Hi Desiree, Well, I will agree that technology is powerful and must be used responsibly. That said, it is something of a two edged sword. On one hand it can be used to access all kinds of objectionable content that a parent may not want their child exposed to. On the other hand it can be a very good tool for learning, for staying in contact with friends, and for accessing perfectly age appropriate material. It all comes down to how a parent teaches their child to use the technology, and if they monitor the content their child is accessing.
For example, I do have a son who is now 10. It certainly can be trying at times, but I think it is certainly manageable. There are all kinds of parental safeguards one can use to make the internet relatively safe, and if one wants to know where their child is going on the web just look at the browser history to see where they have been and what they are looking at. If by chance a child is accessing some truly objectionable content then that would be the time to have a chat about that content and can setup extra safeguards to make sure the child does not go back to those places. As to the point of getting around filters and blocks that depends on how good the filters and blocks are. Unfortunately,, far too many parents are technologically impaired, not skilled computer users, so many not install and setup the best filters and blocks for their children. Therefore if a child is reasonably skilled, perhaps more skilled than the parents, he/she can easily get around such safeguards. So I see this as an issue of proper training and education of how to safeguard a child from accessing the wrong kind of content and media on the internet. Cheers! On 5/1/15, Desiree Oudinot <turtlepowe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I couldn't agree more with you. This is one of the many reasons I've > decided I don't want to be a parent. Technology, as it is today, is much > too powerful to be placed in any child's hands. In the future, it will > only get worse. As I said, even with filters and blocks and so on in > place, it is extremely easy to get around them. Then you have a kid > who's going to be exposed to a hell of a lot more than just this one > audio game. I would say that's a lot more worrying than the content this > game offers, no matter what your stance is on it. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
