Internet and Media Safety for Families

1. Internet andMedia Safetyfor Families Lesson 1Children are an Heritage of the Lord <Ward name> <Date>

2. Internet and Media Safety for Families7-Lesson Sunday School Class Children are an Heritage of the Lord The Sacred Roles of Fathers and Mothers Internet and Media Safety for Families Teach your Children about Media Choices Teach your Children to prevent/avoid Pornography Teach Your Children about inappropriate Internet/Media Exposures Make Emergency Response Plans

3. Class Topics Parenting Technology

4. LessonOutline Lesson Objectives Heavenly Father entrusts His spirit children to earthly parents Parents should seek to meet each child’s individual needs Children are entitled to a loving relationship with their parents Child abuse is an offense to God Children bring great joy into their parents’ lives Suggested Actions

5. Grand Theft Auto V “Grand Theft Auto V not only hit $1 billion in sales faster than the fastest-grossing video game, it beat the three biggest film launches of all time by 16 days” 20 September 2013

6. LessonObjectives When earthly parents welcome Heavenly Father’s children into their homes, they assume a responsibility to: love them cherish them teach them lead them toeternal life

7. Heavenly Father entrusts His spirit children to earthly parents

8. Valueof theInternet

9. I Am a Child of God 1. I am a child of God,And he has sent me here,Has given me an earthly homeWith parents kind and dear. [Chorus]Lead me, guide me, walk beside me,Help me find the way.Teach me all that I must doTo live with him someday. 2. I am a child of God,And so my needs are great;Help me to understand his wordsBefore it grows too late. 3. I am a child of God.Rich blessings are in store;If I but learn to do his willI'll live with him once more.

10. PresidentGordon B. Hinckley Never forget that these little onesare the sons and daughters of God. Love them, take care of them. Fathers, control your tempers, now and in all the years to come. Mothers, control your voices; keep them down. Rear your children in love, in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

11. Parents should seek to meet each child’s individual needs

12. “Your mother and I are overwhelmed,so you’ll have to bring yourselves up.”

13. Meeting each child’sindividual needs Each child has his or her own desires, talents, and needs Differences can be frustrating for parents Heavenly Father has entrusted these particular children to parents

14. Internet Addiction Test • Handout - Internet Addiction Test: • http://netaddiction.com/internet-addiction-test/ Complete test for yourself Have your spouse complete test Complete test based on your observation of a child’s behaviour Lay out an approach to how you and your spouse will discuss the topic with a child Consider having a child complete a subset of the test

15. Sister MichaeleneP. Grassli We need to discover whoour children really are We need to know what interests them, what worries them Let children be their own selves and not expect them to be reproductions of their parents Give them varied experiences so they can discover what interests them, and then encourage these interests and talents

16. Nurture Talents and Abilities

17. How Can the Internet Support Child Development? Games Stories Videos Instruction

18. Elder James E. Faust “One of the most difficult parentalchallenges is to appropriatelydisciplinechildren. Every child is different and unique. What works with one may not work with another. It is a matter of prayerful discernment for the parents. The discipline of children must be motivated more by love than by punishment.”

19. Children are entitled to a loving relationship with their parents

20. ElderMarlin K. Jensen “Like so much of what isworthwhile in life, our needsfor friendship are often bestmet in the home. If our children feel friendship within the family, with each other, and with parents, they will not be desperate for acceptance outside the family.”

21. ElderM. Russell Ballard “Nothing is more important to therelationship between familymembers than open, honestcommunication. The ability to counsel with our youth—and perhaps more importantly, to really listen to their concerns—is the foundation upon which successful relationships are built. Often what we see in the eyes and what we feel in the heart will communicate far more than what we hear or say”

22. Principles ofGood Communication Listen to each other Discuss challenges openly and calmly Communicate in loving, positive ways

23. Child abuse is an offense to God

24. Matthew 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

25. PresidentGordon B. Hinckley “Children don’t need beating.They need love and encouragement.They need fathers to whom they canlook with respect rather than fear.Above all, they need example. . . . “My plea . . . is a plea to save the children. Too many of them walk with pain and fear, in loneliness and despair. Children need sunlight. They need happiness. They need love and nurture.”

26. Doctrine and Covenants 121 No apower or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the bpriesthood, only by cpersuasion, by dlong-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned; By akindness, and pure bknowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the csoul without dhypocrisy, and without eguile— aReprovingbetimes with bsharpness, when cmoved upon by the Holy Ghost; and then showing forth afterwards an increase of dlove toward him whom thou hast reproved, lest he esteem thee to be his enemy; That he may know that thy faithfulness is stronger than the cords of adeath.

27. Children bring great joyinto their parents’ lives

28. Elder James E. Faust “while few human challenges are greater than that of being good parents, few opportunities offer greater potential for joy”

29. Conclusions • Children are gifts from our Heavenly Father • As the Psalmist said, “Children are an heritage of the Lord” (Psalm 127:3) • When earthly parents welcome Heavenly Father’s children into their homes, they assume responsibility to love them, cherish them, teach them, and lead them to eternal life

30. Suggested Actions 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

31. Suggested Actions “You said I should spend more timewith our children; I turned their faces into iconson my desktop.”

32. Discussion

33. Bibliography – 1 • Marriage and Family Relations - Instructor’s Manual • http://www.lds.org/manual/marriage-and-family-relations-instructors-manual?lang=eng • Marriage and Family Relations - Participant’s Study Guide • http://www.lds.org/manual/marriage-and-family-relations-participants-study-guide?lang=eng

34. Bibliography – 2 • 50 Best iPhone Apps, 2013 Edition • http://techland.time.com/2013/09/20/50-best-iphone-apps-2013-edition/?iid=obinsite • 'Grand Theft Auto V' Crosses $1B In Sales, Biggest Entertainment Launch In History • Forbes, 9/20/2013 http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/09/20/grand-theft-auto-v-crosses-1b-in-sales-biggest-entertainment-launch-in-history • Journey of Jesus 1: His First Miracle • https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/journey-jesus-1-his-first/id655167173?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D2 • Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect • https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/long_term_consequences.cfm

35. Bibliography – 3 • Mormon Family • http://mormonfamily.net/ • Precious Children, a Gift from God • By President Thomas S. Monson, First Counselor in the First Presidency • Ensign, June 2000 • http://www.lds.org/ensign/2000/06/precious-children-a-gift-from-god?lang=eng • Standing Up: Pornography • http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2001-08-04-standing-up-pornography?lang=eng • Top 25 iPad Apps for Kids • http://techland.time.com/2012/09/04/top-25-ipad-apps-for-kids/