Internet and
Media Safety
for Families
Lesson 5
Teach your Children to prevent/avoid Pornography
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Internet and Media Safety for Families
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Lesson 4 Review
Teach your Children about Media Choices
 Review material on teaching youth
 Introduce material for teaching
children about media choices
 Watch: Parents Need Rules, Too
 Review children computer user
accounts
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Internet and Media Safety for Families
7-Lesson Sunday School Class
1. Children are an Heritage of the Lord
2. The Sacred Roles of Fathers and Mothers
3. Internet and Media Safety for Families
4. Teach your Children about Media Choices
5. Teach your Children to prevent/avoid
Pornography
6. Teach Your Children about inappropriate
Internet/Media Exposures
7. Make Emergency Response Plans
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Lesson
Outline
 Lesson Objectives
 Parents’ teachings can help children stay
strong in the faith
 Parents are to teach their children the first
principles and ordinances of the gospel
 Parents should “teach their children to pray,
and to walk uprightly before the Lord”
 Suggested Actions
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Lesson
Objectives
 Encourage you to seek help for Internet or
other addictions
 Understand ideas for teaching your children
to pray and to walk uprightly before the Lord
 Implement safeguards to avoid exposure to
Internet hazards
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Addiction Recovery Program
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Parents’ teachings can help
children stay strong in the faith
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What do you
need the
computer
for?
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Social Networking
Addiction
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Fake LinkedIn
Email
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Fake PayPal Email
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Deseret Book
Clean & Safe
Media Pledge
Discuss handout
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Parents are to teach their
children the first principles and
ordinances of the gospel
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Mistakes cannot
be corrected
“Are you sure
you want to erase
your relationship
history?”
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Entertainment and Media
If there is anything virtuous, lovely,
or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.
Articles of Faith 1:13
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Set
SafeSearch Filters
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Limiting Content
on your Television
 Press Menu on remote
 System > Security menu
to access these options:
– Block programs
– Set/enter a PIN code
– Block certain sites in web
browser
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Parents should
“teach their
children
to pray, and
to walk uprightly
before the Lord”
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Being Honest
with Yourself
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Spiritual Crocodiles
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Where to Locate Computers
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Limiting Content on your
iPhone/iPad/iPod
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Limiting Content on your
iPhone/iPad/iPod
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Limiting Content on your
iPhone/iPad/iPod
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Conclusions
 We can address addictions in our families
 We can teach our children to be strong in the
gospel
 We can protect our home from Internet
hazards
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Suggested Actions
 Discuss and sign Deseret Book - Clean & Safe
Media Pledge with family members
 Implement restrictions on televisions, tablets,
smart phones, game consoles
 Confirm acceptability of location of
computers and tablets
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Discussion
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Bibliography - 1
 Marriage and Family Relations - Instructor’s
Manual
– http://www.lds.org/manual/marriage-and-familyrelations-instructors-manual?lang=eng
 Marriage and Family Relations - Participant’s
Study Guide
– http://www.lds.org/manual/marriage-and-familyrelations-participants-study-guide?lang=eng
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Bibliography - 2
 Customizable Device Contract
– http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/phase3
_customizabledevicecontract_design1_interactive.pdf
 Deseret Book - Clean & Safe Media Pledge
– http://deseretbook.com/familypledge
 Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) game ratings
– http://www.esrb.org/ratings/ratings_guide.jsp
 Google SafeSearch: Turn on or off
– https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/510?hl=en
 Hulu Parental Controls
– Users are required to be logged into an account and be at least
17 years of age in order to view mature content
– http://www.hulu.com/support/article/166617
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Bibliography - 3
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Life Without the Web
– I'm quitting the Internet. Will I be liberated or left behind?
– http://www.slate.com/articles/life/offline/features/2010/life_without_the_web/my_probably
_crazy_plan_to_give_up_the_internet.html
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Netflix Parental Controls
– You can adjust the parental control setting from the Your Account page to control access to
content that may be inappropriate for younger viewers
– https://support.netflix.com/en/node/264
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Overcoming Pornography
– http://overcomingpornography.org/?lang=eng
– http://beta.lds.org/topics/pornography?lang=eng
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Raising children - Apps for brats
– American parents snap up apps to make their children less horrible
– http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21588403-american-parents-snap-up-appsmake-their-children-less-horrible-apps-brats
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Tips for Childproofing Your Tech Gear
– http://www.samsung.com/us/article/tips-for-childproofing-your-tech-gear
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Write down
your passwords
Sometimes my memory fails me,
so I changed my password to “incorrect”.
That way, when I login with the wrong password,
the computer responds with:
“Your
password
is incorrect” to remind me.
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