Clean Router is committed to fighting pornography. We believe it is an important public service that will improve the lives of individuals and families. As such, we want to recognize others who also participate in the movement to make the internet safer. A new section of our website will do just that! CleanKudos debuted […]
Hopefully you have never been in a relationship where you were used. Unfortunately, many of us have. No matter the type of relationship (friendly, familial, or romantic), the common denominator is a lack of value for the other person’s individual worth. Maybe the user wanted your money or your skills. Maybe your attention provided
Are you looking to improve your family’s screen/life balance? Maybe your family has no screen rules, and you want to implement some guidelines. Or, maybe you think you are doing a pretty good job but still want to improve. Either way, this article from Common Sense Media has some great ideas for improving your
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Twenty years ago, who would have thought a refrigerator could be smart? Yet an internet refrigerator is very much on the market and can tell you when you are running out of milk and eggs. Our “smart” world means that your desktop computer is probably gathering a little more dust than it used to.
An article in online magazine “Verily,” highlights the number one mistake we make when we talk to men (young and old about pornography)– expecting them to fail. Written by Baleigh Scott, the article titled “Men Don’t Need Porn, And It’s Demeaning to Say They Do,” argues that we can and should expect men to
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A shocking new statistic from a study published last week by Barna (click here to read more about the study) indicates just how mixed up our perception of pornography has become. The teens and young adults (between the ages of 13 and 25 years old) surveyed believe that not recycling is more immoral than viewing
Sometimes when we talk about pornography and online safety, we oversimplify. The internet is not just divided up between pornography and kid-friendly content. Just like movies have different ratings, internet websites are diverse in the maturity of their content. Most internet filters make the same mistake. There are “good sites” and “bad sites” with
A few months ago, we shared some tips for parents wondering if their child is ready for social media. While those suggestions are a good place to start, there is more to successful social media use than avoiding pornography and coping with cyberbullying. For parents who are still undecided, here are 3 more signs your
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A study in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience suggests that people viewing sexualized images of women mentally dehumanize the women pictured. Researchers showed study participants (all male) sexualized images of women, and scanned the participants’ brains to see which areas were activated. The researchers were specifically looking to see if the areas of the
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With a new social media app coming out of the pipeline every few months, how’s a parent to keep up? Common Sense Media has written an article for Huffington Post to help adults scope out each new app and minimize the risk to kids on social media. The list of red flags includes includes:
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