Kids hire porn to do a variety of jobs and the point is it’s logical and makes sense.
KRISTEN JENSON
Kids hire porn for a variety of jobs to help them grow up, and the surprising thing is it makes sense. Creed and Crishelle talk with Kristen Jenson, author of Good Pictures Bad Pictures and founder of Protect Young minds, about this unusual way of understanding kids. She did a study with 10 young people who had a history of porn use. They found 4 categories of jobs that kids hired porn to do:
- Knowledge about sex
- Escaping from stressful emotions
- Normalizing sexual abuse
- Rebelling in a safe way
In this episode:
- Kids need to learn how to be adults and they’re trying to make progress and grow up.
- Talk with kids earlier than you think and teach them to manage their emotions.
Kristen Jenson is Author of Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today’s Young Kids and Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds; producer of the Brain Defense™: Digital Safety curriculum; Founder of ProtectYoungMinds.org; owner and CEO of Glen Cove Press, LLC. And she’s a sponsor of our podcast!
Links
Website/Books: www.protectyoungminds.org/books
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProtectYM/
Instagram: @protectyoungminds
Twitter: @protectYM
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