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My five year old was on the internet the other day and asked me to type in the name of a popular character toy and find it's website. Imagine my horror when a pornographic site just popped up! There was no warning at all! I was quick to draw the mouse and log off, but to this day I wander what my daughter saw.

I would prefer that Internet porn be banned altogether, but at the very least, there needs to be strict guidelines and legislation passed regulating this Internet porn. If there was a topless bar on my block they would be required to black out their windows, regulate who enters the club and make it very clear who they were. These porn sites should be held to the same standard.

Regulate The Names:

If there are going to be Internet porn sites, the names of these sites need to be closely regulated. It is far too often that someone will type an innocent word into the search engine, or worse the name of a child's toy and a site will just appear! Make them put porn in their name, so we know it!

Regulate The Windows:

If a strip club or topless bar has a store window, it is required to be blacked out. We can require this with Internet windows and we must! Once a child, especially a boy, sees one of these images it is impossible to erase it from the mind. There have been studies done to show that children or adults that see these images are more likely to view porn in the future. This is why it is pertinent that these sites have a front page without any pictures that say who they are.

Require Security:

Topless bars and strip clubs have bouncers that check people's age and guard the doors. These Internet sites need a password system that filters who goes in and out. Would this regulate everyone? No. Do the bars let in underage kids? Sometimes, but a security net of some form is better than nothing.

Finally, parents I urge you not to let your children on the Internet by themselves. You may think that they are at a secure and innocent cite, but the tide can shift in an instant. Our home computer has an outrages amount of security, and this happened to us. Furthermore, once it happens there will be cookies in your computer that will allow it again and again.

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