Blog Safety, at Least a Starter

Blogging (online “diaries” of various kinds and contents) and social networking (websites where users post information about themselves and connect to other users) are increasingly dominating parts of the internet world. Many teenagers and even younger children are interested in or participate in this kind of web usage. The website http://www.childnet-int.org/blogsafety/index.html has some good basic information to help parents start investigating the safety of the way their children use the internet. There is no substitute for parent supervision and good communication between kids and adults, but www.childnet-int.org is a way to understand some of the issues involved and get the conversation started. Don’t wait—talk to your child about how he/she uses the internet today!

A Thought to Ponder

Not from Scripture, but maybe worth a moment's consideration...

"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return." --Mary Jean Iron

Sometimes parenting can seem unglamourous and so routine, the days running together or the battles always re-ocurring. Perhaps an increased respect for the normal can give a new perspective on the continuing process of shaping kids to become followers of Christ.