Internet Safety in Literature

The article I read was "Let Our Voices Be Heard" by Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve. This article was a call to action for every member. Elder Ballard discussed the increasingly negative influences of the media today and how it is focused on destroying the family unit - whether inadvertently or not. He calls for members to look for the good medias available to them and utilize media and technology as an uplifting and edifying opportunity. I love the seven suggestions he gives to parents in order to help alleviate the negative affects and influences of media. They are:

1. Hold family councils and decide media standards

2. Spend quality time with your kids so that you are a main influence in their lives.

3. Make good media choices ourselves as exemplars

4. Have a time limit on media exposure per day

5. Use Internet filters and TV programming locks

6. Have TVs and computers in common rooms, not in a bedroom or private place.

7. Watch appropriate media with our kids and discuss it.

I believe that if we were to incorporate the above suggestions into our own lives and families that media would not be so damaging to the family unit. People would be spared pain and years of regret.