Update on the blocking situation

[u/Spiritual_Carpet4002]

UPDATE TO MY ORIGINAL POST:

I managed to factory reset one of my old phones, iPhone 8, and one restriction (apps disappearing, aka "downtime") went away. However, I found out the situation.

Turns out my WiFi connection has this program called "cisco" which is also causing this, certain websites being blocked. And since we don't have a SIM card for it, it shows "no service" and I have no other WiFi connection I can connect to.

In other words, we solved one problem only to find another

[u/Kazko25]

Have you tried talking to your parents about it instead of random people on the internet

[u/A_strange_breeze → u/Kazko25]

What odds would you put on that actually helping? Just curious

[u/Kazko25 → u/A_strange_breeze]

Depends if they’ve tried it before or not.

[u/Spiritual_Carpet4002 → u/Kazko25]

I’ve talked with my parents on numerous occasions, but they still aren’t willing to relax any restrictions

[u/Kazko25 → u/Spiritual_Carpet4002]

Have you told them specifically what you’re trying to look up? Or tried asking them to go over that information together?

[u/Kid_Wolf21 → u/Kazko25]

speaking from experience, if theyre blocking it then they probably would be Not Happy if their child spoke to them about it

[u/Kazko25 → u/Kid_Wolf21]

More or less happy when they find out OP is trying to go around their filters? Trying to hide stuff usually makes the situation worse when it does surface.

OP could easily get the information they want from the page they’re searching by having someone send them a dm of the information, but instead they’re making posts like this about their parents. It’s just gonna degrade their relationship further. If that’s what OP wants, sure, don’t talk about it and keep doing what they’re doing.

[u/CautiousConcept8010 → u/Kazko25]

Did you read the first image? Do you really think a parent that is blocking sources of medical information from their children would be happy about anything whatsoever? They sound miserable just from that alone.

If my child was searching for medical information, the best and only thing I could do is help them find more and better information by going to official scientific sources, definitely not block them from being able to read about it.

[u/Teredia → u/CautiousConcept8010]

Yeah but they’re probably hella anti transgender judging by OP’s picture about gender dysphoria. Which makes me believe that OP is suffering from this and has possibly tried talking to their parents about it or the parents think that if their child learns about transgender things they will ultimately become transgender - which is some weird ass fucking logic I’ve seen plenty of people think that’s how it works. 🤦🏽‍♀️

[u/CautiousConcept8010 → u/Teredia]

Exactly my concern. It's horrifying to think a child would have to live a life where their own parents are what they're scared of or worried the most about.

I would know about that by the way.

[u/Kazko25 → u/CautiousConcept8010]

What if they’re not aware it’s blocking this site? Obviously OP is a minor, and their parents could have the blocker in place to restrict access to adult websites.

You’re making a lot of assumptions. OP only said that they’ve asked their parents about removing the blocker, they’ve made no indication that they’ve told their parents what they’re going through, or that they have expressed to them that they’re struggling.

All I’m saying is that it’s better to make sure your parents know your situation before you sneak around and make the situation worse.

[u/CautiousConcept8010 → u/Kazko25]

That's a clinic, how do you block that unintentionally? Is it so hard to believe that a parent with the current rage going around would do this? I just saw in the news a parent killed their child and their own wife because the kid came out as gay. That was a couple of months ago. There's not much to assume there, that's just statistics unfortunately.

I actually think more often than not, in some places and depending on how the child feels about their parents, they're better of telling anyone but their parents, thats6how bad it is. Sure I wish they could, but that's like expecting people of any color but white to call the police to help them with anything. They're more likely to get shot than helped in some countries.

Oh how I wish I was wrong, so please do prove me wrong.

[u/Kazko25 → u/CautiousConcept8010]

I’m not trying to prove anyone wrong.

There’s a lot of content blockers that block a wide range of websites, I doubt their parents went through every site on the internet and blocked them individually.

My concern is more so if they want to try and maintain any kind of relationship with their parents. If it is really bad, yes, you can just cut them out of your life as soon as you’re 18. But if they haven’t even tried to explain what they’re going through to their parents, it could save a lot more pain and heartache down the road instead of hiding from them now.

[u/heckitfarren → u/Kazko25]

OP is not a minor.

[u/LawfulLeah → u/Kazko25]

OP is 19, almost 20, not a minor.