Comments on: Supreme Court Approves Porn for Kids

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:18:25 +0000

It isn't easy to control internet content for kids

Restricting it is easy, just unplug the network cable. Allowing only a subset of it that is deemed acceptable to children is the difficult part.

I think in the end the best way as a parent to protect my kids is to limit when they can access he internet and putting the computer someplace where anyone walking by can see what is on the screen.

That's it exactly, don't expect a piece of software to replace your physical presence.

By: just me

just me — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:50:31 +0000

It isn't easy to control internet content for kids, although as long as a kid doesn't know how to work around it, technology is getting better than it was several years ago. I think the problem is that kids/teens often understand and know how to work their way on the net than their parents do. I do like the way the parental controls on our computer work, but even those aren't a substitute for supervision. I think in the end the best way as a parent to protect my kids is to limit when they can access he internet and putting the computer someplace where anyone walking by can see what is on the screen. I am a strong believer in TV's not belonging in children's rooms and to date I feel the same way about computers-at least computers with internet access. I actually think the goal of the law is a worthy one, I just don't see how it could be enforced. And to be honest most kids determined to access inapproriate material would probably figure out how to game this kind of system. The best control of content kids access is the parent, and sadly, while I would love for every parent to be vigilant I just don't think it is the government's duty to parent kids whose parents choose not to parent.

By: caj

caj — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:46:41 +0000

This is an example of what Prez Obama has said that parents should be more responsible and turn off T.V's and know what your child is doing.
Parents that are responsible can put blocks on certain program's and with the internet it does come with a bigger problem, but some parents use that as a form of babysitting tool and therefore don't know what their child is looking at and in some cases don't care as long as the child is not bothering them.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:16:48 +0000

And really, anyone who thought the law had a prayer of being an efficacious method to hide all sexually explicit material on the internet simply had no idea what the internet is, or how it works.

And that's the key right there, even if the law has a legal and moral leg to stand on, it was technologically impossible to accomplish what it was supposed to accomplish, and therefore a waste of energy and resources.