How to Talk to Your Kids about Pornography

by Dina Alexander

Never before has it been so easy to talk with your children or teens about tough topics. Whether they are 8 or 18, you will have worthwhile, relevant discussions that help protect and prepare your kids!Because exposure to pornography is inevitable, it is necessary to prepare our kids for that exposure. Porn's addictive nature, the way it can alter a child's developing brain, and how it will affect all of their future relationships make these discussions vital to a child's healthy sexual development. Our kids must be warned of its dangers as well as educated about the hateful nature of pornography, where women are usually the targets or victims of objectification, violence, degradation, and humiliation.We have provided critical information and great discussion questions that will foster productive and meaningful conversations between you and your kids. Look at these discussions as an opportunity to connect. As you become more comfortable and gain confidence in discussing these tough topics, your kids will be able to ask you deeper questions and share more personal thoughts and experiences with you. You will find that if you can discuss the dangers of online pornography and the related topics in this book, you can talk with your kids about ANYTHING

Genres: Parenting, Education

64 pages, Paperback

Published February 18, 2016

About the author

Dina Alexander is the founder of Educate and Empower Kids (educateempowerkids.org), an organization determined to strengthen families by teaching digital citizenship, media literacy, and healthy sexuality education—including education about the dangers of online porn.

She is the creator of How to Talk to Your Kids About Pornography and the 30 Days of Sex Talks and 30 Days to a Stronger Child programs. She is also the author of Noah’s New Phone: A Story About Using Technology for Good and Petra’s Power to See: A Media Literacy Adventure. Dina also co-wrote Messages about Me, Sydney's Story: A Journey to Healthy Body Image and Messages about Me, Wade's Story

Most recently she has published Chloe has a Question, a Very Important Question and This is the Spirit of Revelation for Latter-day Saint children and their families and Conversations with My Kids, 30 Essential Family Discussions for the Digital Age.

She received her master’s degree in recreation therapy from the University of Utah and her bachelors from Brigham Young University. She loves being a mom and spending time with her husband and three kids. Together, they live in New Mexico.

Reviews

[Nadine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Provides 26 short chapters on how to discuss porn with your children starting with what porn is, common questions, building trust and a home of openness, etc.
There is an emphasis on the link between porn and the degrading of women, the impact on sexual (dys)function, the ease and ubiquity in which porn is accessed and how even very young children are exposed to it.
The message is not "if" your child is exposed to porn but "when" in a fore-warned is fore-armed way.

[Aundrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great tool for parents! There are so many great questions to use to start healthy discussions with our children. We can't ignore this problem any more! We need to be open and honest with our kids and give them the tools they need to have healthy intimate relationships in the future. Thank you so much for this book!

I recommend this book to all parents who want their children to have healthy intimate relationships in the future. This is a great tool for all parents to have.

[Rebecca Gaskell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for parents. Includes discussion questions for your 8-18 years.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a great guide for parents to talk to their kids about pornography, which is generally a difficult topic to know how to talk about with children. What I really appreciate about this book is the discussion questions that prompt natural conversation about different topics surrounding the issue of pornography. A lot of the focus is on building an open relationship between parent and child that allows for more difficult conversations in comfortable ways.