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Barb Winters is my guest today!
Barb is a certified Sexual Risk Avoidance Specialist and has completed extensive research on pornography and its effects on individuals and society. As Lead Facilitator at E3 Family Solutions, Inc., I equip youth at local schools to avoid risky behaviors and make healthy choices.
From her website, www.hopefulmom.net:
When one of my sons was fourteen, he confessed to watching pornography. I was shocked, mad, and ashamed. I questioned my parenting skills. The stigma surrounding his behavior kept me from talking with others, so I suffered in silence. The pain and emotional turmoil left me feeling empty and alone.
Since that time, I’ve learned a thing or two about pornography, screens, online relationships, hookup culture, grooming, human trafficking, and the teenage brain. My experience combatting this monumental problem and my desire for no other parent to feel alone in this battle led me to create this site. It’s a place for parents, grandparents, and caregivers to find support, encouragement, and practical tips for parenting in this digital world. Oh, and HOPE.
You can pre-order her book, Sexpectations, here.
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Such a dangerous trap for men, and I suppose women, these days. How far down the rabbit hole have we gone from young men hiding a Playboy from their mom under the mattress. To know that we’ve allowed this to escalate to what I now think of as an epidemic when I see all the debauchery and evil permeating this self-pleasing world, I am saddened.
It’s definitely a different world and has escalated way beyond the Playboy of yesteryear. Today’s pornographic videos are much more violent, aggressive, and objectifying. I believe sadness is a proper response and should compel us to do something about it. Thanks so much for responding.