Posted by: Charles Tryon
on July 02, 2004 11:03 AM
> Should you buy your kid a bottle of booze as a birthday present? Of course not! But does it make sense to restrict their every access to small doses of alcohol whereever it may come from?
But don't you see?? Allowing complete, uncontrolled, unmonitored access to the Internet for your children is like taking them to the Liquor store and leaving them there overnight! That's the whole freaking point. Saying you don't want to use any filters at all means you are introducing your kids to all the scum of life on someone else's terms, not your own. Do you take your kids downtown and let pimps and prostitutes teach about not just sex, but love and commitment?
My kids learned lots of things about life, some of them at times that weren't convenient or comfortable for me. That happens. They are adults now, and looking to raise kids of their own some time soon. I couldn't shelter them from everything, nor did I want to. However, there were plenty of things I wanted to make sure they learned from my wife and me, not just anybody.
Filters aren't about sheltering your children from the "hard things in life." They are about taking responsibility for raising your children, and teaching them on your terms, rather than just letting any scum off the street tell them how to think.
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Re:The True Answer.
Posted by: Charles Tryon on July 02, 2004 11:03 AMBut don't you see?? Allowing complete, uncontrolled, unmonitored access to the Internet for your children is like taking them to the Liquor store and leaving them there overnight! That's the whole freaking point. Saying you don't want to use any filters at all means you are introducing your kids to all the scum of life on someone else's terms, not your own. Do you take your kids downtown and let pimps and prostitutes teach about not just sex, but love and commitment?
My kids learned lots of things about life, some of them at times that weren't convenient or comfortable for me. That happens. They are adults now, and looking to raise kids of their own some time soon. I couldn't shelter them from everything, nor did I want to. However, there were plenty of things I wanted to make sure they learned from my wife and me, not just anybody.
Filters aren't about sheltering your children from the "hard things in life." They are about taking responsibility for raising your children, and teaching them on your terms, rather than just letting any scum off the street tell them how to think.
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