Internet and Media Safety for Families

Internet andMedia Safety

for Families

Lesson 2The Sacred Roles of Fathers and Mothers

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Lesson 1 ReviewChildren are an Heritage of the Lord

Read: Precious Children, a Gift from God Make a commitment to spend individual time

with each of your children Take time to talk about your children with

your spouse

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Internet and Media Safety for Families7-Lesson Sunday School Class

1. Children are an Heritage of the Lord2. The Sacred Roles of Fathers and Mothers3. Internet and Media Safety for Families4. Teach your Children about Media Choices 5. Teach your Children to prevent/avoid

Pornography6. Teach Your Children about inappropriate

Internet/Media Exposures7. Make Emergency Response Plans

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LessonOutline

Lesson Objectives Fathers and mothers should work together Fathers are to preside in love and righteousness Fathers are to provide for their families Mothers participate in God’s work Mothers nurture their children Fathers and mothers are to help one another Suggested Actions

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LessonObjectives

Understand how fathers and mothers fulfill their respective sacred roles

Understand how fathers and mothers can help one another as equal partners

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Social Media hasChanged the World

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Fathers and mothers should work together

to provide eachof their children

with ashield of faith

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Stand Strong in Holy PlacesBy Elder Robert D. Hales

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PresidentBoyd K. PackerOur Father’s plan requires that the shieldof faith be made and fitted in the family. The plan designed by the Fathercontemplates that husband and wife fiteach child individually with a shield of faith. It takes the steady strength of a father to hammer out the metal of it and the tender hands of a mother to polish and fit it on. In the Church we can teach about the materials from which a shield of faith is made: reverence, courage, chastity, repentance, forgiveness, compassion.

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A Parent's Guide to Online Safety - Social Networking

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Fathers are to preside in loveand righteousness

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Family Game Night

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The Family

A Proclamation to the W

orld

DiscussHandout

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PresidentEzra Taft Benson1. Give father’s blessings to your children,

baptize and confirm your children,ordain your sons to the priesthood

2. Personally direct family prayers, scripturereading, family home evenings

3. Attend Church meetings together as a family4. Go on daddy-daughter dates and father-and-sons’ outings 5. Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings6. Have regular one-on-one visits with your children7. Teach your children to work, and show them the value of working8. Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes9. Regularly attend the temple with your wife10. Have your children see your joy and satisfaction in Church service

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Fathers are to provide their families with the necessities of

life and protection

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Necessitiesof Life and Protection

What are some temporal necessities of life? What are some spiritual necessities of life? How can a wife and children support the

efforts of their husband and father? What do families need to be protected from?

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Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying Warning Signs Cyberbullying

Prevention:What You Can Do

DiscussHandouts

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Mothers participate in God’s work

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ElderJeffrey R. HollandOne young mother wrote to me recently thather anxiety tended to come on three fronts. But one thing, she said, keeps her going:‘Through the thick and the thin of this, andthrough the occasional tears of it all, I know deepdown inside I am doing God’s work. I know thatin my motherhood I am in an eternal partnership with Him. ‘It is this realization,’ she says, ‘that I try to recall on those inevitably difficult days when all of this can be a bit overwhelming. ‘It gives me hope. If I can be right before my Father in Heaven, perhaps His guidance to our children can be unimpeded. Maybe then it can be His work and His glory in a very literal sense’”

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Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children

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Stay-at-Hom

e Mom

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anklemonitoringbracelet.

I have astay-at-home

mom.

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PresidentEzra Taft Benson1. Be at the crossroads2. Be a real friend3. Read to your children4. Pray with your

children.5. Have weekly home

evenings6. Be together at

mealtimes

7. Read scriptures daily8. Do things as a family9. Teach your children10. Truly love your

children

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Fathers and mothers are to help one another as equal partners

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Managing ParentalConflict

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Home Inventory

Build awareness of electronic devices Build awareness of website accounts Manage/control access Prepare for accident/disaster

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Home Inventory Workbook

Worksheets:– Household– Electronics– Web Accounts– Safe Deposit

Benefits:– Guard against identity theft– Manage your online presence– Recover from an accident or disaster more easily– Avoid frustrating password recovery process– Monitor what your children are up to

You’ll receive theExcel workbook via email

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Conclusions

Fathers and mothers have respective roles in rearing children

Fathers and mothers should:– work together – help one another

Fathers and mothers can protect their families from Internet and media risks

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Suggested Actions

Write a letter to your father or your mother With your spouse, review President Ezra Taft

Benson’s 10 suggestions for fathers and mothers Discuss ways you can work together and support

one another in these parenting responsibilities Assess if the signs of cyberbullying are evident

among your children Complete Home Inventory Worksheet

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Discussion

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Bibliography - 1

A Parent's Guide to Social Networking Sites - McAfee– http://

promos.mcafee.com/en-CA/PDF/SocialNetworkinge-guide.pdf

BBC – WebWise Safety and Privacy– http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/topics/safety-and-privacy/

Cyberbullying Prevention: What You Can Do– http://www.zurinstitute.com/cyberbullying.html#assessm

ent Cyberbullying Warning Signs

– http://www.cyberbullying.us/cyberbullying_warning_signs.pdf

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Bibliography - 2

Fathers.com– http://fathers.com/

FBI - A Parent’s Guide to Internet Safety– http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/parent-guide

Internet addiction– http://www.projectknow.com/research/internet-addiction/

Stopbullying.gov– http://www.stopbullying.gov/resources/index.html/

Teaching Chastity and Virtue– By Matthew O. Richardson, Second Counselor in the Sunday School

General Presidency– https://

www.lds.org/ensign/2012/10/teaching-chastity-and-virtue?lang=eng&query=internet

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Standards: Sexual Purity and Modesty - True Confidence

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Chastity: what are the limits?