How many parents allow your helper to use the home computer?

How many parents allow your helper to use the home computer? Do you allow them to email or chat with their family and friends back home?

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I know of friends who let their helpers use their computers to Skype or Facebook with their family back home. I am personally comfortable with it if she accesses the computer with my permission and at a set time/day, for instance, at 9pm, twice a week, when her work is done for the day. My helper need not use the computer as she uses her own phone. But I think, be it the home computer or her personal mobile phone, the key is to set ground rules - to only chat when her work is done and that she seeks permission to do so, especially if it is on your personal computer.

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