Faithbooking Inspirations

Her Locket

I heard this song this weekend and thought it epitomizes why we record the stories of our loved ones.  What if the grandaughter had missed the love in the locket?

08 The Locket **

One special piece of jewelry can tell the story of a lifetime.  Share it! 

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**The Locket by Lauren Alaina on the Wildflower CD

I-Pod Touch Public Service Announcement :)

I'm not gonna try to be creative and tie this post to scrapbooking....

To be honest and to the point:  If you buy your child an I-Pod Touch, please be an informed parent.

This is just a quick infomercial to parents/grandparents who have purchased I-Pod Touches for their children.  While these hand-held gizmos are amazing, they can be just another avenue for our children to be exposed to content that is unacceptable for adults, let alone children.

Spend some time playing with your child's I-Pod Touch.  See what they see.  Try to access everything they can access.  I think you will be surprised and disappointed at what is out there.

Here are just a few suggestions for parents.

1. Regularly check the downloads on the I-Pod Touch
2. Restrict friends and teammates from searching / downloading content, apps, and games
3. Go to Settings: General: Restrictions: set a code and set age appropriate restrictions
4. However, realize that, although restrictions are set, your child will still have complete access to all app descriptions, which, I promise you, is way more than you want them to be able to see and read.
5. To avoid all access to the app store (which the best way to avoid all inappropriate content) you can turn off "in-app purchases", "installing apps" and "deleting apps" which removes the app store and options from the I-Pod.  The store can still be accessed through the computer. 
6. To download updates the restrictions can be changed temporarily, allow changes, then turn the store / restrictions status back on

We are pioneers in parenting/grandparenting children who have access to so many avenues and kinds of media.  No generation has had so many ways for the enemy creep into their lives.  We must stay alert and knowledgable as we raise these precious souls!