Episode 30 - Witchcraft in Kids Content

CORRECTION: In this episode I talk about children accessing pornography on their school devices. The children were not viewing the pornography on their school devices, as far as I am aware. They were learning from school friends how to access that content at home, on the devices their parents allow them to use, in ‘incognito mode’ and also learning how to delete their browsing history.

I just have to start today by sharing something shocking with you. And this is a parent warning for the next few minutes so please don’t let your children hear. My friend is on a NZ parenting group on Facebook, and she told me that a Mum posted in the group that her 7 year old child, who has a school iPad type device, has been using said device to watch hardcore, violet porn. The device had all the school approved internet protections on it apparently, but they kids were teaching each other, at 7 years old, how to find this stuff, how to go ‘incognito’ and delete their browsing history after viewing the hard core violet porn. How absolutely devastating. Apparently the kids were also using the devices unsupervised at lunch time. Those are all the details I know but it is absolutely horrifying to me that a child, 7 years old, has been viewing something like that. 

Have you heard of the ‘power of first mention’? It’s how the first mention, or the first experience of something, has power. Once you have that first mention, you will subconsciously compare everything to that first mention. If it was the first time someone mentioned drugs to you and they painted it as a wonderful, fun thing to do, then you will compare every other mention of drugs to that first mention. “Drugs are bad”, “Wait, I don’t know about that, I’ve heard they are fun and wonderful.”. If it’s the first mention of sex, and it’s looking at violent pornography with your friends for fun at school, that is how you will understand sex it be. Not as something that is from God, that is Holy and good within the confines of marriage. Rather as something that is secret, hidden, violent, meant to hurt either you or the other person involved for selfish pleasure. Just awful. I hope that the woman's 7 year old get’s counseling, as well as the other children who are involved too. Parents, we need to be so careful. So careful.   

Today on the podcast we are not doing a bible study per se. Instead we are going to be talking about kids' content that contains witchcraft. As Christian parents, should we let our kids watch TV shows or movies that contain witchcraft? Should we not let them watch any at all? Is a middle ground ever possible when it comes to witchcraft in children's content? We are going to get into all of that today.

Last week we had a chat about how my husband and I manage the content that our kids watch. That’s not to say that how we do things is how you should do things, rather I hope that if you were listening last week that the episode gave you a chance to think a little deeper about what you do or do not let your kids watch. If you haven’t listened to that episode I definitely want to encourage you to go back and listen to that first.

My name is Christa, welcome back to the Outside of Sunday Podcast. This podcast is part bible study, part conversation, the goal being to encourage you to get outside of Sunday. Yes, go to church on Sunday, but don’t save everything for that one day. Take your worship outside of Sunday, your bible reading outside of Sunday,

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