Posted on 07/21/2014 11:58:26 AM PDT by Morgana
providence/natuer gave us all those body parts and the functionality that goes with them. it is the woman who has issues with pictures of the body parts and by transitivity with providence/nature. the attitude of the woman that sex is shameful is just passing on her psychological trauma to her son, who is the victim. i wonder what she does to him when they visit a zoo. what kind of commotion does she throw up then? “don’t look, those bad zebras are doing IT! don’t watch!! bible this!! bible that!! blablabla!!” sheesh.
There isn’t any way to buy a phone plan that doesn’t include some kind of data plan also, at least for AT&T, and an iPhone.
You have to buy a data plan. Now one thing you can do is buy the cheapest one, and “turn off cellular data usage” (that’s an option in the iPhone). Unfortunately, it can be easily turned back on so not so useful as a parental control.
Alternatively you could tell your children “no using the phone for data outside the home” and check the data usage online on a regular basis. If they use it you can see that they did.
I agree with your assessment. Today, it’s zero-to-sixty in a mouse click. I used to look at the bra ads in a Sears catalog until I worked my way up to Playboys. Now, any kid with an internet connection can go from complete ignorance to the depths of depravity with no stops in between.
It’s a bit much for a young mind to fathom.
Seriously?
Sheesh, why do you post my question before I do?
I am way up there in age, but I still do not feel the need for an iphone.
I see my beautiful 16-month old granddaughter busily swiping her mother’s iphone and happily pointing at the screen and I feel a deep sadness come over me. What a waste of gray cells.
I see our young hot engineers solving all kinds of problems with canned computer programs and I look at my precious bamboo slide rule and technical books and I know that I can do the same with pencil and paper but I know that they cannot do what I can.
When TSHTF and all lights go out, the EXXONS, the Chevrons and engineering companies will shed their computer jockeys and come running to us old farts for help.
I hope the lights never go out because I don’t see myself working for a boss again.
Understood. And, agreed.
:-)
“I pointed out that all his crushes have been on girls....”
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That’s some dangerous talk. The school’s staff may not approve, think it is wrongfully sexist and may want to have a few words with you.
Several of mine, if you can believe them.
lol
I think I first heard, “I’m a young stenographer. My name is Sally Brown”, when I was about 10. It seemed to check out with most of what I’d gathered from about age 7.
I was so poor that I grew two stomachs so I could regurgitate my food and eat it twice for its nutritional value.
They have elaborate plans to use these items, too.
Only those over 18 with a private income have phones, though.
“[H]is search terms quickly shifted in a more disturbing direction. “Naked people.” “Naked boys.” “Naked men.” “What is gay?”
My kids know that every electronic device in the house — except mine — will be smashed instantly upon discovering any untoward search (and not replaced for years). Done it before, for other reasons. Do have all the parental controls available.
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Good for you. The unfortunate thing is that the parents of some kids your children hang around with don’t care. . thus your kids see it anyway. “hey look at this!” We live in sick times. . childhood is or is becoming a thing of the past.
You have to explain weirdos to your kids at a really young age in today’s world. If properly done their curiosity will subside before it even begins.
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Over many years our church has missed the boat not explaining to kids about what was really going on in Sodom and Gomorrah as well as the days of Noah. I think some heartaches may have been thwarted.
I try to tell lessons that get the truth across. They seem to get the point.
Careful or people are going to label you an old worthless poop with outdated ideas. :)
Technology has as many pitfalls as benefits, and I still stand by my assertion that a 10 yo does not need an iphone, especially if it leads to exposure to pornography such that it would make a 10 yo boy believe that he’s gay. Modern porn is not just naked lady pictures.
Disagree. I did not have to buy a data plan.
The kid is 9 or 10. He likely was laughing his butt off at every stage of his investigation, and following it with, "What ELSE they got on here?!?"
I can disable my son’s plan. We have done that before when something similar happened to him.
And we turned it back on when we upgraded our phones, recently.
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