Like how gates and alarms alert burglars to the presence of valuables. :) I tend to agree tho...
> Well, my theory, which seems to be working so far for my > kids, is that they > *won't* worry about it unless you go around hiding the > covers to these > magazines... then they will wonder what is on them, and > find out, and be > interested in them because they are "for grownups" > Dana > Kevin Schmidt writes: >> >Well, Hustler and Playboy don't put that stuff on the >> >cover do they? >> >Personally, I believe that when it comes to sex >> >ignorance is dangerous. >> >> But, at what age do we need to expose children to this? >> Certainly at 5 or 6 or 7 there is no need for children to >> be concerned about this. Their biggest concern should be >> not taking the free candy from the looney in the el >> camino. Why should they worry about why mom needs to >> satisfy dad or vice versa, at that age? >> >> >> >I >> >gave my son a talk last year after a local girl >> >developed a crush on >> >him, >> >to the effect that although I realized he wa too young >> >for the talk, >> >I'd >> >rather give it too soon, and gee kid, you can get into a >> >lot of >> >trouble >> >with sex that there is no getting you out of, so don't >> >feel pressured >> >to >> >> >pair up at 13...peer pressure at school maybe? >> >> I would argue that it is society in general that is >> degrading, look at TV, music, movies and then wonder >> where kids get this urge to become sexually active at a >> much younger age then before. >> >> > >> >Dana >> > >> > >> >Kevin Schmidt writes: >> > >> >> Not sure if I agree with that or not, but i'll play >> >> devils advocate. >> >Why cover any magazine at all? Should we have copies of >> >Playboy, >> >Penthouse and Hustler uncovered as well. I mean I want >> >my kid asking >> >why the woman is spread open wide enough that she won't >> >need an annual >> >exam for another year! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >Speaking of which, did anyone else hear about Walmart >> >> >covering the >> >covers of >> >> >"women's" magazines like Redbook and Cosmo, so as not >> >> >to offend the >> >eyes of >> >> >wee ones? Totally ridiculous. If my kid asked why I >> >> >might need to >> >"satisfy >> >> >my husband in the bedroom" I'd tell him. >> >> > >> >> >-d >> >> >Isaac wrote: >> >> >> In any event, to get back on the subject imho >> >> >> censorship really >> >just >> >> >enables neglect on the part of parents by attempting >> >> >to shelter >> >children >> >> >from being exposed to things which would result in >> >> >them asking >> >questions >> >> >which the parents would be uncomfortable answering. >> >> >And it's >> >awfully >> >> >selective. Some of the images of graphic violence on >> >> >TV can be >> >really >> >> >intense, but there's little mention of that because >> >> >parents aren't >> >as >> >> >uncomfortable answering questions about death and >> >> >violence as they >> >are >> >> >answering questions about sex. And after having seen >> >> >some of the >> >more >> >> >intense images, not hearing certain words on TV that >> >> >many parents >> >are using >> >> >in front of their children with reasonable frequency >> >> >seems rather >> >silly. >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > Archives: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 > Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up > with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. > http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.5 s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 new epoch http://www.turnkey.to lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi team macromedia volunteer http://www.macromedia.com/go/team certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
