I've been reading a lot about the safety of the Internet and keeping children protected. I think using a filtering system is a great way to avoid some of the inappropriate material that a child has no business look at. On the other hand, many times the filter also blocks sites that shouldn't be blocked. Reading the article Children's Safety on the Internet: A Resource Guide for Parents, they gave an example of looking up the word "breast". A filter will block all porn sights as well as sights that deal with breast cancer awareness or a recipe that calls for chicken breast.
There are pros and con's to using a filtering system. Although it may be a pain, I think the pros outweigh all of the con's when it comes to the safety of children.
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs21a-childrensafety.htm
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I am of the mind set that parents should be the filter rather allowing a computer system to decide what is acceptable materials...we need more parenting and less computer systems taking their place.
I think it is easier said then done by saying that good parenting will keep a child from doing/inappropriate things online. Kids are going to be kids, and part of that is experimentation. Lets be honest the Internet has many different ways children can experiment. With that being said I don't think that the parent talk will be enough, and I think you need other preventive measures such as Internet filters.
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