According to a new study, parents see internet access similar to how they see watching television — especially when it comes to using it as punishment. More than half of American households take away television viewing privileges as punishment, a figure that has not changed significantly over the last ten years. What has changed is the number of parents that use internet access as a form of punishment as well.
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No Internet For You, Young Man
Monday, December 20th, 2010Four-Letter Television Coming Soon
Friday, July 16th, 2010Like a lot of parents, I suspect, I try to curtail my use of obscenities when the kids are around. I’m not always successful, but I do try. It’s not that I think that hearing certain words will somehow turn them evil; it’s that I’d just as soon my kids weren’t introduced to such language and such a young age. I’m not going to completely shield them from rough language, but I’ll do my best to avoid adding to what they do encounter. Especially since, in the future, they may be encountering swearing somewhere they hadn’t previously: on television.
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