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Boys and Pornography: What Parents Can Do |
Most parents understand that boys will have a normal interest in pornography when they reach adolescence.
However, some parents wonder how the issue of pornography should be handled and what can be done to ensure that boys develop normally and do not have an
excessive interest or obsession with these materials.
One good way for parents to get a handle on the pornography issue is to have a discussion with boys. This will likely be a very uncomfortable conversation,
but it can help to open the doors to further discussions and allow boys to feel comfortable talking to parents about these issues.
It is a fact that boys between the ages of twelve and seventeen are the largest consumer group of pornographic materials. While it is perfectly normal,
it can become a problem if boys develop a need to view the materials. If this is happening, it is important that you handle the problem before it affects
their ability to have a normal sex life in the future.
Parents must be concerned that pornography becomes the primary educator for your young boys to learn about women and sex. The images that are so readily
available online can give young people a distorted image of women and sex. The viewing of the female form naturally excites males, but when that image is
placed in deviant or unhealthy situations, it can cause an abnormal viewing of women by young boys.
Teaching your boys about sex will help stop the objectification of women that occurs in pornography. Give your young men a healthy view of women and sex and
above all teach respect. It is important that young men understand how pornography degrades women in general so that they can begin to see women as more than
just the object of their desire.
If you discover that your teen or preteen boy is viewing pornography, don’t immediately condemn them for it. This is a good opportunity to begin the discussion
on sex and pornography with your young men. A good approach to take with your young men is by letting them know that the conversation makes you uncomfortable as well.
This will help your young men to relax and understand their own discomfort over the conversation.
It is never easy to discuss these issues with our children, but it is important to teach children about these issues instead of allowing pornography to teach our
children about sex.
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