Bark: Trafficking Awareness: What Parents and Guardians Need to Know Article
Trafficking Awareness: What Parents and Guardians Need to Know to Help Keep their Children Safe in this Digital Age
Trafficking Awareness: What Parents and Guardians Need to Know to Help Keep their Children Safe in this Digital Age
Traditional tools can be time-consuming, aren’t likely to catch deeper issues, expose parents to more information than they need to know, and invades kids’ privacy and trust. It’s a huge pain for you, and let’s face it—kids don’t like it. Thankfully, there is a better way.
If you’re someone who isn’t ready or willing to date someone who has struggled, that’s okay. Here at Fight the New Drug, we believe fighting against shame is part of the fight against porn.
Kids, in unprecedented numbers, are watching extremely violent porn. This is how porn grooms children to accept abuse in relationships.
Modern-day life with the internet has many benefits from convenience to connections. But like any tool, it can be used by people who choose to harm others, which leads parents to wonder how to protect their child from online predators.
When I was 13, I met a 32-year-old man on a flip phone, and it was within our first year of talking that he sent me porn, and it was very violent. This began the process of being educated about love, sex, and how to be a woman by the porn he sent me.
AI-generated pornography is increasing rapidly and is virtually impossible to detect. What’s worse is that just about anyone can create it.
Porn is often the primary provider of information about sex for many adolescents, but how is this exposure to sexual violence impacting teens?
“I never would have believed a late-night conversation about porn with my 14-year-old daughter would be a defining moment, but it was.”
Louisiana became the first state to pass porn age verification laws in an effort to prevent children from being exposed to harmful content online. Utah followed suit, and it looks like Virginia is next.
Most of us don’t have as many Instagram followers as these Fighters, but anyone can make a difference when it comes to raising awareness on the harmful effects of porn in society.
It’s no secret that porn has become mainstream entertainment in our society. But just how popular is it? And who, exactly, is watching?