Warn young children about pornography

[Brainwrong]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22585414

There are a few points in this I'm yet (I believe) to come up against; my kids looking at porn (intentionally) and my kids wanting on Facebook (or other social networking).

So far, if any scantily clad pics come up in search results, it generally gives my kids the boak rather than interests them, we can pretty much laugh it off. I don't know how the hell I'll explain it to prepubesent children though, I'm at a loss how to approach that without saying stuff that will make absolutely no sense to them and, more importantly, it's stuff I don't think appropriate for young kids anyway. Happy to be there for them and be open about things but when stuff like this comes up when they should just be thinking about horses, ponys, hotwheels cars & football it's about the only time I'll not give them a straight up answer.

Have you had to have a chat with your kids about internet porn?

Do you allow your kids to have underage Facebook accounts? (You're not allowed one under the age of 14).

 

[Jack]

Tricky one and I agree with a lot of what was said in the article.

I'd say set up the kids with their own accounts on the PC with the search settings barely letting anything through. The PC should be in a public area of the house where there's plenty footfall and guidance available.

Mines knowledge of the net grew as they themselves did. It might not have been perfect but for them, and I dare say for millions of other kids, it worked.

As for Facebook accounts peer pressure is just about everything. If you have the oldest kid in the group you might do quite well in resisting, If your kid is the youngest, IMO, you've no chance and resistance is futile.

Many kids and parents don't like being friends with each other. I always have been and guidance has sometimes been issued from afar, even with the current 21 year old!