The "antidote" to online porn is free and requires NO legislation

[SoCalDem]

it sometimes comes as a single item or as a pair...called PARENT(s)..

The target of the pornoriffic "attack",aka the child, did not BUY the computer, nor PAY for the internet service.

Just as people rant and rave about how PARENTS should be in charge of gun safety when it comes to their children, so should THEY be the frontline when it comes to a service they INVITE into their home, and PAY for.

Gun Safety legislation has met with HUGE resistance every time congress tries to institute laws to protect "the chillllldrennnn"...and now the same people who feel they can control who their children shoot, or keep them from shooting anyone, have gotten their panties in a wad, because they can't keep their OWN kids from making dates with 50 year old pervs or from looking at online plastic boobies..


Another thing that some of these people forget is that when they post that "family page" with all the pics of the kiddies, Grandma is NOT the only one looking at them..

I once sent an email to a lady who had posted pics of her two little daughters playing in the kiddie pool...and on the same webpage she had a MAP showing directions to their house..for the family picnic.. I am sure she thought that only family members would log on and see them..

I never heard from her...but a few days later I did check back and the page was "under construction" and the pics were gone..

I had googled "pool" and was led right to her two little kids.. People forget that the internet is NOT private and was NEVER intended to be..

Governmental control cannot override parental naivete..

[napi21]

1. I agree with you, and thanks for the story about the kids. I'd bet

most people simply never think of anything like that.

But I do have a question. I'm 62, so we're sure not talking about anyone worrying about me seeing something I might never have seen before! However, I got porn ads in my email inbox! Believe me, I have NEVER gone to a porn site nor do I want to. I just delete them, but how would a parent stop that same thing from going to their kids email inbox?

I'd like to keep it out of MINE!

[thinkingwoman]

2. it's easy really

kids below a certain age should NOT have their own email addy, period. They can get email through a family email addy just fine. That certain age varies by kid and their parents are the only people qualified to judge.

Once they're well into their teens, they should have a good email account (one that blocks spam effectively). They should also be taught to NEVER give out their email addy to websites without parental knowledge and permission, and to NEVER post their email on a webpage.

If ALL of those rules are followed, no porn spam comes to their email box.

Finally, as a last resort, they should be taught to recognize spam email and hit the delete key WITHOUT opening the email first. This not only protects them from porn, it also protects the computer from viruses.

I have two teens. They have been on the internet for about a decade. They have NEVER ONCE "accidentally" accessed a porn website or received porn-related spam.

[Yupster]

3. As a parent I agree of course that we need

to closely monitor what our kids are doing on the internet, but the idea that your kids are not going to therefore see porn on the internet seems very naive.

You can monitor your omputer and your kids, but they're going to be over someone else's house at some point that is not so well monitored, and it's just not realistic to think you can always be in charge of those situations.

When I was in junior high school, kids used to show off Playboy pictures they cut out of magazines. Multiply that by the availablility of porn on the internet today, and I think parents are fighting a pretty hopeless battle. It's worth fighting, but I think it's a pretty lost cause thinking that your junior high kids haven't ever been over a friend's house looking at all the porn they can get to in an hour while they're "studying".

[SoCalDem]

4. By the time kids are in junior high, you have "lost" most of the control

you ever had anyway.. My boys saw movies we did not want them to see and magazines I didn;t want them to have, BUT you have to choose your battles..

The friends your kids choose, also have parents..and you just need to make sure you know who your kids are hanging out with and know their parents too..

My youngest was the only one still at home when the computer came into our house, and he was too busy to spend much time on the thing, so we lucked out.. He left for school at 7:30AM, had football practice right after school, came home at 5 for a bite to eat and to change into scooer gear for practice until 8..and then homework.. Not a lot of free time to suft the net :)

we also only had ONE computer then, and it was MINE all MINE.. Mom's not much at sharing :)

[BootinUp]

5. Agree, Its terribly naive.

And the legislation I believe has everyone upset is not going to interrupt anyone's opportunity to access whatever they want or publish whatever they want. Thats what is so troubling about the position being advocated. Its EXACTLY the type of issue that has middle class families in purple and red states voting against this party even though it makes more sense for them to vote for us on many other issues.