This is an old post that I had in my previous blog that got deleted :(. Many people have requested for a copy so I am posting it again.

The last couple of days I have been thinking a lot about this topic simply because it is this week’s debating topic for my second daughter, it was also an article in a family magazine that I receive monthly called Perspective, and finally I made a comment in a blog posting on this very same topic.

This topic, I am sure has been discussed, blogged, commented on a lot of times and what I will say is nothing new and at the same time I know that I can still contribute something to it. My 9 Ways are:

1. Use an internet content filtering software.
2. Place the computer in a common area.
3. Set a login password.
4. Ask why.
5. Suggest alternative sources of information.
6. Offer other forms of entertainment.
7. Talk about what’s good or bad about the world wide web.
8. Get to know the parents of your children’s friends (very important).
9. Your own example.

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Quite a number of software sold nowadays have a trial period which ranges from a couple of weeks to thirty days or more. This trial period is enables you to evaluate the software and see if it is applicable to your needs. During this time it is possible that you may notice some defect or a missing feature that eventually prevents you from buying the software.

No software developer wants to lose a possible sale, most especially because the application has some defect or is lacking in features. In order to prevent this situation software authors engage in a practice called “dogfooding“. It is the practice of using one’s own products.

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