| Never has it been more critical than right now to | | | | to husbands and wives becoming addicted to online |
| protect children from the online perils of pornography. | | | | pornography. |
| According to USA Today there are over 1000 new | | | | Online pornographers are targeting your children. Over |
| pornographic websites each day. Over 30% of all the | | | | half of the children using the Internet receive an |
| websites online have some form of inappropriate | | | | invitation from pornographers to visit a pornographic |
| content. It has been estimated that approximately 1 | | | | web site right on the computer in your home. |
| in 3 girls and 1 in 7 boys will be sexually molested | | | | Face it; the Internet can be a particularly dangerous |
| before the age of 18. The relationship of | | | | place for children if they should surf it unmonitored. |
| pornography to child sexual abuse is compelling. 77% | | | | Who has the time to monitor your kids 24 hours a |
| of those who molested boys and 87% of those who | | | | day? If you are looking to create a safe web |
| molested girls said they were regular users of | | | | environment for your children, you may want to |
| hard-core pornography. | | | | consider investing some money in an Internet filter. |
| For most families, being on the Internet is as | | | | An Internet filter is basically a simple to install |
| commonplace as being on the telephone. While most | | | | software application designed to prevent access to |
| parents feel that it is not necessary to monitor their | | | | websites that you do not want your children to visit. |
| children online, this is a very big mistake. Some, but | | | | A few years ago there were a lot of dial up Internet |
| not all, of the problems for families associated with | | | | service providers that offered filtered Internet |
| online pornography are as follows: | | | | access. Many of these companies are still around. |
| · Children innocently typing in incorrect URL's and | | | | With the prices and availability of broadband Internet, |
| accessing porn sites by mistake possibly causing | | | | most of us have moved away from dialup. The |
| trauma to the child. | | | | problems of unfiltered Internet access remain the |
| · Cookies being placed in browsers by porn sites | | | | same, but the availabilities of Internet filtering are |
| thereby allowing them to track your children and | | | | worse. |
| send them pornographic emails. | | | | There are a handful of good stand-alone Internet |
| · Curious children seeking porn sites (and they | | | | content filters that are available for high speed |
| will) potentially opening themselves up to developing | | | | Internet access. Most of these filters are |
| an addiction to online pornography. | | | | customizable to your families needs and are very |
| · Porn seeking children using their parent's credit | | | | affordable. As you have moved into the high speed |
| cards to accumulate, in many known cases, hundreds | | | | Internet world, have for forgotten to protect your |
| of dollars of charges for viewing online pornography. | | | | kids? |
| · Marriages and families are being destroyed due | | | | |