I bet you never thought of
giving your kids Porn for Christmas. I’m pretty sure you’re not planning on
putting the latest Porn DVD’s in your kids stocking or wrapping up a 1-year
subscription to Hustler and putting that under the Christmas tree. But you
still may be getting 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 any of you planning on getting any of your kids a new cell phone
for Christmas? Does the cell phone have Internet access? If so, you’re giving your kids porn for Christmas. Are
any of you planning on getting any of your kids the iPod Touch for Christmas? If so, you’re giving your kids porn
for Christmas. Are you planning on getting your kids a new computer for Christmas? If you don’t buy Internet filtering
software to go along with it, you’re giving your kids porn for Christmas. Why
did I pick Cell Phones, the iPod Touch and Computers? They’re popular gifts and
can crack the door open to the world of porn.
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 (AT&T charges $4.99/m per line) 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.
iPod Touch: The iPod Touch has parental controls but it’s pretty
much limited to having Internet access turned on or turned off. So grab your
kids’ Christmas iPod Touch, access the Parental Controls and turn off the
Internet. Or get the SafeEyes App in Apples App Store to filter the Internet
access.
Computers: Without Internet filtering software on your kids
computer they can access a ton of porn and other inappropriate content. And if
you got them a laptop they can access that type of content just about anywhere.
So grab your kids Christmas computer and load up Internet filtering software
from SafeEyes.com. Then go download X3 Watch from XXXChurch at x3Watch.com for
extra protection. It’s not a filter but it will tell you, via email, if your
kids are going to inappropriate websites.
Now that you have a little
more information ask yourself, “Am I getting my kids porn for Christmas?” If
so, now you know what you can do to make your Christmas gifts porn free.