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In reply to the discussion: Y'know... [View all]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)or a one parent working home. that just makes raising children that much harder.
i absolutely believe the porn issue is effecting our society, but, about everyone knows i think that. they may not really know what i think, because generally i get accused of, instead of a conversation.
i also agree that the net has allowed like thinkers to gather and have unacceptable behavior reinforced for them.
i have said in the past it is like a perfect storm.
all of this. all new. we have put our children in the middle of a vast experiment of the unknown like never before in history.
i have told my kids, so many of my parenting decision have been going back in years, and adopting that parenting because today..... there is so much new we are giving our kids.
one thing i saw all while raising kids, and i listen to people on du say, we want our kids to be all things, know all things at four. we do not allow, or get, that it takes years... of teaching, for them to understand. we cannot expect little adults at four.
another thing i have told kids. on the one hand we shelter them from all things. things, keeping them close and inside, no jobs at young age. all the things that teach responsibility and character we dont give them.
but on the other hand we treat them like adults, leave them alone, to a computer with a world of mess, and no monitoring. tv in bedrooms where they have access to all.
it seems a flip flop in parenting.
teach them how to be responsible, have character, then let them out in the world so they can digest the real world with a solid foundation.