Protecting Children from Online Porn

I was tagged by Carrie about a very important cause: Protecting our children against Internet porn. Blogger Power is a site devoted to encouraging all bloggers to talk about the dangers of Internet porn on their sites and by doing so convincing the online porn industry to require password protected logins for all illicit materials, which means no more free tours of those images. This of course won't deter every child but will at least spare the younger Internet users who do not understand how to create their own password. Please visit Blogger Power for further details.

As a mother, I am scared for the safety of my child's mind. I know growing up that on occassion I had access to porn through movies and magazines. Some adults in my life had some illicit materials in their possessions that I was able to view. The materials were hidden but were easily found by their own children who shared with me. Mt first experience was around 9 or 10 years old and to this day I still have those images implanted in my mind.

Porn gives us an exaggerated and unrealistic view of sex. We are supposed to teach our children about the joy of sex with all the wonderous feelings and emotions God has designed us to have within the boundaries of a loving, committed marriage. We do not want the porn industry teaching our children that sex is something dirty and meant to be shared freely with just anyone.

Porn today is far more accessible with the aid of the Internet. It is easily sent as spam through email, and most of the time you do not know what you are clicking on until it's too late. I've even had porn pop up on my screen at work. How easy is it just to type in a key word into Google and find thousands and thousands of questionable sites?

Let's collectively take a stand against the porn industry. I'm not going to tag anyone specifically. So, please, if you read my blog, write a small post of your on and contact Blogger Power through email so that they can add you to their list of blogs for protecting our children against porn.

Also, please do everything that you can to block your children's access from porn sites and talk to them about the consequences of viewing those images; therefore, when one of their friends wants them to view porn, they will have the knowledge and power to say no.