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Porn addiction isn’t just an adult issue anymore. With the internet easily accessible on phones, kids are being exposed at younger and younger ages.
Key Points:
- Take your child for a long car drive so you don’t have to make eye contact while you have what can be an awkward conversation.
- Be honest with your child. Let them know you’ve been alerted to their use of pornography.
- Be compassionate in words and tone. Don’t shame or guilt.
- Talk about the trap of pornography addiction, and how it objectifies people and ruins relationships.
- Offer to hold your child accountable by adding filters to their devices.
- End the discussion and then offer to go get ice cream.
Quote This:
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. -Frederick Douglass
Talk About It
- What is your initial reaction to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- What tools and resources have you used to discuss the dangers of pornography with your child? How receptive were they? How often do you have proactive conversations with your child about pornography?
- Did you like the idea of going for a drive to have this type of discussion? Why or why not?
- Pornography objectifies women and men and is unrealistic in its depiction of relationships. What are some non-pornographic sources where your child may be getting these same kinds of damaging messages? What do you to model appropriate relationships?
- Write a personal action step based on this conversation.
