Of course we should protect our children. What caring parent would subject their children to the full effects today’s culture? A caring parent would not allow their toddler to view sexually explicit material or disturbingly violent movies. The question is not so much should children be protected, but what form our protection takes and how it changes as our children get older.
There are as many opinions as there are parents; viewing it from a conceptual point of view it might come down to a question of whether parents should shelter their tweens and young teens completely from materialism and suggestive, violent and vulgar material or allow them to experience some of it under parental supervision and guide them through.
The bottom line question: Should parents not allow any exposure (if that’s possible) to the worst parts of modern culture or should they let children experience some of the culture and provide guidance along the way. Would guiding your tweens and teens enable them to develop the skills to make their own decisions as adults? Does completely sheltering children make them ill-equipped to function is a culture that is so foreign to them?
One recommended book is Mary Beth Hicks- Bringing Up Geeks.
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