On November 14, a 20-year-old woman named Lanah Burkhardt appeared before the school board of the Conroe Independent School District in Texas. Burkhardt told the board that, when she was 11, she read a Scholastic book that introduced her to "a single kiss." According to Burkhardt, her exposure to this Scholastic book was directly responsible for her developing a debilitating addiction to pornography.
    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      8·
      1 year ago

      I don’t deny that there are issues or that these may be issues, but your source is a company offering to sell an alternative means of mental health support, not an institution of psychological research or a professional organization of psychological researchers.

    • Telorand@reddthat.com
      92·
      1 year ago

      The fact that they brought it up as some kind of gotcha kind of shows they don’t know what they’re talking about.

      I’m no expert, either, but I’ve at least read books from credentialed psychologists who said the same thing as that article. One even called it a “rule of thumb,” a tool to help guide you in the right direction.