Teaching Our Children Lessons About Downloading Music

Our children’s behavior can be developed through having good role models as their values and good behaviors are reinforced. Serving as good role models as parent is an important way of helping them to become responsible users of technology, such as Lime Wire, mp3, etc. They learn by example, so if we tell them one thing, but do the opposite of what we tell them, children are more likely to follow our examples. "Do as I say and not as I do" doesn’t work anymore nowadays because children are smarter and have more sense. Aside from giving them reinforcements for good behavior, we should also correct and educate them when violations of rights and values occur either in school or at home.

Parents can post a sign near the computer area that can serve as a reminder whenever kids use the computers or when they listen to their music or download anything from the internet. By being responsible adults and role models children start to develop important values. It is a nice thought that it is someday possible to achieve responsible adults in society by us being good role models and good parents now.