Despite many of our popular beliefs, the internet is not a safe place for our children to be roaming around. Pornography and predators seem to be lurking everywhere, just waiting to hook your child into their schemes. It is becoming increasingly important for parents to know the facts about their teenagers time spent online, as well as how to approach this topic with them. In this article we will explore the reality of what children and teens will be introduced to online and the ramifications of that exposure in their lives.
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Talking with teenagers about pornography: why it’s important
My hands shook and my eyes welled with tears. I was angry, hurt, and afraid all at the same time. Since most kids will see pornography before they are 18, many parents like you are facing this distressing experience. Fortunately, there are great resources to help us learn how to handle this. My husband fell into the porn trap through magazines and grainy videos, while kids today only have to take out the device in their pockets to access pornographic content. We need different tools to protect our children now, but one thing has not changed—the importance of the relationship between parent and child. Here are six things not to do when you find out your child is using porn.
How pornography affects young people
Those numbers jump up toward the end of adolescence. There are plenty of reasons to watch pornography or view pornographic images. It feels good. Sure, sex — in terms of evolution — is for making babies. Sex is also a way to express love, experience intimacy, and mark the passage from adolescence to adulthood. Sex also has different meanings in different religions, mostly related to marriage. Porn education often fails in this country for a reason similar to why sex education often fails. You may watch and then share porn with your friends to show how mature or worldly you are — also, for the most part, without consequences. I do research, I try to construct smart-sounding sentences, and I offer real facts backed by links to peer-reviewed journal articles, like I did above. But for this article, I want to talk straight to you.
When we were growing up, kids were limited to watching porn on a videotape, DVD, or fuzzy cable channel. Right now, there are at least 4. According to our Annual Report ,
