"It's a bit tempting to just use my skills in something just to see what I could do."

"Spend all night downloading songs."

"Taking a paper off of the Internet as your own is not right, but borrowing ideas is different.’

WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY, COME NEW CHALLENGES.

John Pfeiffer: “TV is not nearly as sinister a babysitter as the internet.”

JOHN PFEIFFER IS A COMPUTER CONSULTANT, AND A UNITED METHODIST YOUTH MINISTER..

John Pfeiffer: ”We believe 2 things about the Internet. One that everything on there is free, and that everything on there is accurate.”

AND IT CAN BE EASY TO CONFUSE ACCESS, WITH OWNERSHIP. 

John Pfeiffer: “When you go to the library and take a book off a shelf, and open it, its’ pretty clear, that that belongs to somebody else. The Internet on the other hand, is kind of the wild, wild, west, there’s no controlling legal authority on the Internet.

FOR THAT REASON, PFEIFFER FEELS PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND CHURCH LEADERS NEED TO TEACH A NEW TYPE OF MORALITY, FOR USE IN CYBERSPACE.

Collin: “It's wrong to steal objects but nobody ever addressed the issue of stealing ideas or electronic signals."

BESIDES ETHICS CLASSES, PFEIFFER ADVISES PARENTS TO KEEP COMPUTERS OUT OF BEDROOMS, AND IN OPEN SPACES...AND TO USE THE INTERNET THEMSELVES SO THEY ARE AWARE, AND INFORMED.

John Pfeiffer: “I chat and instant message with my kids frequently, in my youth group, at least that way there’s a positive, wholesome activity being done online.”