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 , Instead of banning access to technology altogether, come up with a solution that both you and your child can agree to. If your kid is a tween or younger, you might even find that talking through an age-appropriate book about pornography can help guide your conversation. Options range from making a tech contract with established rules to setting up parental controls that will make it more difficult for your child to access pornography on their device.
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What to Do If Your Kid Is Watching Porn
Others partake of it occasionally, and others on a regular basis. But experiencing an uncontrollable compulsion to view porn can be as problematic for some people as other behavioral addictions. A Kinsey Institute survey found that 9 percent of people who view porn have unsuccessfully tried to stop. This survey was taken in But research suggests that behavioral addictions are serious. One review article concluded that internet pornography shares basic mechanisms with substance addiction. Research comparing the brains of people who compulsively view porn to the brains of people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol has produced mixed results.
What to Do If Your Kid Is Watching Porn
How did you learn to have sex? Maybe you worked it out bit by bit with a partner. Maybe you talked about it with friends and got tips and tricks from them. Or maybe you watched porn.
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