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PATRICK WALKER: This is Jeff Nathenson.
JEFF NATHENSON: Three kids.
PATRICK WALKER: How old are they?
JEFF NATHENSON: Eight, four, and three, boy and two girls.
And Patrick Walker, how many kids do you have?
PATRICK WALKER: I have two kids, two boys, aged 9 and 11.
And we're on the YouTube partnership's team for
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JEFF NATHENSON: The big access is via the iPhone right now,
which is a thing that they're hooked up to the Wi-Fi and the
iPhone device.
PATRICK WALKER: And as the devices start to proliferate,
the little devices, you need to make sure you have the
right parental settings on there.
Because a slip of the finger or an awkward search can land
them on something that's inappropriate for them.
They're young.
You don't want them to grow up too quickly.
And if they get access to too much stuff too quickly, then
A, they don't spend enough time outdoors running around
kicking the ball.
They love sports.
So we want to make sure that they're encouraged do that as
much as possible.
But the B there is I have friends that their kids have
just been left unattended.
And they do come across stuff.
And they do grow up and get access to stuff a bit too
quickly, I think.
And just let them enjoy their youth and not being too
technology addicted like I am.
I would say even if you have older kids up to 15, 16, it's
best if you leave the computer in an open space in the house
like in the kitchen or in the living room where they are, A,
sharing it with other people so they're not
constantly on it.
And B, you can just kind of have a passing ability to
monitor without being too intrusive.
JEFF NATHENSON: All handheld devices are in the parents'
room and dispersed only when a parent approves of it.
PATRICK WALKER: It should always be considered a
privilege, not a right.
And that way, also, you help build into them a sense of
self-monitoring and self-control when it comes to
usage if you don't set the rules very early.
But the thing is as a parent, you have to
practice what you preach.
So when I'm with them, I try not to be on my BlackBerry or
my Nexus One, actually.
I try not to be online and not pay attention to them.
So when you're with them, actually, the key is just
spend quality time, so you don't send them off to kind of
babysit themselves using technology.