Quote Originally Posted by CandleLite View Post
i keep hearing that old saying "(something somthing) but it takes a village to raise a child." my son plays games, but i regulate what and how much. perhaps i am too leaneant with my regulations but i do pay attention and talk with him about his games. i find my self agreeing with both Abacax and Logrus dispite haveing taken opiset vews. the parents of today, on the majority, need to step up their parenting. most of my generation had leanent parents and/ or grandparents. with the 3rd generation being even more lax in parneting skills what can you expect but that socity will be asked to bare the burden of raiseing the 4th. is that right? no i dont belive it is. will it change? no i dont belive it will. so the question them becomes, do we step up and help shape the lives around us? or do we calmly say "your not my problem" and justify leaving these children to fend for themselfs as their parents have already done? its a hard choice. since there is not much you can do on an indavidual lvl on line muchless .... dangit i need breakfast i lost my train of thought
Let me breakdown my views on this a little better. In your neighborhood, yes you should keep an eye out for the children, you should not however have to be responsible for them. The internet is too large and has a few billion users. The internet as Candle has pointed out, needs to be regulated by the parents of the child. There is no reason adults on the internet cannot have fun and talk about adult things and joke with each other in adult ways just because someone around the world does not supervise their child on the internet.

We cannot be responsible for other peoples children. Look out for them, yes. Help keep them safe, yes. But I for one refuse to be responsible for other peoples children and it is not my responsibility to become a puritan in an adult situation just because someone is not paying attention to what their child is doing on the internet.