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So how do we take advantage of this homeschool benefit? Especially in this technological age? I have a few ideas\u2014but I raised my kids in an age where we could simply put a television on a rolling cart and leave it permanently (and only)\u00a0 hooked up to a vhs. A few times a week we pulled it out of the closet and watched something all together. No computers. No iPods. No smart phones. Not even \u201ctelevision\u201d as we know it.<\/p>\n
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And it was blissful. And we not only could take advantage of the not hearing and seeing so many things benefit\u2014but we cashed in on that amazing homeschool benefit known as TIME. So while I might not be the one to come to in order to get ideas on protecting our kids from hearing and seeing \u201cbad\u201d things, I can\u2019t close without a few tips! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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1. The first way to protect our kids from hearing and seeing things that they shouldn\u2019t is putting guards on things. This can come in many forms\u2014only having one main computer for kids under eighteen and having it in the main area of the house; putting blocks on any computers any where (laptops and desktops alike), etc. This also includes televisions\u2014using blocking products so that things do not come through. (I would add that if we had, had television and computers, our kids under a certain age would not have been able to just go turn them on and use them. It would be just like the refrigerator\u2014the decision to watch something or eat something any time a child wants is not really theirs to make.)<\/p>\n
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2. Secondly, and I know this is one that many would disagree with, but we do not let our kids under eighteen or so have the internet on devices of their own\u2014smart phones, tablets, etc. It isn\u2019t worth the risk to us. They can use mine when they need to, but to have the internet at a ten year old\u2019s finger tips seems unwise to me. We are giving them (forcing them really) to make decisions about things (do I look at this; do I write this, etc.) that children are not equipped to make.<\/p>\n
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3. Lastly, we can protect our children from hearing, seeing, and experiencing negative things by not allowing them to be with people that we do not fully trust and know to be growing, godly people. This includes hanging out with non-Christian friends unsupervised and going to neighbors\u2019 homes and other people\u2019s homes in which the adults are not growing Christians that we know to not be involved in ungodly activity. I have been surprised by people\u2019s response to this\u2014sort of the whole \u201cthey have to be light in the school\u201d argument turned to \u201clight in the neighborhood.\u201d But there are many other ways to be light without subjecting our children to other people\u2019s sinful habits and sometimes downright dangers. This has shocked me because to me it is a no-brainer….<\/p>\n
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So there you have another homeschool benefit. Protection. It is a potential benefit if we want to take advantage of it in keeping our children away from sin, things that are too mature for them, and people who might influence them negatively.<\/p>\n
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While I am not so na\u00efve to believe that our children cannot hear or see \u201cbad\u201d things if they are homeschooled\u2014after all we are seldom with them every moment of every day, and there are potential \u201cbad\u201d things in our homes via television, internet, etc. However, protecting our children from hearing and seeing things […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,628],"tags":[623,572,636,622,624,637],"yoast_head":"\n
Homeschool Benefit #6: Parents Have More Control Over What Children Hear and See - Character Ink<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n