I saw this article entitled “Generation of child web addicts: Youngsters are becoming so obsessed with the internet they spend more time on YouTube than with friends as parents struggle to keep control of their online usage” and the included infographic today and frankly was not surprised, but boy, am I concerned. This article doesn’t speak of […]
Before we jump into today’s blog I want to offer a shoutout to Gary Wilson, founder of YourBrainOnPorn.com. It was Gary who helped me formulate my answer to this objection. Gary, I think it’s safe to say, knows more about porn’s impact on the brain than any other human on the planet. Thanks Gary. I […]
I don’t like being told what to do. My guess is that you’re not too fond of it either. So, if I’m engaged in an unhealthy behavior and someone lectures me about it, I may not take what they’re saying to heart. If, however, a well meaning friend poses some questions for me to consider, […]
About every week I will receive a text or email from someone asking me to respond to a recent article that claims to debunk porn addiction. Here are a few such articles: Your Porn Addiction Isn’t Real, Your Brain on Porn – It’s NOT Addictive, Is ‘porn addiction’ a real thing?, There’s No Such Thing As Porn Addiction, […]
This article was originally posted on ProtectYoungMinds.com and is used here with permission of the author. We here at Integrity Restored strongly recommend you get her book, Good Pictures, Bad Pictures: Porn Proofing Today’s Young Kids. How do young kids learn about love? And what does that have to do with teaching them to reject pornography? Good […]
Bill and Christine called my office deeply distraught about their fifteen year- old daughter, Shannon. They had caught her sexting with her boyfriend. That is, She was taking nude photos of herself with her cell phone camera and emailing them to her boyfriend. When confronted about it, Shannon’s response was “What’s the big deal? Everyone does it. Besides, it’s […]
“Happy birthday, Son. How does it feel to be 14?” “Oh about the same, Dad.” “You’re growing up so fast… Have you … um… had wet dreams yet? … ” This was the closest my dad ever got to talking to me about lust and pornography. He asked me this question on my 14th birthday […]
I suppose it’s not entirely surprising, given my line of work, that my seven year old son should ask me, “Dad, what’s pornography?” But it was. Especially since he asked me in front of a female friend of ours who was driving the three of us on an errand. “What’s that, mate?” I asked. Knowing […]
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