http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft confirms new Xbox 360 Parent Tools http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 30th 2007 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
Delete this topic before my wife finds out!!

Hurry!

:0]]>Nov 7th 2007 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
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but .. then again.. age isn't always a strong indicator of maturity. ]]>Nov 7th 2007 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
"The child will be notified when they're play time..."

You should have used "their" not "they're". tss tss]]>Nov 7th 2007 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
It's fucking grade 3, guys.

PS: Sorry. My pure rage on this issue has been building up for the last few months. But to answer your question, joey, I give a fuck, and so does whoever Ghost is. I'm pretty sure there are others.]]>Nov 7th 2007 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
lol j/k]]>Nov 7th 2007 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
How else would you handle it?]]>Nov 7th 2007 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
First and foremost, just don't plug in to XBL, i don't have my XB plugged in 24/7 since i have a cable and i don't like having it run across the floor.

Secondly, if this is a per-logon thing, why not just log out? or use a second login?

And Finally, what about just backing up your saves to memory sticks and popping the hard drive off? No program means no timer... end of discussion (unless it's a real patch to the firmware, then kiddies, u is fuxx'd)]]>Nov 7th 2007 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
LOL!!!]]>Nov 7th 2007 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
"You can play the damn xbox for two hours, then it's bed time." See how that works? And if they won't listen to you, you screwed up somewhere along the line.

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who gives a sh*t if little Johny yells about playin Xbox. If your a parent, act like one.]]>Nov 7th 2007 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
Then again I don't know what MS was thinking. Giving a parent the option to set a time limiter on their Xbox? We all know that it's the governments job to parent kids, not the parents job.]]>Nov 7th 2007 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
I don't see why some are getting bent out of shape about this. It's like getting upset over a v-chip. Both put the responsibility in the parents hand and not some legislators. What is so wrong with a parent having software shut the system down instead of pulling the plug? How is it affecting those of you who don't like or won't use the feature?]]>Nov 7th 2007 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
This is great, especially if they're including a "x hours per week" feature. If I'm not in the same room as him, I don't have to watch the clock to go in and turn it off, or have a debate about "let me finish this level." He gets an automatic warning that time's almost up, save while you can, then click, it's done. I'm still parenting by setting the limits, but it's one less instance where I have to be the bad cop (I play that role enough).]]>Nov 7th 2007 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
That is a valid point and any parent who relies solely on technology to be used to babysit their children are misusing it. This limiter isn't supposed to be used in place of good parenting, but rather to supplement it. As it is now if ones child is told to limit his time on the Xbox and does not listen, the parent would then disconnect the Xbox and lock it in a closet, but what happens when they have more than one child and that other child is well behaved, does their homework and gets good grades? Why should they be punished for the other childs misdeeds?

I have some friends who are good parents that have 3 kids and one of them just plain misbehaves. They did not raise this child any different than the others. If a time limit can be set per user account, then that just ads one more tool in the arsenal of parents to punish them. If the child continues to misbehave, then their user account can be cancelled outright.

Kids like to push buttons and test their parents limits. Parents cannot monitor their kids 24/7, which is why they have help whether it be vchips, parental internet controls, or even locks on the liquor cabinet.]]>Nov 7th 2007 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
Ummm... I may be missing it, but what is stopping the kids from just turning the damn thing back on?]]>Nov 7th 2007 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
This would be terrible. Then all the xbox fanbois will just come on the internet and troll when their playtime is up...]]>Nov 7th 2007 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/boy-hires-hitman-to-kill-parents-after-being-denied-playstation/]]>Nov 7th 2007 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 7th 2007 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/

Now, the problems. First, there *was* a bug where a child account, once created, is a child account forever, even when the kid turns 18. I don't know if that's fixed yet, but if I had a 14-year-old I'd insist it were before I made them a child account to take advantage of this system. Second, Gold status is per account, not per console, which means that if my 'daddy' account is Gold, I have to choose between letting my kid play online (are there any online titles that are OK for kids? I guess like Uno or something?) logged in under my account, or having the parental controls work. They really need to figure out some way of letting us link multiple "family" accounts to one Gold membership. I'm sure as hell not paying an extra 50 bucks a year to have a Gold account with functioning parental controls.


That said, I'm glad they did this -- it's a step in the right direction.]]>Nov 7th 2007 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-360-parent-tools/Nov 8th 2007 11:39PM