Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 02, 2004 02:32 AM
"Children don't know what is best for them. That's what parents are supposed to be there for to make decisions that are in their best interest until they are old enough to do so for themselves." When, precisely, did you gain the ability to read minds? If you restrict a childs access to something, then they become more curious about it. My mom always told me that if I ever wanted to know anything to come to her. She even said that if I got curious about trying drugs to come to her, that she would get it for me and I could do it in a controlled environment to be safe. Know what? I didn't even drink alcohol til I was 17. I drink maybe three times a year on average, on special occasions.
Point? She let *me* decide what was best for me, and offered me unbiased information regarding it if I was ever interested. I'd like to think
"You obviously don't have kids. They could be given a url from someone or be sent something in spam or instant messaged a url. Most kids will just click on the link and go to the site. They may not have any idea what the site is about but they will go there out of blind curiosity."
That applies to most adults, too. But hey, we wouldn't want to have someone use the BACK button or anything. If they accidentally stumble on, say, a gay porn site, are you worried that they will turn gay? No? Then why are you worried that they will turn into serial killers when they see a hate crime site? Why are you worried that they will become perverted rapists from seeing dominatrix sites? "Monkey-See Monkey-Do" is a by-product of NOT TEACHING THE KIDS PROPERLY. If you teach them that rape is bad, then they will have a much less chance of raping someone than if you didn't even mention rape exists and they hear about it on the news.
"The bottom line is that parents need a way to limit their childrens exposure to things they deem inappropriate."
Kids will learn, by hook or by crook, and you had best be there to teach them what they want to know or the WILL go to other places. You can't filter everything, and that which slips through becomes more dangerous by a hundred fold if the children aren't prepared to deal with it when they see it. That, my friend, is the bottom line.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 02, 2004 02:32 AMWhen, precisely, did you gain the ability to read minds? If you restrict a childs access to something, then they become more curious about it. My mom always told me that if I ever wanted to know anything to come to her. She even said that if I got curious about trying drugs to come to her, that she would get it for me and I could do it in a controlled environment to be safe. Know what? I didn't even drink alcohol til I was 17. I drink maybe three times a year on average, on special occasions.
Point? She let *me* decide what was best for me, and offered me unbiased information regarding it if I was ever interested. I'd like to think
"You obviously don't have kids. They could be given a url from someone or be sent something in spam or instant messaged a url. Most kids will just click on the link and go to the site. They may not have any idea what the site is about but they will go there out of blind curiosity."
That applies to most adults, too. But hey, we wouldn't want to have someone use the BACK button or anything. If they accidentally stumble on, say, a gay porn site, are you worried that they will turn gay? No? Then why are you worried that they will turn into serial killers when they see a hate crime site? Why are you worried that they will become perverted rapists from seeing dominatrix sites? "Monkey-See Monkey-Do" is a by-product of NOT TEACHING THE KIDS PROPERLY. If you teach them that rape is bad, then they will have a much less chance of raping someone than if you didn't even mention rape exists and they hear about it on the news.
"The bottom line is that parents need a way to limit their childrens exposure to things they deem inappropriate."
Kids will learn, by hook or by crook, and you had best be there to teach them what they want to know or the WILL go to other places. You can't filter everything, and that which slips through becomes more dangerous by a hundred fold if the children aren't prepared to deal with it when they see it. That, my friend, is the bottom line.
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