I'm cautious and with my job a lot of times I can't be home as much as I like, but do I monitor what my sons do (I have two), yup, you betcha. What parenting technique is better...to each his own. The last few years I've been learning what worked for my 15 year old has nothing to do with the 8. Do I force my values on my children...hell no. But will I guide them to what I think is right...yup, guilty as charged but at the same time I give them the space to be their own person...love the way my 15 year old is turning out...sure he likes boobies what 15 year old doesn't...heck what man doesn't but will I let his PC grow into a haven a porn...no. Will he swear at me? No. Hopefully, because I'm a Marine (going on 17 years in service) means I'm different and I "need things my way or the hiway". I treat him with respect, just as I do my subordinates because I was 15 once and if I had the internet...I shudder to think what my parents would have found. LOL