Internet and Media Safety for Families

1. Internet andMedia Safetyfor Families Lesson 2The Sacred Roles of Fathers and Mothers <Ward name> <Date>

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. LessonObjectives Understand how fathers and mothers fulfill their respective sacred roles Understand how fathers and mothers can help one another as equal partners

6. Social MediahasChanged the World

7. Fathers and mothers should work togetherto provide eachof their childrenwith ashield of faith

8. Stand Strong in Holy PlacesBy Elder Robert D. Hales

9. PresidentBoyd K. Packer Our Father’s plan requires that the shield of faith be made and fitted in the family. The plan designed by the Fathercontemplatesthat husband and wifefiteach 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.

10. A Parent's Guide to Online Safety - Social Networking

11. Fathers are to preside in loveand righteousness

12. Family Game Night

13. The FamilyA Proclamation to the World DiscussHandout

14. PresidentEzra Taft Benson Give father’s blessings to your children,baptize and confirm your children,ordain your sons to the priesthood Personally direct family prayers, scripturereading, family home evenings Attend Church meetings together as a family Go on daddy-daughter dates and father-and-sons’ outings Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings Have regular one-on-one visits with your children Teach your children to work, and show them the value of working Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes Regularly attend the temple with your wife Have your children see your joy and satisfaction in Church service

15. Fathers are to provide their families with the necessities of life and protection

16. 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?

17. Cyberbullying DiscussHandouts Cyberbullying Warning Signs CyberbullyingPrevention:What You Can Do

18. Mothers participate in God’s work

19. ElderJeffrey R. Holland One 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 insideI 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’”

20. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children

21. I have astay-at-homemom. Stay-at-Home Moms Thus theanklemonitoring bracelet.

22. PresidentEzra Taft Benson • Be at the crossroads • Be a real friend • Read to your children • Pray with your children. • Have weekly home evenings • Be together at mealtimes • Read scriptures daily • Do things as a family • Teach your children • Truly love your children

23. Fathers and mothers are to help one another as equal partners

24. Managing ParentalConflict

25. Home Inventory Build awareness of electronic devices Build awareness of website accounts Manage/control access Prepare for accident/disaster

26. Home Inventory Workbook You’ll receive theExcel workbook via email • 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. Discussion

30. 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#assessment • Cyberbullying Warning Signs • http://www.cyberbullying.us/cyberbullying_warning_signs.pdf

31. 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

32. Standards: Sexual Purity and Modesty - True Confidence

33. Chastity: what are the limits?