I live in the winter wonderland of Michigan. As I write this the snow is coming down hard and everything is covered in beautiful white snow; except my driveway that I just shoveled. And by the time I’m done writing this I’ll probably have to shovel it again. I love this time of year: Christmas carols, festive decorations and remembering the miraculous birth of Jesus all those centuries ago. As we go in search for the perfect gifts for our children I bet you never thought of buying them Porn for Christmas. I’m pretty sure you’re not planning on putting the latest Porn Blu-Ray’s in your kids stocking or wrapping up a 1-year subscription to Playboy and putting that under the Christmas tree. But you could unwittingly get your kids porn for Christmas.

Sometimes we don’t think or don’t know about the unintended consequences of the gifts we give our kids. For instance are you planning on getting your kids an Apple iPad for Christmas? If so, you’re giving your kids porn for Christmas. Are any of you planning on getting your kids a Nintendo DS for Christmas? If so, you’re giving your kids porn for Christmas. Are any of you planning on getting any of your kids a Cell Phone for Christmas? If so, you’re giving your kids porn for Christmas. Why did I pick iPads, the Nintendo DS and Cell Phones? They’re popular gifts and can crack the door open to the world of porn.

Apple iPad: The iPad has parental controls but they’re pretty much limited to having Internet access turned on or turned off. So grab your kids’ Christmas iPad, access the Parental Controls and turn off the Internet. Or get the SafeEyes App in Apples App Store to filter their Internet access.

Nintendo DS: A lot of parents don’t realize that many handheld gaming systems, like the Nintendo DS and the Playstation Portable (PSP), have Internet access built-in. So grab your kids Nintendo DS, go to the parental controls and either turn off the Nintendo DS Internet browser or set up their built-in Internet filter. Nintendo partnered up with Astaro to provide parents with free filtering software that blocks over 60 million inappropriate websites. Way to go Nintendo!

 Cell Phones: Most cell phones have Internet access and filtering porn on cell phones is a real challenge. Some cell phone carrier’s, like AT&T or Verizon, have parental controls available but you may have to pay extra for the service and each cell phone may have a different way to implement the filtering. So grab your kids Christmas cell phone, call your carrier and find out how to block porn and other inappropriate websites on their phone.

Now that you have a little more information ask yourself, “Am I getting my kids porn for Christmas?” If so, now you know some of the things you can do to make your Christmas gifts porn free.