I’ve been engaged in a great discussion from my previous post “Danger lurks behind the new iPhone 3.0 software update for marriages” with Nelia and others. Their comments got me to make sure and include some of the well researched evidence on the negative effects of pornography on life and relationships.
I wanted to make sure that everyone got a chance to check out this incredible testimony and research article on Heritage.org, you can find the testimony here and if you want to download the PDF of the research article you can do so here.
I believe you will find these two resources very good and that they make a well thought argument against pornography.
One other note, I mentioned in the previous iPhone OS 3.0 post that I was not receiving any money from Covenant Eyes to promote their service, well…apparently the folks over at Covenant Eyes came across my post and asked me to join their affiliate team! The power of the blogosphere is at work because I am now an officially proud supporter and affiliate of Covenant Eyes.
I encourage you, if not beg you, to check out their services because I truly believe their software and accountability program can help you stay safe online and avoid the dangers and addiction of porn. Even if you do not have an issue with porn, you should sign up anyway so that you will not fall to some future temptation. Porn is a serious, and frightening matter, so do not leave anything to chance.
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Bravo! When my request for research was returned with “radio silence,” I thought for certain I had unintentionally caused offense. I should have known that Michael was busy satisfying my request and then some! Thanks for the resources. I look forward to digging in!
Michael & Amy! Thank you so much for this last post. It came with perfect timing for me. I walked into my home office a couple of days ago to hang with my six year old son who was playing “Play House Disney”. Some how he had gotten on a porn site and was just looking at the picture that jumped up on the screen. I obviously had a bunch of questions to field! Thanks for the info on Covenant Eyes…I’m glad you’re now an affiliate!
Thanks Jeff! Looks like you have a great start to your site and blog as well =] And you know that you don’t want to mess with safety of that little boy, I am so glad you walked in when you did. I also push Apple computers for parents as well. The reason, sans the great Apple computer commercials, is the incredibly easy parental features.
I think I’m going to do a post on this today, so check back later and I’ll give a much more detailed reason on why I love macs for parents.
Check out this post for help in keeping your kids safe from online pornography: http://www.gosmalley.com/why-apple-computer-is-the-best-computer-for-children/2009/05/11/