A functioning method to keep teenagers from discovering porn has not been invented yet and I'm afraid it never will. The more sexually restrictive a society is the more teenagers long for porn. Therefore I don't think we should be trying to keep our offspring away from porn, but be trying to have some influence on what kind of porn young…
A functioning method to keep teenagers from discovering porn has not been invented yet and I'm afraid it never will. The more sexually restrictive a society is the more teenagers long for porn. Therefore I don't think we should be trying to keep our offspring away from porn, but be trying to have some influence on what kind of porn young people are exposed to instead and talk to them about what a healthy sex life should look like and what to avoid in that field, getting addicted to porn being one of those traps. After all there are different kinds of porn. Some porn is sexualizing violence, degrading sexual partners and reinforcing all kind of sick fantasies and ultimately sick behaviour while other kinds of porn can promote a responsible and healthy approach to that exciting new field of human nature teenagers are about to discover. And "good porn" can be a very beneficial thing for kids whose parents are too inhibited themselves to even try to talk to them about sexuality like it was the case in my family half a century ago. So, let's try and make a balanced approach to "kids and porn".
A functioning method to keep teenagers from discovering porn has not been invented yet and I'm afraid it never will. The more sexually restrictive a society is the more teenagers long for porn. Therefore I don't think we should be trying to keep our offspring away from porn, but be trying to have some influence on what kind of porn young people are exposed to instead and talk to them about what a healthy sex life should look like and what to avoid in that field, getting addicted to porn being one of those traps. After all there are different kinds of porn. Some porn is sexualizing violence, degrading sexual partners and reinforcing all kind of sick fantasies and ultimately sick behaviour while other kinds of porn can promote a responsible and healthy approach to that exciting new field of human nature teenagers are about to discover. And "good porn" can be a very beneficial thing for kids whose parents are too inhibited themselves to even try to talk to them about sexuality like it was the case in my family half a century ago. So, let's try and make a balanced approach to "kids and porn".