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  • illumrial@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    1 year ago

    It’s not hard to talk to your kids about porn or the existence of sex. Masturbation is ok and natural.

    I think unhealthy sexual behavior comes from denying that masturbation and sex are perfectly normal and healthy activities. It’s important as a parent to let your kids know about the potential risks (STDs, pregnancy, porn addiction) and to educate on consent. Give your kids a roadmap and advice, but don’t blanket ban or shame and they should be healthy about sex.

    • Caculon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      It needs to be done at school. Sex is a part of lives (we don’t have more humans without it.) By teaching kids about sex (in an age approprate way) they can learn how to have sex responsibilty, how to see the signs that someone has ill intentions (no one touches you there without permission etc…), as well as the importance of consent. Teens are going to have sex so we might as well prepare them for it.

    • Balder@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Well, except the traditional parents don’t think that way or just won’t do it, so saying that doesn’t matter in the cultural context. I don’t think there’s a solution to that except moving to a place more aligned with our values.

    • ParsnipWitch@feddit.deEnglish
      27·
      1 year ago

      Was that supposed to be a reaction to my comment? I was talking about expecting parents to supervise all and every media consumption of their children.

      • dogebread@lemmy.worldEnglish
        102·
        1 year ago

        Healthy, open discussion contributes to a reduced need for parental controls and monitoring, but paired together parents have more than enough to help their kids develop into fully functioning humans.

        You make it sound like without strict monitoring 24/7 kids will turn into porn addicts and lose all sense of all other facets of life.

        The problem is that far right Catholic types won’t touch the subject on a personal level, and will try to abuse government to save themselves from what shouldn’t be but is an uncomfortable conversation.