Pornography sometimes seems to lurk around every corner. Apparently innocent links or mis-typed web addresses sometimes land us in unexpected places. But many teenagers all right, many teenaged boys actively look for porn. So kids probably look at the Internet and think wow a new dictionary. Some boys see pornography as a way of life on the Net.
Parents are naturally concerned, and perhaps with good reason.
If they re prepared to give their children Internet access, they should be prepared for them to be able to access pornography. For a lot of us, that s part of being a teenager. We need parents to swallow hard and accept it. But that troubles many parents, who turn to filtering software like Net Nanny to keep unwanted content out of their homes. We think adults like filters because they let them think they re in control, being responsible.