Pornography:What you need to know before having THAT talk.

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WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT.

Pornography is probably as old as art itself.  Whether you indulge, or wouldn't go near it, there has never been a time when it is more graphic, or readily available to children and teens, with the knock-on impact on their own attitudes towards sex and relationships. Just for context, an unbelievable 42 billion individual visitors accessed Pornhub in 2019, averaging more than 115 million visits per day, and that was before Covid-19.

That's why it's critical that we all find a way to have conversations with our teens about what they might access, whether deliberately or by accident, and how to put it into context in a way that will protect them from the harm it can cause.

In this episode we looked into the statistics, the science, and the reality of how we talk to our teens and what we need cover.

How to talk about it:
Www.culturereframed.org
https://fightthenewdrug.org/lets-talk-about-porn/
https://protectyoungeyes.com/10-before-10-time-to-make-porn-a-normal-talk/

Resources used:
Boys and Sex - Peggy Orenstein
https://parents.culturereframed.org/
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/watching-pornography-rewires-the-brain-to-a-more-juvenile-state/?fbclid=IwAR1_G3WTO_CkM5FYwONmKd5VN6Pja7UYwFzBPiB6oxEEjhWz6V9kNYBOZCM
https://www.covenanteyes.com/2014/02/03/brain-chemicals-and-porn-addiction/
https://childmind.org/article/how-to-talk-to-teenagers-about-porn/
Instagram account talking about consent and other issues around sex. @lalalaletmeexplain 

Some of the resources mentioned in our 'Spending time with your teens' section:
Outdoors:
AllTrails app
https://www.geocaching.com/play - which is like treasure hunt

Popular games with our teens:
Catan
Know
The Great Game of Britain
Monopoly
Risk
Poker

Quick, but compulsive games: 
Monopoly Deal
Perudo

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