The following is a true story: A father was having trouble coming up with arguments against his children's constantly wanting to watch television programs and movies that their friends were watching. Most of those programs, though, the father was uncomfortable letting his children watch. Finally, he decided to create an object lesson and baked some brownies putting in one special ingredient. Eagerly his kids waited for the brownies to be done. With the brownies fresh out of the oven all the children gathered around the dining room table. His announcement, though, that there was one different ingredient in the brownies stopped them in their tracks. When he told them he had put just a little dog poop in the brownies, no one wanted even a bite. He then went on to compare some of the programs they had asked to watch with those brownies which contained just a little of one disgusting ingredient. Afterwards, he had no trouble with his children when he said "no" to a request to watch a program or go to a movie.
The Bible says that the eyes are the gates to the soul. That children's song Be Careful Little Eyes What You See holds a lot of truth. With multiple entryways into homes from the internet, cable and other forms of television, radio channels and CDs it is tough to monitor everything thatour youngsters are connecting with. Nevertheless, this is critically important ifour kidsare going to grow up with values and character thathave not beeneroded by secular media.
