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Taken from Daily Mail's You magazine
I am concerned that my 15-year-old son is watching porn on the internet. I know it's natural for boys of that age to be curious about these sites, but I am worried about what effect they may have on him. He has been looking at naked women and couples having sex. I understand that some porn sites can be extremely unpleasant. Can I filter them out? How should I approach the subject, or should I just hope he becomes bored with them? He is outgoing, has a good social life and is doing well in school.
It is best that either you or his father, whoever feels easiest, talks to him so that he knowns you are aware that he watches porn. Don't be disapproving, but explain that porn portrays women as sex objects and does not show the love and tenderness which are part of a good sexual relationship. That way, if he felt exploited or under peer pressure to watch porn, he could talk to you or his father. Keeping communication open is the key and the fact that he seems to be happy and well rounded helps. You can buy 'age-appropriate filtering software' at any computer shop to screen out unsuitable sites.
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heh, so what do you think? Do you agree with the advice? =P
He's outgoing, has a good social life and does well in school. So what's the problem? =S I think it would be an even more "extremely unpleasant" experience for him, if you're to sit him down and tell him you know he watches porn and you don't disapprove. Oh and that porn portrays women as sex objects!
I can understand your peers encouraging you to drink and smoke, but to look at porn? =S
With my kids I'll just do what my parents did, which was nothing. Not sure what the rest of you will do when your kids discover porn. =)
I am concerned that my 15-year-old son is watching porn on the internet. I know it's natural for boys of that age to be curious about these sites, but I am worried about what effect they may have on him. He has been looking at naked women and couples having sex. I understand that some porn sites can be extremely unpleasant. Can I filter them out? How should I approach the subject, or should I just hope he becomes bored with them? He is outgoing, has a good social life and is doing well in school.
It is best that either you or his father, whoever feels easiest, talks to him so that he knowns you are aware that he watches porn. Don't be disapproving, but explain that porn portrays women as sex objects and does not show the love and tenderness which are part of a good sexual relationship. That way, if he felt exploited or under peer pressure to watch porn, he could talk to you or his father. Keeping communication open is the key and the fact that he seems to be happy and well rounded helps. You can buy 'age-appropriate filtering software' at any computer shop to screen out unsuitable sites.
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heh, so what do you think? Do you agree with the advice? =P
He's outgoing, has a good social life and does well in school. So what's the problem? =S I think it would be an even more "extremely unpleasant" experience for him, if you're to sit him down and tell him you know he watches porn and you don't disapprove. Oh and that porn portrays women as sex objects!
I can understand your peers encouraging you to drink and smoke, but to look at porn? =S
With my kids I'll just do what my parents did, which was nothing. Not sure what the rest of you will do when your kids discover porn. =)
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Taken from Daily Mail's You magazine
I am concerned that my 15-year-old son is watching porn on the internet. I know it's natural for boys of that age to be curious about these sites, but I am worried about what effect they may have on him. He has been looking at naked women and couples having sex. I understand that some porn sites can be extremely unpleasant. Can I filter them out? How should I approach the subject, or should I just hope he becomes bored with them? He is outgoing, has a good social life and is doing well in school.
It is best that either you or his father, whoever feels easiest, talks to him so that he knowns you are aware that he watches porn. Don't be disapproving, but explain that porn portrays women as sex objects and does not show the love and tenderness which are part of a good sexual relationship. That way, if he felt exploited or under peer pressure to watch porn, he could talk to you or his father. Keeping communication open is the key and the fact that he seems to be happy and well rounded helps. You can buy 'age-appropriate filtering software' at any computer shop to screen out unsuitable sites.
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heh, so what do you think? Do you agree with the advice? =P
He's outgoing, has a good social life and does well in school. So what's the problem? =S I think it would be an even more "extremely unpleasant" experience for him, if you're to sit him down and tell him you know he watches porn and you don't disapprove. Oh and that porn portrays women as sex objects!
I can understand your peers encouraging you to drink and smoke, but to look at porn? =S
With my kids I'll just do what my parents did, which was nothing. Not sure what the rest of you will do when your kids discover porn. =)
I am concerned that my 15-year-old son is watching porn on the internet. I know it's natural for boys of that age to be curious about these sites, but I am worried about what effect they may have on him. He has been looking at naked women and couples having sex. I understand that some porn sites can be extremely unpleasant. Can I filter them out? How should I approach the subject, or should I just hope he becomes bored with them? He is outgoing, has a good social life and is doing well in school.
It is best that either you or his father, whoever feels easiest, talks to him so that he knowns you are aware that he watches porn. Don't be disapproving, but explain that porn portrays women as sex objects and does not show the love and tenderness which are part of a good sexual relationship. That way, if he felt exploited or under peer pressure to watch porn, he could talk to you or his father. Keeping communication open is the key and the fact that he seems to be happy and well rounded helps. You can buy 'age-appropriate filtering software' at any computer shop to screen out unsuitable sites.
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heh, so what do you think? Do you agree with the advice? =P
He's outgoing, has a good social life and does well in school. So what's the problem? =S I think it would be an even more "extremely unpleasant" experience for him, if you're to sit him down and tell him you know he watches porn and you don't disapprove. Oh and that porn portrays women as sex objects!
I can understand your peers encouraging you to drink and smoke, but to look at porn? =S
With my kids I'll just do what my parents did, which was nothing. Not sure what the rest of you will do when your kids discover porn. =)
I think i'd let them know without letting them know. Maybe bookmark a few sites for them. Some things are best left unsaid.
I think the idea is right anyway. There are some questionable sites that you definitely wouldn't want your kids to be learning from.
I think the idea is right anyway. There are some questionable sites that you definitely wouldn't want your kids to be learning from.
Seeing weird things which you shouldn't is all a part of growing up.
Alfonse wrote:
> Seeing weird things which you shouldn't is all a part of growing
> up.
Yeah it is but with porn you're seeing a very distorted reality and if no-one is there to establish a more normal way, it wouldn't be difficult to have a skewed view of things.
> Seeing weird things which you shouldn't is all a part of growing
> up.
Yeah it is but with porn you're seeing a very distorted reality and if no-one is there to establish a more normal way, it wouldn't be difficult to have a skewed view of things.
Nin wrote:
> Alfonse wrote:
> Seeing weird things which you shouldn't is all a part of
> growing
> up.
>
> Yeah it is but with porn you're seeing a very distorted reality
> and if no-one is there to establish a more normal way, it
> wouldn't be difficult to have a skewed view of things.
That's pretty much what every kid gets these days, trust me when I say this, there is no way of protecting your child from porn or shock videos.
> Alfonse wrote:
> Seeing weird things which you shouldn't is all a part of
> growing
> up.
>
> Yeah it is but with porn you're seeing a very distorted reality
> and if no-one is there to establish a more normal way, it
> wouldn't be difficult to have a skewed view of things.
That's pretty much what every kid gets these days, trust me when I say this, there is no way of protecting your child from porn or shock videos.
My experience to porn was The Sun's Page 3 girls =P For people like Alfonse, his first exposure to porn would have been the internet, right Alfonse? Did you go nuts and find lots of unpleasant stuff?
Watching porn isn't a phase, her son is unlikely to get bored of watching porn on the internet.
What Nick said reminded me of my younger brother. He goes to porn sites, but he goes to the wrong ones. By that I dont mean unpleasant, I mean the ones that really screw up the computer. I was tempted to give him recommendations because I didnt want him to ruin every computer he used. Since buying his own PC he has messed it up once, but it's doing okay at the moment. I keep telling him not to download any program, from a porn site.
Watching porn isn't a phase, her son is unlikely to get bored of watching porn on the internet.
What Nick said reminded me of my younger brother. He goes to porn sites, but he goes to the wrong ones. By that I dont mean unpleasant, I mean the ones that really screw up the computer. I was tempted to give him recommendations because I didnt want him to ruin every computer he used. Since buying his own PC he has messed it up once, but it's doing okay at the moment. I keep telling him not to download any program, from a porn site.
Alfonse wrote:
> That's pretty much what every kid gets these days, trust me when
> I say this, there is no way of protecting your child from porn or
> shock videos.
I disagree but there's certainly no way if you dont at least try. Parental apathy and inaction bloody annoys me.
> That's pretty much what every kid gets these days, trust me when
> I say this, there is no way of protecting your child from porn or
> shock videos.
I disagree but there's certainly no way if you dont at least try. Parental apathy and inaction bloody annoys me.
Don't you get taught about sex in primary school now? The thing is you cant do it until you're 16 and you cant watch it till you're 18. If porn was lowered to 16, would is make things worse? More teen pregnancies, more STDs etc.
I remember when I was 11, my older brother and our friends got a copy of Predator 2. This was in the early 90ies. We weren't interested in the movie. Just the very brief moment when a naked lady runs across the room away from the Predator. We made good use of the 'slow' button on the VCR remote.
Now it's so easy for kids to see porn.
I remember when I was 11, my older brother and our friends got a copy of Predator 2. This was in the early 90ies. We weren't interested in the movie. Just the very brief moment when a naked lady runs across the room away from the Predator. We made good use of the 'slow' button on the VCR remote.
Now it's so easy for kids to see porn.
Machie wrote:
> Now it's so easy for kids to see porn.
In what way? The magazines are still top shelf, the internet still has filters.
> Now it's so easy for kids to see porn.
In what way? The magazines are still top shelf, the internet still has filters.
Nin wrote:
> Machie wrote:
> Now it's so easy for kids to see porn.
>
> In what way? The magazines are still top shelf, the internet
> still has filters.
Yeah but at 11, if I wanted to look at naked ladies, even with filters I would find a way to get pass them. That's if your parents put in filters. I wonder if @ngel's internet access is filtered.
> Machie wrote:
> Now it's so easy for kids to see porn.
>
> In what way? The magazines are still top shelf, the internet
> still has filters.
Yeah but at 11, if I wanted to look at naked ladies, even with filters I would find a way to get pass them. That's if your parents put in filters. I wonder if @ngel's internet access is filtered.
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