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Saturday, January 27, 2018

Internet safety issues.

Now, I personally believe it is ok to allow children to "explore" the internet on their own.  I am not a person that has to have "perfect" bible-memorized type of children (but I believe in teaching these things, just in a realistic sort of way) but rather that the children can handle the internet in a "clean" sort of way.

Be permissive and allow the children to "create" videos that are not full of "filthy stuff" so they get the idea about what is appropriate.  Make some sort of bible-based videos.....or even recreate a "modern" version of a bible story (think Potiphar's wife and Attention song).  If you KNOW what they are doing, then they are less likely to jump to the wrong conclusions.


Work through the "weeds" of ideas and personalities (celebrity and non-celebrity) and things WITH your children, so that they can appropriately work with technology and a decent way.


These guys "look like" some relatives of mine....so I would care about them in a sense......

I notice in this -homemade- video that the license plate with state location and house number are visible.  For privacy purpose, and not wanting a -lawyer- for protection, ensure the these things are hidden in -homemade- videos.  A person needs to know that if their video is available on-line, someone somewhere will "use" the video.  Some for good purposes and illustration, others for bad purposes and illustration.



I personally don't think it is a "godly" choice to "smash" the celebrity types (unless it is very apparent they are doing something very gross), because one never knows what could happen to them in the future.  They could repent and choose life with Christ or do great things with their talents.  They could be exposed for something even though they seemed so "good" or "capable of love" to everyone.

For more on this theme: Should children use social networking?


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