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Teens Reveal 8 Ways to Build Up the Courage to Resist Porn

By AnonymousApr 26, 2019

The ideas and content for this post were graciously submitted by one of our wonderful community members. If you have an experience you think other parents could benefit from hearing, please contact us using the form provided below. Courage, some have said, is not the absence of fear, but the control of it. Hmmm. Control. That’s a word that seems to come up often in conversations about keeping young people safe from pornography. Control the media that comes into your home. Control the time spent online. Exercise self-control over the sites you visit. Age controls for accessing different tech devices…

Safeguarding & Prevention, Tweens & Teens

Survival Instincts: The New Language of Tween Girls

By AnonymousApr 17, 2018

After a series of revealing conversations with her 12-year-old daughter, one proactive mom learned there’s new vocabulary circulating among tween girls in the schoolyard. Turns out, their inventive language is a way to navigate the rapidly changing attitudes of boys influenced by porn culture. These girls are categorizing their classmates based on their acceptance or rejection of pornography. [media-credit name="Pixabay" align="aligncenter" width="800"][/media-credit] At Parents Aware we want to stress how important it is for kids to feel they have a safe place to talk about the complex pressures of growing up in a hyper-sexaulized society. Read on to discover how…

Especially for Girls, Parenting Survival Tips

When Porn Attacks Your Family Like a Monster Refusing to Quit [Reader Story]

By AnonymousMay 25, 2017

In Greek mythology, the Lernean Hydra is a gigantic, nine-headed water-serpent. As one of his twelve labors, Hercules was sent to destroy her. By all accounts, the task seemed impossible. When he cut off one head, two more would spring forth. There are times as parents when we too have to muster herculean effort in what feels like an impossible task to save our kids from the influence of pornography. One of our readers shares with us how she found herself battling this monster for the second time in her home. Her story is heartbreaking but hopeful. --- Read the truths…

Overcoming Pornography, Parenting Survival Tips