dangers on the net, and ran across some crazy statistics. Out of 185 students, 145 of them have the Internet in their household. Thirty-five of these children had access to the web in their room (Sally 2000). This makes it even more difficult for the parents to regulate these childrens Internet privileges. Uncle Sam has no business in adding more regulations to the net. That bear has his hand too far in the honey jar already. The Internet can be one of the most valuable information tools there is in the world today. This valuable tool can also carry very explicit material. If parents do not pay attention to what their children are downloading, this explicit content may weave its way across the web and into your house. How many parents would pay a monthly fee to just hand their child a chainsaw and turn them loose on an unsuspecting world? I do not know a single parent who would even think of letting this hypothetical situation proceed. A chainsaw can also be viewed as a valuable tool if used to clear land or clear a road of fallen trees. If misused this can be a very dangerous piece of equipment. Keeping this in mind, picture the web as a very important tool. The Internet also has infinite knowledge paths waiting to be blazed by a curious user (Exon 435). The dark side of this tool can be more damaging on the inside of a young childs mind, than the chainsaw could possibly do. This paper was written to awaken those who would let our rights be infringed on because of their own negligence. The computer skill level by some of the children of today far exceeds the level of their parents. This also causes parents to be shocked at what their children may be looking at when they are not in the room. If parents would take five minutes out of the day to look in the temp folder or the history in the navigator, they would know exactly what their children have been viewing. If you can regulate your son or daughters use of the net, then why violat...
