In response to further encasing the internet in bubble wrap in order to protect this nation's children, I not so much interested, aside from a few basics.
Sure, the internet is swimming in a circus of porn then is all too easy to access, but aside from a warning page I feel there is nothing the government can/should do. I can easily start up a domain and re-host porn videos without a warning page for an extended period of time if that's what I wanted and it should remain that way.
The net should remain a free zone for anything and everything, the government already has the power in the patriot act to does as they will with harmful postings so why not leave it at that?
Parents need to step their game up. A child's values generally come from those they are around most so parent should instill what they want carried on by their child as much as possible. Parents aren't around much anymore so developing a trust with them has to be necessary in order to inure they won't go to porn sites are give out addresses on the net.
Parents need to be aware of cookies and history if they have any suspicion of their kid surfing to sites deemed unfit for children by their parents. Sure, at a certain age kids will know how to clear these things of any evidence but that just raises suspicion even more.
I just can't see how to foolproof the net for kids in a vastly growing domain of websites.
It doesn't seem plausible.
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-mak
3 comments:
Andy Mac I agree with you, it should be the parent’s job to make sure that their children aren’t getting involved in things they don’t want them involved with. You make a nice point about parental education, this is something I didn’t really think of but now in your context it seems to me that parental education is one of the most important things I think and if parents don’t want to take the time to find out how to determine what their children are doing and how to stop it themselves then they shouldn’t complain about problems on the Internet. Filters, regulations, etc. all act as just another babysitter.
Me too. I definitely agree. My kids just told me they cannot access Google Images from the computers at school. This is just plain ridiculous. We've taught them what is and is not appropriate web content and so far they seem to be following our rules.
I also agree the fact that parents should be responsible for their children's use of the internet. I think that a lot of people don't pay attention to the fact that there are already a lot of filters out there that are available to parents - including on google images! I think that it is insane that schools are that "protective" or are playing it that "safe". Granted you know that there are going to be some kids that are going to try to push the boundaries, but again this comes back to a lack of parenting.
Also, on a side note, I love the links to images that you have embedded into your text. Awesome idea!
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