Caroline Kassabian tried not to freak out when her nine-year old son accidentally stumbled upon pornography as he perused the Internet at home on his iPad.
She was careful not to scream or rip the tablet from his hands. After all, he appeared as shocked as she did when he showed her what he?d found. Kassabian knew this kind of online discovery would force a conversation she was bound to have with him one day. She just hoped it didn?t have to be this early.
?I had to explain why people would film others doing something explicit on the Internet,? she remembers. ?I wanted him to consider privacy and how things are easily made public [online.]?

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Is it time schools allowed cellphones in the classroom" The web has forced her to open up a dialogue with her son on a wide range topics, like drugs and sex?conversations she admits she probably wouldn?t otherwise have had with him at this point in his life. And while her boy remains limited at home to television and iPad use on weekends exclusively, she?s currently grappling with the issue of her youngster, now 11, wanting his own smartphone like many of his classmates already have.
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