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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
I must disagree with those who believe that parents have the power to overcome the influence of the vast cultural constructs that constitute our mental landscape, the billions and billions of dollars spent on private corporate-financed control methodologies that invade the consciousness of our children, and the incredible persuasive power of online media.
Parental control sounds great.
As if...
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Agreed. Best parents can do is educate-kids are going to do what they're going to do; it's the beginnings of their 'moral' choices(teachings) and learning to assess what they see or do and it's impending consequences. And they, of course, should understand that online porn is generally 'fake'-it's 'acting', it's airbrushing, it's exagerated for effect and titilation and has nothing to do with true human sexual interaction.
Abaya's and analog's line of thought seemingly points to the 'dangers' of internet usage when it comes to interaction on chatlines and sites designed for socializing-that doesn't equate with porn, necessarily. Yes, keep the computers in a common area(my kids' pc is in the dining room), make rules (such as they have to allow mom or dad into their MySpace). But, when they're teenagers, you're logically not going to be behind them 24/7 looking over their shoulders. So, since common sense is not something we're born with, it's important to instill it very very early on and hope it doesn't totally disappear by their 10th birthday.