The idea of bug spraying is to create a defensive barrier around your house so that when bugs come in contact with the barrier they die before they can get in. In a way there are several barriers that we need to put up around our homes to prevent our children and even ourselves from being annoyed and bitten.
So what are the barriers that need to be set up in the home? Well I think for each of us the list differs. For me one of the largest pests has to be pornography. The definition of pornography is different for so many, but for this post I'm using the definition from Dictionary.com.
Books, photographs, magazines, art, or music designed to excite sexual impulses and considered by public authorities or public opinion as in violation of accepted standards of sexual morality. American courts have not yet settled on a satisfactory definition of what constitutes pornographic material.
So what do we do to prevent this from coming into the home? Well our current list involves the following:
- Monitoring what the children watch on TV
- Monitoring what the children do on the computer especially the internet
- Ensure that the books and movies we entertain ourselves with are not necessarily accessible to the children (as a side note we do not watch R or above rated films)
- Discuss things with our children they learn outside our home
This is how we have created a preventive barrier to pornography in our home. We have also done similar things for other areas such as:
- Violence on TV
- Violence in Video Games
- Being Disrespectful
I'm sure the list will change as the children get older. Just like you have to spray for bugs on a regular basis, working on other barriers is a never ending process for parents.
However a protective barrier is not enough. Parents also need to teach their children about the good and evil that is out in the world. Parents also need to teach their children about making the right choice even if it is not the popular one.
A good defensive barrier along with good teaching will protect children and help them to be productive members of society.
1 comment:
We have the same barriers erected in our house, BJ. While LW is awake, no "grown up" TV, except the new, Jeopardy or the Olympics is watched.
It never ceases to amaze me how many people don't understand how important these barriers are and how the lack of them can alter their child's perception of the world around him as he grows.
Great post and awesome parenting!
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