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[quote=Anonymous]All this pearl clutching is ridiculous. I have three teenagers and I remember I went to a middle school sex talk where they told us that whatever you think your kids have done or seen - that was two years ago.  Meaning even if you have the best parental controls in the world on your devices, the minute your kid leaves home they are exposed to open laptops, phones and computers at other people's houses.

While I agree it's not ideal for kids to see porn at 9 or 10 years old, this is the reality of the world we live in. Porn is degrading and can create unrealistic and violent ideas about sex.  The solution is to TALK TO YOUR KIDS- and way earlier than you think you need to.  (I also feel like this puritanical hatred of sex is strange while no one worries about taking 5th graders to R movies where people's heads get shot off not to mention video games... ahem. But that is a discussion for another day.)

My kids recently told me by age 12 they had seen it all. That is with controls on their phones and on all our devices. Kids are curious about sex. The kid that showed porn to friends is not an axe murderer. I disagree about expulsion as the proper response in this situation, and know of several similar instances at our big three school where the kid was most definitely not expelled.  Again- education, frank discussion, and staying calm is probably the best ways to keep your kids with a healthy view of sex. Because you can't put the genie back in the bottle.[/quote]

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