Implicit in this entire discussion is the assumption that children can be harmed by reading or viewing inappropriate material. I don't believe this is true. I'm not aware of any studies showing it to be true, nor am I aware of any adults in therapy due to teen-age hours wasted viewing erotica.
The true goal of most censors is to protect themselves and others like them from annoying questions from precocious children.
I have a six-year-old daughter. She's not old enough to be surfing the net, but in two or three years she will. I've no plans to install blocking software or even monitor her computer usage. When she's sophisticated enough to look for something, I expect she'll be mature enough to handle what she finds. I hope that we will be close enough for her to talk to me about anything that bothers her.
I was an intellectual and irreligious child growing up in a small blue-collar town. If the internet had existed then, I'm sure I would have been happier knowing that I wasn't alone in the world, just in my town.
Implicit in this entire discussion is the assumption that children can be harmed by reading or viewing inappropriate material. I don't believe this is true. I'm not aware of any studies showing it to be true, nor am I aware of any adults in therapy due to teen-age hours wasted viewing erotica.
The true goal of most censors is to protect themselves and others like them from annoying questions from precocious children.
I'm the parent of a six-year-old daughter. She's not old enough to be surfing the net, but in two or three years she will. I've no plans to install blocking software or even monitor her computer usage. When she's sophisticated enough to look for something, I expect she'll be mature enough to handle what she finds. I hope that we will be close enough for her to talk to me about anything that bothers her.
I was an intellectual and irreligious child growing up in a small blue-collar town. If the internet had existed then, I'm sure I would have been happier knowing that I wasn't alone in the world, just in my town.
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Implicit in this entire discussion is the assumption that children can be harmed by reading or viewing inappropriate material. I don't believe this is true. I'm not aware of any studies showing it to be true, nor am I aware of any adults in therapy due to teen-age hours wasted viewing erotica.
The true goal of most censors is to protect themselves and others like them from annoying questions from precocious children.
I have a six-year-old daughter. She's not old enough to be surfing the net, but in two or three years she will. I've no plans to install blocking software or even monitor her computer usage. When she's sophisticated enough to look for something, I expect she'll be mature enough to handle what she finds. I hope that we will be close enough for her to talk to me about anything that bothers her.
I was an intellectual and irreligious child growing up in a small blue-collar town. If the internet had existed then, I'm sure I would have been happier knowing that I wasn't alone in the world, just in my town.
Implicit in this entire discussion is the assumption that children can be harmed by reading or viewing inappropriate material. I don't believe this is true. I'm not aware of any studies showing it to be true, nor am I aware of any adults in therapy due to teen-age hours wasted viewing erotica.
The true goal of most censors is to protect themselves and others like them from annoying questions from precocious children.
I'm the parent of a six-year-old daughter. She's not old enough to be surfing the net, but in two or three years she will. I've no plans to install blocking software or even monitor her computer usage. When she's sophisticated enough to look for something, I expect she'll be mature enough to handle what she finds. I hope that we will be close enough for her to talk to me about anything that bothers her.
I was an intellectual and irreligious child growing up in a small blue-collar town. If the internet had existed then, I'm sure I would have been happier knowing that I wasn't alone in the world, just in my town.