There is no such thing as “safe sex” and there is no such thing as a “safe internet.” With that in mind, my friend, and brother in Christ, Nathan Rambeck wrote a very useful guide for protecting your kids from on-line pornography. With his kind permission, I am sharing this well researched info with you today.
A parent’s guide to protecting the eyes of your family members from pornography on computers and other online devices.
Nathan Rambeck of Rambeck Group
It is an almost incomprehensible fact that 42% of children have been exposed to pornography online. The world wants to seduce you and your children into their perversion, and, as parents, we need to do everything in our power to protect our homes from these perverts and their filth. To make matters worse, our culture is gradually mainstreaming pornography, so that certain forms of pornography are considered acceptable for family entertainment and advertising. Below is a concise summary of things you can do to protect your family.
Install a Software Filter on Each Computer
A software filter should have at least 3 features. 1) Block objectionable sites using a continually maintained blacklist of bad sites. 2) Provide regular usage reports that can be delivered to parents showing sites visited and any attempts to view bad ones. 3) Password Protected so that only parents can uninstall or disable the filter.
Since adult addiction to pornography is epidemic, the usage reports and password protection features can provide a great opportunity of accountability for spouses or other adults in the home.
Recommendations:
BeSecure [PC]
SafeEyes [PC/Mac]
Add A Hardware filter to your home network
A hardware filter will have many of the same features as a software filter, but instead of protecting just one computer, it protects any computer connected to the internet through that network. This means that if a friend or relative comes to your house with an unprotected computer, it can be protected even if it does not have a software filter installed. However, keep in mind that a hardware filter only protects computers on your home network; if you have a laptop computer without a software filter, it may be protected at home, but will not be protected when connected to the internet at a friend’s house, the coffee shop, or a hotel. Laptops can even easily connect to a neighbor’s wireless network while you inside your own home. DO NOT rely on a hardware filter alone.
Recommendations:
- iBoss
- OpenDNS [FREE]
Cell Phones and other web-enabled devices
The internet is becoming ubiquitous in our culture. Cell phones, TVs, gaming consoles, PDAs and other electronic devices are, many times, now able to connect to the internet. Unfortunately, for most of these devices, there are no filtering options yet. When purchasing a cell phone for children, find one without web capabilities or talk to your wireless provider about turning the feature off. When purchasing other electronic devices always ask about their ability to connect to the internet.
Block Advertisements
Because “sex sells” so many products in our culture, even browsing a news site or social network may bring up an offensive advertisement. Because of this, I recommend using an ad blocker on your browser. An ad blocker will allow you to browser web pages without having to view any of the ads. While these sites should be able to earn revenue from the content they publish through advertising, the risk from many of these ads is too great to let them through. I recommend using the Firefox web browser with the Adblock Plus plugin.
Recommendations:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
http://www.ie7pro.com/ad-blocker.html
Children should never be left alone on the internet
It is not wise to allow children free access to an internet-connected computer when they are alone or by themselves in a room. Internet filters can work very well, but they are not perfect. Also, industrious young people, can find ways around the filters. Keep family computers in living areas with lots of traffic and only allow laptops to be used in public areas.
Talk to your children about the dangers of pornography
When your kids reach an age at which sexuality becomes an attraction, talk to them about the dangers of pornography; how it will harm them, their future spouse, and even those women exploited in the pictures.
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