{"id":3565,"date":"2012-08-22T12:24:24","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T17:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate\/?p=3565"},"modified":"2012-08-22T12:24:24","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T17:24:24","slug":"a-tough-topic-internet-pornography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate\/2012\/08\/22\/a-tough-topic-internet-pornography\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tough Topic: Internet Pornography"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I don’t know about you, but pornography is not exactly a topic I would love to talk about with youth. It’s awkward, it’s uncomfortable (on both sides), and it’s a difficult subject to broach.<\/p>\n

But let’s be honest, as difficult a subject as this is, it is something that needs to be talked about. This is something that so many youth are struggling with.<\/p>\n

One poll indicates that 50% of Christian men and 20% of Christian women are addicted to pornography.<\/em> Yes, women, too.<\/p>\n

The Internet, mobile devices, and other digital technologies combine to create a world in which children and teens no longer have to look for and find pornography. Now, pornography is in the mainstream and it finds them.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Center for Parent\/Youth Understanding has released A Parents’ Primer on Internet Pornography<\/em> \u2014 a great resource directed at parents, but extremely helpful for youth workers as well. I encourage you all to read through it and familiarize yourselves with facts and statistics; what drives pornography addiction; the effects of pornography on children, teens, and adults; and steps to living a pornography-free life.<\/p>\n

You can download the PDF on CPYU’s Digital Kids Initiative website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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