1. Internet and Media Safety for Families Lesson 1 Children are an Heritage of the Lord 1

2. Internet and Media Safety for Families Internet and Media Safety for Families 7-Lesson Sunday School Class 1. Children are an Heritage of the Lord 2. The Sacred Roles of Fathers and Mothers 3. Internet and Media Safety for Families 4. Teach your Children about Media Choices 5. Teach your Children to prevent/avoid Pornography 6. Teach Your Children about inappropriate Internet/Media Exposures 7. Make Emergency Response Plans 2

3. Internet and Media Safety for Families Class Topics  Parenting  Technology 3

4. Internet and Media Safety for Families Lesson Outline  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 4

5. Internet and Media Safety for Families 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 5

6. Internet and Media Safety for Families Lesson Objectives When earthly parents welcome Heavenly Father’s children into their homes, they assume a responsibility to:  love them  cherish them  teach them  lead them to eternal life 6

7. Internet and Media Safety for Families Heavenly Father entrusts His spirit children to earthly parents 7

8. Internet and Media Safety for Families Value of the Internet 8

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

10. Internet and Media Safety for Families President Gordon B. Hinckley Never forget that these little ones are 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. 10

11. Internet and Media Safety for Families Parents should seek to meet each child’s individual needs 11

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

13. Internet and Media Safety for Families Meeting each child’s individual 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 13

14. Internet and Media Safety for Families 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 14 Handout - Internet Addiction Test: http://netaddiction.com/internet-addiction-test/

15. Internet and Media Safety for Families Sister Michaelene P. Grassli We need to discover who our 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 15

16. Internet and Media Safety for Families Nurture Talents and Abilities 16

17. Internet and Media Safety for Families How Can the Internet Support Child Development?  Games  Stories  Videos  Instruction 17

18. Internet and Media Safety for Families Elder James E. Faust “One of the most difficult parental challenges is to appropriately discipline children. 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.” 18

19. Internet and Media Safety for Families Children are entitled to a loving relationship with their parents 19

20. Internet and Media Safety for Families Elder Marlin K. Jensen “Like so much of what is worthwhile in life, our needs for friendship are often best met 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.” 20

21. Internet and Media Safety for Families Elder M. Russell Ballard “Nothing is more important to the relationship between family members than open, honest communication. 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” 21

22. Internet and Media Safety for Families Principles of Good Communication  Listen to each other  Discuss challenges openly and calmly  Communicate in loving, positive ways 22

23. Internet and Media Safety for Families Child abuse is an offense to God 23

24. Internet and Media Safety for Families 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. 24

25. Internet and Media Safety for Families President Gordon B. Hinckley “Children don’t need beating. They need love and encouragement. They need fathers to whom they can look 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.” 25

26. Internet and Media Safety for Families Doctrine and Covenants 121 41.No a power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the b priesthood, only by c persuasion, by d long- suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned; power priesthood persuasion long- suffering 42. By a kindness, and pure b knowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the c soul without d hypocrisy, and without e guile— kindness knowledge soul hypocrisy guile 43. a Reproving betimes with b sharpness, when c moved upon by the Holy Ghost; and then showing forth afterwards an increase of d love toward him whom thou hast reproved, lest he esteem thee to be his enemy; Reproving sharpness moved love 44.That he may know that thy faithfulness is stronger than the cords of a death. death 26

27. Internet and Media Safety for Families Children bring great joy into their parents’ lives 27

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

29. Internet and Media Safety for Families 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 29

30. Internet and Media Safety for Families 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 30

31. Internet and Media Safety for Families Suggested Actions 31 “You said I should spend more time with our children; I turned their faces into icons on my desktop.”

32. Internet and Media Safety for Families Discussion 32

33. Internet and Media Safety for Families Bibliography – 1  Marriage and Family Relations - Instructor’s Manual – http://www.lds.org/manual/marriage-and-family- relations-instructors-manual?lang=eng 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 http://www.lds.org/manual/marriage-and-family- relations-participants-study-guide?lang=eng 33

34. Internet and Media Safety for Families Bibliography – 2  50 Best iPhone Apps, 2013 Edition – http://techland.time.com/2013/09/20/50-best-iphone-apps-2013- edition/?iid=obinsite 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 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 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_consequen ces.cfm https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/long_term_consequen ces.cfm 34

35. Internet and Media Safety for Families Bibliography – 3  Mormon Family – http://mormonfamily.net/ 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 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 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/ http://techland.time.com/2012/09/04/top-25-ipad-apps-for-kids/ 35