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Protecting Your Kids From Porn |
Below are seven easy steps you can take to protect your family from the
devastating impact of porn. Remember that 70% of all porn ends up
in the hands of a child (no matter how careful you are). Also,
the average age of first exposure is dropped from 11 years old to 5
years old. For you dads of teen girls, if your teen girl is on
the internet, she has a 100% chance of being sexually propositioned
while in a chat room.
1. Place your family computer in a public place in the home where the
screen is facing the open room. Internet access computers should
NEVER be placed in a child or teen's room.
2. Monitor what your kids and teens are watching on TV. Certain
TV shows and commercials are integrating porn into their
programming. And, porn stars are increasingly being used in
commercials and some TV shows especially with cable and satellite.
3. Block adult channels from your TV if you have cable or satellite and change the password occasionally.
4. Put a filter on your computer. Install simple and free
accountability program on your home computer(s) to monitor all internet
activity and send you a report twice monthly. For more on how to
do this visit www.purewarrior.org. (resources for parents section)
5. Know where they are hanging out. There is a more likely chance
that your child or teen will find porn at a friend's house than at your
house. You can be diligent at home but if some friend of your
child has a parent who isn't, your child can get into serious trouble.
6. Talk to them. Pray with them. Keep the dialogue open
about these issues. They may not admit it but they are yearning
deeply for their dad to take the initiative and help them with these
tough decisions.
7. Be an example to them. You will not have any credibility with
them if you are looking at porn on the internet and watching sexually
explicit or pornographic movies or TV shows.
Dr. James Dobson has stated that for some young boys, one exposure to
porn is all it takes for them to recall many years later at a
vulnerable moment where they start the downward spiral toward sexual
addiction.
You are the dad. Ask God for help in protecting your family. Get after it.
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Stuart Vogelman is the founder of Pure Warrior Ministries. For more information on sexual integrity for dads and for issues like this visit www.purewarrior.org.
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