August 10, 2011. Bill Szydlowski
credit: kevindooleyDespite the effort of school authorities to ban non school related sites from being accessed on school computers, kids can sometimes be too resourceful. Just by searching for unblocked games for school and work, they can find newly created sites that haven’t been blacklisted yet by the school.
Some kids who are even more tech-savvy can use network proxies to override the school’s current blocking system. If the problem is already rampant in your child’s school, it’s your right as a parent to request the school for an upgrade of their website censoring technology.
But technology is not the sole culprit; your kid’s friends and schoolmates are also possible sources of this bad habit of online gaming while at school. They can also be a source of pressure that makes your child want to be a part of something cool. Even if just one student discovers an unblocked site, it’s almost a sure thing that the site will be accessed by the whole student body a couple of hours later. Passing around links for various non-school related sites that aren’t banned is a source of positive feedback for the site discoverer from his or her peers.
The only thing you can do as a parent is to explain to your child about the correct use of school property like the computers and its internet connection. Set boundaries for him or her regarding playing free unblocked games at school. One possible way of discouraging online gaming while in school is by allotting time during your kids free time during the weekends (even weekdays) for playing games using the house computer. With this, you can limit the hours he or she spends playing while giving your kid a source of fun, plus the sense of security of not getting caught playing illegally at school.
Updated August 10, 2011. Published June 28, 2011. Bill Szydlowski
