Thank you so much for your comment, It is wonderful to see a person taking an active role, instead of a passive one.

The saying goes, there are two sides to every coin, certainly there are pros and cons, but to conditionally censor, to offer that level control to anyone besides the people, can become it's own pandora's box. To give anyone that right seems to be against what is freedom of speech.
It is true, that with television a cycle was started, and now that same cycle continues with the widespread usage of the internet. Certainly to be cautious is a prerequisite, consider though, that such responsibility should be with a child who was taught early on, from his parents, or parent if that is the case, is less likely to venture to an area that is clearly not for children.

So really, it is the old adage with great power comes great responsibilities, the awareness of that factor.

A child can be a product of their environment, so it is in that environment that such clarity should be established.

Technology is moving in leaps and bounds while we skip along merrily, the wonder of being human is the ability to adapt. Even with great change, in time we often expect it to grow beyond us.

Most definitely, balance should be a constant, but again that is in the environment, so it is with you or with me, to be active in our own lifes and to offer that same motivation in the children to be. For that matter the children now.

Riding a bike is a nice counter balance, it is that awareness or lack of that when improved can also perform.

Activity should be a constant, to use timers or to specify time periods, to make it fun, there are many ways to help a child understand that there is more to the world then what is on a screen. To go outside and play, ride a bike, run around something that is separate from computer time is in order.

Well it is coming on about 5a here so I should probably sleep, I would like to hear more from you in the future.

For now Take Care - Open The Mind
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Good morning and bravo, a wonderful response. It does hold true that the view may not be as commonly held. In an ideal world every parent would take responsibility and teach. We do not live in an ideal world, which is probably a good thing. So certainly the subject of censorship comes with many facets, when you consider that "we" collectively of the new media, can make a difference, youtube is a wonderful medium to educate, just as vimeo and the many others, so then it becomes "our" responsibilitie, to insure the content shared is of an "educational, entertaining" sort. I have found many good examples, in my own journey of content that has that value. Of course it is not possible to say that is the only content that can be shared, when an individual, establishes popularity, whether it be via vimeo or along the many vehicles available, the responsibility is with "us" to insure the entertaining educational value of each that is produced. Recently, there has come an advent of sites that are working the demographic, of the children, in offering up good content with it's own individual filtering.

Really, then what becomes popular in these new mediums, lies with the artist or the producer. There will of course be the good and the bad and the downright ugly, that cannot be stopped, the hope would be at the very least that less children would find the bad and downright ugly, instead find the good, with education, with reading though a child becomes who they are at the bare minimum to offer guidance as to the differences of the screen and reality is with the parents again in an ideal world. Children learn by example, by what is fed to them by whatever medium. Common sense is not to often lost, as it is a part of us from the early years in life. In that sense, there is the hope that the common sense will win out.

Certainly only time will tell, what effect such a wondrous diversity of information, results in. As you do your part and I do mine in this new medium, let us hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

Take Care