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Now available:
SEX, KIDS, & THE INTERNET™, 4th Edition

Knights’ Quest Ministries is proud to announce the availability of the SEX, KIDS, & THE INTERNET™ Workbook, 4th Edition.  This workbook is a complete stand-alone “course-in-a-book” for parents wanting to know what is happening in children’s lives, online, and how to parent them through new, 21st Century dangers.
This 2010 update addresses developments in the threats [...]

…Because What’s On The Internet
Even Grosses Out the HOOKERS!!!

That’s the answer to the question:
“Why should I install parental controls and filters?
How bad can it be?”

When I talk about what I do, helping parents keep kids outta pornography on the Internet, I often get the following responses:
“C’mon, we had porn in our day, and it didn’t hurt us!”
“Aren’t you being a little too protective?”
Now, [...]

Securing the iPad: A Step-By-Step Guide

Unless you’ve been on a submarine for the past few weeks you have heard about Apple’s latest game-changer:
The iPad™!
After playing with one for a couple of weeks I have go to tell you that “game-changer” is not an understatement!  I feel no fear in “prophesying” that the iPad will soon become the delivery method of [...]

3 Men, Someone Else, & A Video Game

They were playing MASS EFFECT 2 online. Three young men and a young lady.  Hooked up via audio headsets, there was a lot of smack talk going around.  The young lady was not that good at the game, so she became the target of a lot of the barbs going around, and a lot of [...]

Pastors & Counselors: Is Your Office Cyber-Secure?

In my recent post “SMILE! You’re on Candid (Web) Camera” I talked about the dangers posed by remote activation of web cameras.
This should be of great concern for clergy and mental health professionals who counsel others in their offices.  Frequently there is a computer in the room.  If it is an iMac (or similar all-in-one) [...]

SMILE! You’re on Candid (Web) Camera

A friend of mine “video called” their daughter, who was at college, via the computer recently.  She was surprised when her daughter’s web cam came on without the daughter taking any action!  In fact, her daughter didn’t event appear to be home!
Scary!
But, what about the scandal in Philadelphia in which built-in webcams on school-issued laptops [...]

OpenDNS Filtering: A Review For Home and Church

Parents wanting to protect their children from undesirable material on the Internet used to have a fairly easy task:
Install filtering software on the computer!
In 2010 that is simply not enough.  Why?
Because access to the Internet is no longer limited to the PC/Mac but now includes the following devices:

Media devices, such as the iPod Touch
Sony PlayStation [...]

SEXTING, CHILD PORN, & THE POLICE

NOTE:
This post deals frankly but respectfully with issues regarding sexuality
& God’s design for humanity.  If this makes you uncomfortable,
please consider that we are discussing GOD’S DESIGN.
Before reading this blog you might want to read my other posts on “sexting”: Part I and Part II

Technology gives our children the power to do great things, [...]

PREDATORS:
The guy…or gal…next door or online

Many of my posts have dealt with issues surrounding the Internet, pornography, and Christian sexuality.  These are all related.
Another related topic is that of ONLINE PREDATORS.
When parents consider predator threats they often make a few dangerous assumptions:

It’s not in my community,
Predators are male, and
If I monitor my computers I’m covering the threat.

This week’s headlines about [...]

WHEN WIKIPEDIA IS AGE-INAPPROPRIATE . . .

Ok, so we all have killed hours surfing Wikipedia.  If you have a favorite TV series you want to understand (think: SMALLVILLE, STARGATE, 24, HOUSE, etc.) there is information overload available.  Same for the NFL. (What uniforms WERE the KC Chiefs wearing during the Cowboys game?)  Other topics abound that adults and youth, alike, find [...]