Tweens & Teens

Imagine being a kid, all alone, and carrying the weight of a dark secret. For many teens, that’s how they describe using porn. What begins as a curiosity quickly becomes a compulsion. Breaking free feels nearly impossible. Now, imagine being that same kid and finding out you have a whole team supporting you: parents and friends that love you enough to tackle the porn talk. And help you find true freedom from pornography! I had the privilege this week of meeting and talking with Smith Alley. By all accounts Smith is your average seventeen-year-old. He goes to high school. He…

We’ve all heard it. We’ve all read it. “The smartphone has ruined this generation!”  Perhaps in your own moment of concern, you said, “Gosh, that’s terrible!” as you continued scrolling your news feed, not knowing what more you could do about it.  You’re not alone.  Just so you know, this is not your average post about social media. We won’t be discussing the perils of Instagram, Snapchat, Tik Tok or anything of that ilk. That's not to say these perils don’t exist, they do! It’s just not where we’re going today. This post isn't about mindless scrolling either or the…

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…