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Many Internet service providers offer filtering services. But because of the need to appeal to the largest audience, they may go much further in their proscriptions than some parents would want. Amy Bruckman, a computer-science professor at Georgia Tech, points out that "a lot of these filtering companies are not making clear what their values are, their method for deciding what is acceptable and what is not." That's why it's so important to buy a filter that can be tuned to your family's values...
...SITES The bad news: everything you could possibly not want your kids to see is out there, and a lot more besides. The good news: most SEX sites are serious businesses and require log-ins and credit cards. Still, they're easy to stumble across and heavily publicized, and even their open-to-the-public home pages can be XXX-rated...
...concerned parent and you want to know which video games contain scenes of graphic violence. Trouble is, so do many kids, but for the opposite reason. For some of them, violence rules. That's why game ratings imposed by the RECREATIONAL SOFTWARE ADVISORY COUNCIL, bottom left, are mocked by gamers; RSAC's website-ratings system hasn't fared much better. Other systems simply deem certain games "teen" or "mature"--but as most families know, maturity is graded on a sliding scale...
...years old, who are hypersocial despite growing up amid all manner of video and computer gaming gear. We have a Sony PlayStation, a Nintendo 64, a couple of Game Boys and enough desktops and laptops to outfit a small CompUSA outlet. My girls can play as much as they want, and I've noticed nothing aberrant in their behavior...
...movie. But any kid can buy any video game, regardless of the rating it has been given by the industry. Lowenstein says that's the retailers' problem--and the parents'. "The purpose of the rating system is to empower the parents to make an informed choice. If a parent wants to give Junior $50 and say, 'Buy whatever you want. I don't care,' that's not my responsibility...