<p dir="ltr">I hope the open source world (and school servers Writ Large!) don't shoot-self-in-foot, denying what parents of young kids So Badly Need...quickly customizable kid-safe routers that enhance learning (with all their ominous implications).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Rather than Drowning Infants in manipulative commercialism. This new product category is emerging at last!</p>
<p dir="ltr">While many families in the US chuck the entire decision over the fence, paying Verizon $5/line for IP filtering being almost universal among upper-class US parentd, baffled at this defining dilemma of our time.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Instead of throwing money at an anonymous bureaucracy, here are new options to bring filtering control into the hands of your own family or small school -- that we All can learn from:</p>
<p dir="ltr">1. <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mytorch/torch-a-simple-router-for-digital-parenting">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mytorch/torch-a-simple-router-for-digital-parenting</a><br>
2. Cisco's <a href="http://opendns.com/home-internet-security">http://opendns.com/home-internet-security</a><br>
3. <a href="http://meetcircle.com">http://meetcircle.com</a> "Circle with Disney hardware device is $99 and is the first product in what Circle Media [founded 2013] hopes will be a suite of hardware and software products for connected families in the future. The company, based in Portland, is backed by $1.5 million in angel funding."</p>
<p dir="ltr">Food For Thought!! Families=Teachers Need Learning Recommendations...Not Configuration Nightmares: <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/04/circle-with-disney-is-a-new-device-that-helps-families-manage-online-usage-and-apps/">http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/04/circle-with-disney-is-a-new-device-that-helps-families-manage-online-usage-and-apps/</a></p>