Oh and they are perpetuating the lie that Linux can't get malware and viruses. As soon as I see something like this I abandon their articles:
@RonV42 I'm afraid you'll have to do some babysitting if you're the tech guy within your family.
Backing up data for worst case scenarios, limit administrative rights and setting up guest accounts, etc.
@Wopu That is the key the "right practices". Would the wife know to review a shell script before running to install software that isn't part of the package manager? That is my main concern is how to prevent damage that can be done by script kiddies