One of my daughters has made herself admin on home internet

spaceboy

I used to be able to change the access times on our home router for their devices, but now every time I try to change the time when I save the change it goes back to how it was before (off from 12:00am til 08:00am)

Can anyone help?

Billxx

Assuming you are also an "admin", remove your daughters admin rights and change the password.  Then change the access times.

What make of router do you have?

matelodave

Billxx said:

Assuming you are also an "admin", remove your daughters admin rights and change the password.  Then change the access times.

What make of router do you have?

It sounds easy but all she has to do is reset the router back to default by pressing in the reset button and she can do it again. It might need something a little more drastic.

My daughter had the same with her son, he thought he was clever and set up his own password so she couldn't adjust it. She reset it,  unplugged it and took it to work with her and in the evening, she took it to bed so he couldn't use it all.

It took the best part of a week with no access whatsoever (an a few teenage tantrums) before he realised the error of his ways and never did it again.

Newcad

In the end you are trying to constrain someones freedom to do as they want.

OK, we all understand why.

But (children or not) when you try to constrain another persons freedom they will try to find ways around your imposed constraints.

It's how we all are as humans, we strive to break barriers.

matelodave

Newcad said:

In the end you are trying to constrain someones freedom to do as they want.

OK, we all understand why.

But (children or not) when you try to constrain another persons freedom they will try to find ways around your imposed constraints.

It's how we all are as humans, we strive to break barriers.

In my opinion, they can do what they like when they leave home, but they don't rule the roost or constrain what I want to do in my home, especially when I'm paying the rent, feeding them and paying for the internet. They obey the rules until they are ready to fly the nest.

I'm not saying that they shouldn't push a bit but in the end we all have to live together. They don't have a monopoly and need to realise that there are others who's needs have to be taken into consideration as well.

Respect goes both ways, but in the end as a parent we need to teach kids that they don't get their own way. Possibly that's why this country is slowly going down the tubes, selfish acts by a minority, encouraged by soft and ineffective parenting letting them get away with whatever they want. Just my opinion you understand.

Baldytyke88

spaceboy said:

I used to be able to change the access times on our home router for their devices, but now every time I try to change the time when I save the change it goes back to how it was before (off from 12:00am til 08:00am)

Can anyone help?

If it was me, I would turn it off, if you don't have any authority with your daughter, give the router to a friend.

Make sure you have enough data on your mobile.

Newcad

I don't disagree, but reality is reality.

 Kids pushing parental limits is nothing new, it is built into our genes.

The change is the rapid development of technology and whether the parents can keep up with that or not.

And TBH it's easier to learn new things whilst your brain is still developing before puberty and beyond to being an 'adult'.

PS. You could celebrate the fact that your daughter has taught herself how to do what she did.

GrumpyDil

matelodave said:

Newcad said:

In the end you are trying to constrain someones freedom to do as they want.

OK, we all understand why.

But (children or not) when you try to constrain another persons freedom they will try to find ways around your imposed constraints.

It's how we all are as humans, we strive to break barriers.

In my opinion, they can do what they like when they leave home, but they don't rule the roost or constrain what I want to do in my home, especially when I'm paying the rent, feeding them and paying for the internet. They obey the rules until they are ready to fly the nest.

I'm not saying that they shouldn't push a bit but in the end we all have to live together. They don't have a monopoly and need to realise that there are others who's needs have to be taken into consideration as well.

Respect goes both ways, but in the end as a parent we need to teach kids that they don't get their own way. Possibly that's why this country is slowly going down the tubes, selfish acts by a minority, encouraged by soft and ineffective parenting letting them get away with whatever they want. Just my opinion you understand.

Absolutely agree with this. My wife is a primary teacher and a growing number of her parents over the years seem to think it's a teacher's role to teach respect for adults and people in authority over them.

Spies

Put the router in a lockable box 

PRAISETHESUN

With physical access to the router you can perform a factory reset to remove any changes to settings or password. There's usually a small pinhole on the back you press for several seconds. The problem then is that she can also do the same if you leave the router unattended.

I'm not qualified enough to look after house plants let alone children, so I wish you good luck resolving this!

justwhat

Newcad said:

I don't disagree, but reality is reality.

 Kids pushing parental limits is nothing new, it is built into our genes.

The change is the rapid development of technology and whether the parents can keep up with that or not.

And TBH it's easier to learn new things whilst your brain is still developing before puberty and beyond to being an 'adult'.

PS. You could celebrate the fact that your daughter has taught herself how to do what she did.

Having no rules or boundaries . Is a risky thing. Freedom of any kind always comes with a price.