If a wife complains about a spouse's on-line flirting today, she'll find something new to complain about tomorrow. Bringing the Internet into a home requires a family to define or make reference to its standards of safety. A home that is based on the Torah and its standards has little tolerance for risk, especially of the above natures. Let's have a look at some of Dr. Young's findings. Unlike TV, with programs and commercials scheduled at regular intervals, time seems to stand still for a person that is on the Internet.
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Of the numerous problems cited, a task force on electronic commerce appointed by President Clinton revealed that businesses advertising on the web routinely lure children into volunteering their real names, addresses, and phone numbers in exchange for gifts of T-shirts and CD players. In turn, many companies sell the names to others, leaving data on these cybertots circulating throughout the unregulated web. The Internet's interactive features plunk children down in the middle of steamy streets that contain thousands of strangers who may, at any click of the mouse, entice them into looking at dirty pictures, invite them to private meetings, forward their personal information throughout cyberspace, or even urge them to run away from home. In a survey reported by USA Today, eighty-six percent of the responding teachers, librarians, and computer coordinators believe that Internet usage by children does NOT improve classroom performance. Many colleges provide their students with unlimited access to the Internet.