My kids are still pretty young (oldest is 10), so device use is mostly supervised.

I'm torn on filtering as they get older though. I'm not sure how much better off they are by not being allowed to do something (because of a router setting) as opposed to not being allowed to do something because we say they can't/shouldn't do it.

We have firearms I'm the house. They know how to access them. They know they aren't supposed to, and I am pretty confident they won't.

I am blocking only on DNS level. I am running unbound on my opnsense router and blocking based on adguard and steven black list. I am using that for all networks for home so not only for kids.

I have basic DNS filtering set up at home, but I quickly realized that with three teenagers, they can easily bypass any restrictions. I’ve always refused to install surveillance tools, as that would be completely inconsistent with the values I stand for every day. That said, my wife and I spend a lot of time discussing privacy, security, and propaganda with our kids. They know we trust them by default—but also that there would be consequences if they were to break that trust.

I used to be surprised how few parents that are savy enough but don't do anything. It's wild.

We have run our own DNS for a very long time. My sons are "adults" now and I still run it. I would run it with no kids. Blocks ads, and many malicious domains. It's no substitute to open dialog and teaching by example but it should be belt and suspenders. Bare minimum

What kind of filtering? DNS-level denylist?