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On Wed, 5 Jul 1995, the angel opens her eyes wrote:

> true, and besides, it's a lot easier for your 12 year old kid to walk to 
> the newstand and pick up a copy of playboy to ah, drool over than it is 
> for him or her to dial up an adult bbs or futz with netscape and drool over 
> the 'babes on the web.'  unless the child happens to be nick jarecki, 
> wonder hacker.

Let's assume your kid IS "wonder-hacker".  A 10 year old boy doesn't even 
want to be around girls.  He isn't terribly interested in sex, except 
that it will shock his/her parent(s).  By the time he is 12 or 13 years 
old and the hormones are raging, he will have questions.  He could get 
his answers from his parents ("more than you ever wanted to know about 
sex, except how to 'score'") or he could learn from other boys in the 
locker room.  At least with the internet, there are people who are 
willing to ask questons, answer questions, and hold each other to account.

I was extremely lucky.  My parents gave me the "more than..." approach.  
I heard about my mother's date-rape, I learned how to stay celebate even 
when I was alone in a room with an amorous partner.  I learned not to 
engage in foreplay unless I was willing to consider spending the rest of 
my life with her (or paying child-support to her).  I learned what NOT to 
learn.  For example, I learned that if I got good at "Pick-ups", that I 
would be more likely to cheat on my wife - the best approach to meeting 
women was to go on blind dates.

> i'd rather have my kids using the net and the computer, at least i know 
> where they are.

Not only that, but if they are using a web browser, you can look at their 
log and see what they have been doing.  It's even better when you go 
exploring with them.

> -catherine
> who reads it for the articles.

	Rex Ballard
	Standard & Poor's/McGraw-Hill
	Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect
	the Management of the McGraw-Hill Companies.




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