fed up of being kept awake until 2AM. I do plan on moving out soon though so I'll default the settings and he can become a problem for everyone else after that
Overkill but gets the job done! Very simple to follow 
He'll probably find a way around it. When my parents used to turn the router off I used mobile tethering.
Then you get your tv/monitor confiscated for a week.
I really wouldn't try to block or use any software or anything.
No offence, but just straight up telling him what's what should be the way to go.
And like people have said, give him repercussions if he doesn't cooperate.
I think the hard drive was a good idea.
I'm no Dad, but I bet it's hard finding the balance in teaching your kids discipline & respect or pushing them away too far by being over the top.
No offence, but just straight up telling him what's what should be the way to go.
And like people have said, give him repercussions if he doesn't cooperate.
I think the hard drive was a good idea.
I'm no Dad, but I bet it's hard finding the balance in teaching your kids discipline & respect or pushing them away too far by being over the top.
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1) set a script on the pc t o shut it down past a set time?
2) Move PC into the Living room
3) what kind of parental controls does your isp supply?
4) block his mac address on a schedule usually built in to the router.
5) get a copy of tehe games hes playing and pwn him then advetise to all his school mates how superior you are?
6) Confiscate PC/Laptop after a set time.
he may not like it but set the rules firm, when hes out in the real world there are rules need to apply, and some harsh penalties better to learn this young rather than late in life.
2) Move PC into the Living room
3) what kind of parental controls does your isp supply?
4) block his mac address on a schedule usually built in to the router.
5) get a copy of tehe games hes playing and pwn him then advetise to all his school mates how superior you are?
6) Confiscate PC/Laptop after a set time.
he may not like it but set the rules firm, when hes out in the real world there are rules need to apply, and some harsh penalties better to learn this young rather than late in life.