Making the Internet Safe for Kids

The thin veil separating a child from explicit, hard core pornography on the Internet is answering “yes” to the anonymous question “are you 18 years of age or older.” That is a standard we would never accept for tobacco, alcohol or driving. We must help families protect their kids from the coarse and pervasive influences of Internet pornography by replacing the ‘porn standard’ with one that keeps Internet porn away from kids. This module describes how the Internet has brought the world of pornography into our homes without adequate safeguards for our children, proposes replacing the ‘porn standard’ and creating a Child Protection Trust Fund, provides suggestions on how to roll out the event and offers responses to possible critiques.

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