The computer in a common area is a good thing. For certain aged children I believe this is a must. But, I guess there will come a time where you would have to trust your child/young adult and give them the freedom and have one in their room.
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The computer in a common area is a good thing. For certain aged children I believe this is a must. But, I guess there will come a time where you would have to trust your child/young adult and give them the freedom and have one in their room.
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If I do have children I don't plan on restricting anything. David Mills put it well; if you hide pornography and stuff of that nature it's going to tempt children to want to see what it's all about. Imagine if French Ballet was banned in the U.S.. Wouldn't millions of people, a large percent of them being teenagers, see why it's condemned? I know I would be up for hours on end wondering what the fuss about French Ballet was.
I apply the same kind of thinking with other things too. They should be able to try and experience what they want, in moderation. I know when I was growing up my mother never came into my room at the wee hours of the morning when I was up to see what I was doing, which, although at the time I liked, was bad.
Kids should be able to experience what they want, when they want. Just not too much alcohol/drugs.
I've taken the time to type a couple paragraphs from David Mills' book. Even if you don't agree with what he writes, at least try to understand where he's coming from.
"Perhaps I'm unsophisticated or culturally deprived, but I'm not the least bit interested in the history of French ballet. I know absolutely nothing about the subject, and I don't want to know anything about it. A list of my favorite 10,000 subjects would contain no reference at all to the history of French ballet. In fact, I'd much rather lie down and take a nap than read about the history of French ballet. I respect and appreciate those artists and scholars who find the topic fascinating. But as for me, forget it. I'm just not interested.
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Blah blah blah on Congress viewing pornography then wanting to pass some laws banning it.
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Suppose, however, that Congress passed a law called the French Ballet Decency Act. I think that my curiosity would suddenly awaken. Suppose also that software companies and internet service providers were working feverishly to guarantee that I never learned the secrets of the ballet. And imagine that the commentators and religious activists were endlessly preaching about the "dangers" of my accessing French ballet websites. I think that I would probably lie awake at night wondering what all the commotion was about. The next time I logged onto the internet, what sites do you think I would search for? Again, any alleged "problem" of children's accessing internet pornography is entirely iatrogenic, caused by the guardian physicians of morality."
@ Other people in this thread
If I do have children I don't plan on restricting anything. David Mills put it well; if you hide pornography and stuff of that nature it's going to tempt children to want to see what it's all about. Imagine if French Ballet was banned in the U.S.. Wouldn't millions of people, a large percent of them being teenagers, see why it's condemned? I know I would be up for hours on end wondering what the fuss about French Ballet was.
I apply the same kind of thinking with other things too. They should be able to try and experience what they want, in moderation. I know when I was growing up my mother never came into my room at the wee hours of the morning when I was up to see what I was doing, which, although at the time I liked, was bad.
Kids should be able to experience what they want, when they want. Just not too much alcohol/drugs.
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