Would you give your child pornography?

Would you give your child pornography?!

That is precisely what you are doing when you get your child/teenager a smart phone. Whether or not your child is seeking the pornography; it is there, and it shows up all of the time. Pornography is in advertisements, in things people send them, in stupid videos that they can access even by accident. Don't even pretend like you haven't seen it yourself!

I don’t understand all of these parents saying, “How will I get a hold of my child if they don’t have a phone?” Well; here is my question, How did your parents get a hold of you? They called the school, and then you got a note in class saying, “come to the front office and call your parents,” SIMPLE! Also you can’t tell me that a majority of your child’s friends don’t have phones...they can borrow a phone to call you; or text you.

Let’s be completely honest. Smart phones are a HUGE distraction, here you have endless information at your fingertips, which is often far more interesting than whatever is going on--especially if you are sitting in a lecture at school or supposed to be doing homework. Think about it; when you have down time; what is the first thing that you do; reach for your phone? I am of the opinion that smartphones don’t belong in school, and are a dangerous device that are causing an attitude of apathy amongst our youth today. I heard of a young woman recently that had cracked the screen on her phone, and her mom took it to get it fixed. In the 4 hours that it was at the shop, she missed over 300 text messages. These were school hours! And you wonder why she is failing math?! Well I can tell you one thing--it is NOT the teacher’s fault. In order to read and respond to OVER 300 text messages she would have to be constantly looking at her phone.

I can go on and on about this topic, and the reasons that I think children shouldn’t have smart phones, including the horrible manners, lack of respect, and terrible social skills that young people have today. The lack of creativity and imagination saddens me. I won’t even begin to go into the dangers of social media and young children; but I will ask the question again, would you give your child pornography!?

Breastfeeding--Making Public what should be Private

There have been so many articles, videos, and comments flying around social media, that I thought I needed to put in my two cents. It isn’t appropriate for anyone-nursing mother or not to be showing their breasts in public. What kind of rights are we seeking?  Remember when you were little and your Mom told you that “those are your privates.” Are there not “privates” anymore?! You want people to be comfortable with you whipping it out to nurse? Recently a nursing mother fed her baby openly right in front of me, and it made me (a mother) uncomfortable. I can’t imagine my poor husband or other such gentleman.  We need to stop being so self centered thinking that everyone should be comfortable with what we are doing; start thinking about others, the sweet little boys and the men that are around us. Heaven forbid someone might be struggling with an addiction to pornography, and you have to open up and nurse right in front of them. Nursing is a wonderful moment shared by a child and their Mother. Why do we want to share it with the whole world!?

There is a video circulating that has a women scantily dressed and a woman who is nursing. People respond differently in the video, but I am responding the same, BOTH are absolutely INAPPROPRIATE. In a previous blog I talked about modesty; our society is dressing more and more immodest--I certainly don’t want breastfeeding to go in that direction. I do not sympathize with either one of these women. It is my opinion that a nursing mother should be considerate of others and go to a quiet, private place to feed her baby. If you have to feed your baby in public, cover yourself up so that others aren’t staring at what they shouldn’t be. You know they make really cute and fashionable nursing covers. How hard is that? My second opinion is that this beautiful model got exactly what she was asking for; sexual attention from men.  In general I think that we need to be more conscious of how we are presenting ourselves, and our bodies. "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defiles the temple of God, him will God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." 1Corithians 3:16-17

One argument that I have heard is that breastfeeding is a "natural" thing. Well so is urinating, and a man could be arrested for indecency if he peed in public. They are called "privates" for a reason.