Helping Our Young Ones Use the Internet Wisely

Many young ones today are using the internet to share their feeling with others and even to search for warmth and companionship. Our young daughters and sons are feeling that the internet is great because, “they can do anything and become a whole different person because no one really sees them or knows them.” Some youths come home from school and run to the computer to go online and chat with friends. What they do not realize, is that just as others do not see and know them, those they speak to are not known either nor can they see them. There is a danger in that there are grown men and woman who are pretending to be a young teenager to trap our children into pornography. Think about these questions:

1) Why are children seeking understanding and affection outside the home?

2) What can we as parents do to fill the needs of our children?

3) What can we do as a parent to protect our children from internet pornography and sex crazed individuals who hang out on the internet just for the purpose of trapping our young ones?

Here is what I really feel about the internet and our children and what we can do to help rid our family of internet abuse by pedophiles and sick people. Below are some suggestions that might help.

We as parents can and will only be able to answer these three questions if we truly understand and communicate regularly with our kids. 

Young children have feelings and needs, we need to fulfill those needs. 

We need to monitor what our children do when using the internet. 

We also need to talk with our children about the bad things some people do using the internet. Make them aware of the dangers. 

It is so important to really listen to our children when the talk to us. It can really at times make a big difference in the welfare of our children. 

Do things with your children, walk and talk, go swimming, play ball, board games, wholesome video games, go bowling, ice skating, and biking. Spend quality time with them. Allow them to have friends over or give them a party at home, let them invite their friends to dinner, just do activities with them. Then maybe they will not seek companionship with strangers.