There are things we can do right now as parents. Get rid of the television. No video games. Limited internet with supervision. Get rid of the IM's and the chats. Very few movies. The heck with ratings, find out what is in the movie before you go to see it. Steer your children's friendships from an early age so they make good choices later. Talk to them about what you expect and why. Don't just tell them not to have sex, tell them why not. Listen to their opinions, too, so you know what they think. Be involved. Don't shelter them from everything as they get older; give them to tools to deal with tough situations. Don't try to make them cool or popular.
The world may be ugly, but they are still our kids.
Okay, rant over.
Our tv has filters, we do have video games but the ones rated "E" for everyone. Internet has filters, no IM's or chats allowed. We check out all movies with www.screenit.com before the kids can see them. We are very picky about friends and we don't care if they get mad. In the meantime, my daughter's required reading books, (she's 16), consist of sodomy, rape, pedophilia, all kinds of deviant sex. In the Christian school she was in, she got to learn about Mapplethorpe's photos of a man urinating into the mouth of another man. And Annie Sprinkles performance art consisting of masturbating on stage then inviting the patrons to come up and view her genitalia with a flashlight.
It's a constant battle, my friend.
Did you know that the word Tolerance is a medical term?
“Tolerance is the ability to experience exposure to potentially harmful amounts of a substance without showing an adverse effect.”
How much more multiculturalism can you tolerate?
Most all the moms and dads are working around the clock just to pay the bills and taxes. No one is home cept the kids.
Good rant!
Let's all become JW's or 7th day's, they've eleminated nearly all media from their world. Our children will eventually grow into adults with their own minds. Guide them toward right mindedness, don't deprive their minds.