We have Kristen Jenson from Defend Young Minds on our podcast today, who is the #1 best selling and internationally acclaimed author of the Good Pictures Bad Pictures series of read-aloud books. In this episode you’re going to learn why it’s important to talk to kids about pornography sooner than later, how to help your kids develop an internal filter to help them resist inappropriate images, what the steps are to helping kids forget disturbing images, and then other resources that are available to help you fortify your kids in a hyper-sexualized world.

Kristen’s books 3:18
Starting conversations 8:23
How easy is it for kids to access porn at school? 11:49
The effects pornography has on the brain 14:47
5 other ways children can be harmed 19:29
Installing an internal filter to protect your internal brain 24:14
How do kids “forget” porn? 27:42
Protection for children is not the best and kids need our help 32:53
Parents tend to be naive about their kids’ online experience 39:38
“My Kids Saw Porn. Now What?” And other resources 45:46

“It’s so important for kids to learn early to reject pornography, to resist pornography because it’s teaching them, and it’s getting them into trouble. It’s not only getting them to do this child on child, but there are studies that show that they are doing more risky sexual acts, and also being more, especially boys, being much more sexually aggressive, and thinking that being that way is not a bad thing.” 22:53