Work first, play later. Chores, practice, and homework come before computer games or talking with friends.
Get out and enjoy the world. The computer is not the world. Thank the timer software for helping you have a life. That life will be much richer if you help someone else.
If you don’t know how to use an application, ask Mom or Dad. If you think it’s something you shouldn’t be messing with, ask Mom or Dad.
Don’t delete or otherwise mess with other people’s files or settings. You have your own account to mess around with.
Save to your own folder, not to the application’s folder.
Printer ink is expensive—don’t waste it.
On the PC, log off instead of switching users (the filter has a glitch that limits others if you use user switching).
Use the PC for as many boring things as possible, like word processing and general web browsing, so that the Mac will be free for using the more interesting software.
This page is your Internet home page for a reason. Go ahead and keep it that way. But remember these rules even when you aren’t using the Internet. Especially the first two rules.
Never, never, never give out personal information on the Internet. Not even your first name, not to anyone. Name, age, town, address, phone number, a picture, and so forth are examples of personal information. Don’t talk to strangers (some strangers may know your name, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t a stranger).
If you see something weird or bad, leave the computer and tell Mom or Dad.
Use Firefox or Safari, and only go to sites listed on the Wake Children’s Bookmarks web page, unless Mom or Dad says another site is OK. This applies to any computer anywhere, although at school your teachers can approve going to any web site that Mom and Dad haven’t prohibited.
No e-mail, chat, IM, FTP, newsgroups, Facebook, etc., unless Mom or Dad says it’s OK. If you’re allowed to use social networking software or sites, you must keep your privacy settings set to what Mom or Dad establish. No using web-based services of any kind, from anywhere, except XMission webmail or approved school-related things. This means no free e-mail accounts, no remotely hosted blogs, no online journals, no free web hosting, and so forth unless you have permission from Mom or Dad.
Do not relax the spam filter settings. Dad can change them if they are causing a problem.
Do not ever mess with the Cybersitter Internet filter, or Apple’s parental permissions settings.
Do not ever use Dad’s XMission password.
Never, never, never talk to strangers on the Internet.