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Family-Friendly Technology NEEDED!
I agree with Ellen Bonner's posting that requests more E rated Playstation games. In addition to that, all those responsible for getting any kind of technology into the hands of consumers need to be more sensitive to those of us who do not wish to expose our young children to the excess of sexuality and violence that our culture has become immune to.
A couple of years ago, I got a new cell phone from Verizon. It took a very short amount of time for my then 7-year old to discover the "Guy Stuff" wallpaper featuring women in various erotic poses that my phone regrettably came programmed with--- Mom's with cell phones beware!
More recently, we acquired the Ipod Touch which we can not let our 8-year near unsupervised because of the easy access it provides to provocative videos. Maybe we just have't yet figured out how to put filtering onto the IPod Touch. I don't even know if this is possible.
A couple of years ago, I got a new cell phone from Verizon. It took a very short amount of time for my then 7-year old to discover the "Guy Stuff" wallpaper featuring women in various erotic poses that my phone regrettably came programmed with--- Mom's with cell phones beware!
More recently, we acquired the Ipod Touch which we can not let our 8-year near unsupervised because of the easy access it provides to provocative videos. Maybe we just have't yet figured out how to put filtering onto the IPod Touch. I don't even know if this is possible.
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Comment by Ellen Bonner on February 4, 2009 at 10:50am -
That in itself would be a good marketing advertisement "Family Freindly Technology". If I were looking at eight (though there are dozens) choices for a new phone for one of my teenagers and one was marketed as "Parent Approved Content and Access", I would pay extra for it. One less thing to worry about in this world of barraging our kids with the violent and sexually explicit stuff that marketers think always sells things.
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Comment by Mary Pat on February 3, 2009 at 8:32pm -
I suppose that I would like to see tech vendors provide some sort of filter or a parental locking system. For example, DirectTV and our computer offer systems that require a parental code to be entered in order to access certain content. Alternatively, in the case of my cell, I just feel that these types of photos should NEVER come standard on a cell phone.
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Comment by Brian Mahony on February 3, 2009 at 7:56pm -
Thanks Mary Pat. More tech vendors need to hear from Moms like you. Often products are targeted at adults without any thought to what happens when it gets into the hands of kids. Never mind the products that are deliberately marketed to kids with a high adult content quotient-- that is a post for another day...
Being that kids in many cases are more technology adept than their parents, what kind of controls or shut-off switches would you recommend? How can tech vendors be better sensitive to your needs as a Mom?
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