Cell phone prices are coming down. Perceived threats to children are going up. Many parents see cell phones as a safety measure for their kids…for peace of mind to help track their physical whereabouts. What’s the harm in buying little Aubrey a cell for her birthday?

Ironically, cell phones may cause more harm than good for kids when it comes to pornography.

A Hard Lesson

I know of one girl who received an i-Pod Touch (with an internet connection) for her eighth birthday. Her parents had just given her “the talk” and this girl was curious. So she turned to the internet and typed in “s-e-x” into the i-pod’s browser. Months later, her mom was devastated when she discovered that her young daughter had been regularly viewing hard core pornography on her i-pod. True story.

These good parents had no idea how accessible pornographic images and videos are, for free, over the internet. Cell phones have the…