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Despite many of our popular beliefs, the internet is not a safe place for our children to be roaming around. Pornography and predators seem to be lurking everywhere, just waiting to hook your child into their schemes. It is becoming increasingly important for parents to know the facts about their teenagers time spent online, as well as how to approach this topic with them. In this article we will explore the reality of what children and teens will be introduced to online and the ramifications of that exposure in their lives. Next week we will post a follow-up article about how to approach the topic with your children to help them navigate the emotions and habits that could develop from kids viewing pornography. Change your habits, change your life: Start our day free trial to help get rid of pornography for good. Not to mention that one out of every seven teenagers will be subject to an online sexual advance. For the male children, almost a third will be exposed to pornography before they are 10 years old. Perhaps the most troubling part is that the majority of exposure about two thirds of the group is unwanted and unwarranted.
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Preliminary Insights from a U. Journal of Health Communication , However, very few children interviewed in the qualitative work said they had had such a conversation. Parents were more likely to think their sons had seen pornography than their daughters.
Although the study, published by the Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of New York Academy of Medicine , is a small one, the researchers said it offers a window into a risky sex behavior that has so far been given little legitimacy. More than half of the girls who reported experiencing group sex said they had been coerced into doing so, according to the study. Many admitted they had been "liquored up" on alcohol and drugs, often against their will. The average age of the first group-sex experience was Rothman interviewed females between the ages of 14 and 20 who had used a community or school-based health center to see if they had ever had sex with multiple partners. These girls had sought help at the clinics for a variety of reasons from strep throats to sprained ankles, not just for reproductive care. An estimated 7.