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Why Children Should Be Censored

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The Internets filled with dangerous information, that children should never have the freedom to get access to. Children are more vulnerable to the effects of ideas, imaging, and videos. parents should also take the matter into their own hands when it comes to censoring what their child's view. Although some would say censorship violates their basic rights to free speech and their freedom, censorship helps protect children from exposure to graphic content, but parents must also do their part in this issue.
Censorship is needed considering parents are not always there to filter and explain what is being seen or heard. Parents are either busy or not home due to their work hours, therefore children are most likely to stumble upon inappropriate material, or parents are not there to explain what is seen on tv. The article "what children need is censorship" states "This is the first time in our history that children have had the greatest preponderance of ideas, opinions, values and- most importantly- images delivered as a take away directly to their eyes and ears, without the knowledge and mediation of their parents" (Sigman). This shows how technology has changed the way we convey and changed the way we access information. Children would now be able to get information not …show more content…

Parents must exam the content shown on television for instance, new channels, websites and browsers to ensure their kids are getting the right information and ideas. Aric Sigman author of "what children need is censorship" states "If you really want to protect your children, you have to do what parents have always done: to mediate and filter what they see and hear within reason." That implies online Pc's ought to be within parent’s eyesight and earshot and not in a child's bedroom. some people would refer that as real-time censorship, it’s the most effective thing ever

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