How To Talk With Your Kids About Porn, a book review by Beth Rendeiro

 How To Talk With Your Kids About Porn, a book review by Beth Rendeiro

How to Talk With Your Kids About Porn is a book all of us should read. Although the term “porn”, referring to pornography, is in the title…and we do learn a lot about the current state of porn…the most important takeaway from this book is its emphasis on the need for communicating with young people. This is a book that’s accessible, non-judgmental, inclusive and fun to read. It offers a how-to format that guides us step-by-step toward becoming better communicators about sex, sexuality, media literacy and porn, describing different ages and stages and the topics and approaches that work best at each age. It helps us think, broadly, about online safety  and general sex education while honing in on the topic of porn.

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When Did Porn Become Sex-Ed? Why healthy conversation about sexuality is the antidote.

When Did Porn Become Sex-Ed? Why healthy conversation about sexuality is the antidote.

The challenge for parents today is to put sexuality into the context of values. We need to acknowledge that porn is easy to access. And that it doesn't depict real relationships. Porn is the fantasy that the porn producer creates. No more real than the story telling that occurs in all kinds of TV shows and movies. "Family Guy" is not a great primer on healthy family dynamics, and PornHub is not helping anyone learn to be a better lover.

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