Quarantining with Screens Was a Bad Idea

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A horrifying new survey found the number of pre-adolescent children in the U.S. who admit to sharing nude images of themselves more than doubled last year. 

Fourteen percent of kids aged 9-12 say they have shared inappropriate pictures of themselves. This is up from just six percent in 2019. Of that number, over a third said they shared those images with someone they believed to be 18 or older.

As WORLD notes, this spike in dangerous behavior coincides with the pandemic, which meant increased screen time for many folks. An obvious takeaway is that preteens are not mature enough to handle all that comes with unsupervised smartphone use. The more time they spend alone with their devices, the more opportunity for pornography and predators. 

At the very least, we must take active roles in our kids’ tech use. Quarantining with screens is more dangerous for kids than COVID ever was. It may keep the virus at bay, but for children especially, it lets in things far worse.

Copyright 2022 by the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Reprinted from BreakPoint.org with permission.

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Lower Your Flags to Half Mast On Saturday

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Saturday, January 22, marks Arkansas’ first annual Day of Tears.

In 2021 the state legislature passed H.C.R. 1007 acknowledging that January 22 — the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade abortion decision — will from now on be known as the Day of Tears in Arkansas.

The resolution encourages all Arkansans to lower their flags to half-staff to mourn the millions of lives lost to abortion.

The resolution reads,

WHEREAS, on January 22, 1973, the majority of the members of the United States Supreme Court ruled that abortion was a right secured by the United States Constitution; and

WHEREAS, over sixty-one million (61,000,000) unborn children have perished since that fateful day,

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN:

THAT the House of Representatives of the Ninety-Third General Assembly, the Senate concurring, recognize January 22, in perpetuity, as the “Day of Tears” in Arkansas and that the citizens of Arkansas are encouraged to lower their flags to half-staff to mourn the innocent unborn children who have lost their lives to abortion.

Alabama and Louisiana passed Day of Tears resolutions last year, and similar measures have been proposed in other states this year.

The Day of Tears is a way to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade in Arkansas and to acknowledge the destruction that abortion has caused in our country.

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Planned Parenthood’s PAC Shows Little Activity For Now

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On Tuesday Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes Arkansas — the political action committee for Planned Parenthood in Arkansas — filed a quarterly report showing no political activity in Arkansas during October, November, and December of 2021.

Planned Parenthood’s previous quarterly reports for 2021 showed no activity as well.

Political action committees donate money to candidates and political causes.

In 2020 Planned Parenthood Federation announced it would spend at least $45 million in an effort to unseat pro-life lawmakers and elect candidates who support abortion.

As part of that plan, the group used its PAC in Arkansas to support candidates for state and federal office.

Four of the candidates Planned Parenthood endorsed — Rep. Denise Ennet (D – Little Rock), Rep. Tippi McCullough (D – Little Rock), Sen. Clarke Tucker (D – Little Rock), and Rep. David Whitaker (D – Fayetteville) — won their elections.

Right now Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes Arkansas has a little over $15,000 at its disposal to use in the upcoming 2022 elections. Obviously, that could change if Planned Parenthood Federation decides it wants to divert more resources toward electioneering in Arkansas.

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider, and the group currently operates two facilities in Arkansas.

Planned Parenthood’s facility in Little Rock performs chemical abortions. Its facility in Rogers provides abortion referrals.

Planned Parenthood also lobbies against pro-life legislation at the Arkansas Capitol, and last fall it unveiled a three-pronged strategy for opposing a Texas-style “heartbeat” law in Arkansas.

Despite significant, pro-life victories, Planned Parenthood remains active in Arkansas, and its political action committee could show more activity as the spring primary elections approach.

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