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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I couldn't care less about the cursing.  But the substance abuse and p0rn?  That is absolutely NOT okay.  Trying drinking and drugs at a younger age increases the risk of addiction. 
As for p0rn, this is not kids passing around the magazine they found in their dad's dresser - this is access to highly explicit, often violent content that depicts women being abused and degraded.  Young women are starting to talk about how its pervasiveness has damaged their relationships. How can any of you up your hands at this and chalk it up to kids being kids?  We are talking about 11-14 year olds![/quote]

Nobody is throwing their hands ups, they’re  just not clutching their pearls nor are they shocked.  Some of us live in the real world and accept reality so expected this was coming when our kids got to MS.  We didn’t think our kids so “innocent” and special as to be removed from encountering these things. Instead of stammering on DCUM we just address it directly with our kids or talk about when it comes up.  We reinforce the concept of consent, we explain that lots of what is depicted in porn is acting albeit graphic and that some of it is very dangerous particularly in the hands of non consenting and inexperienced persons.  We explain that what thy see clips of should not be what everybody is doing normally nor should it be expected to be what everyone wants or enjoys.  And we explain that while it can provide visual/auditory pleasure it should not be consumed all the time as it can be addictive and change perception of what’s enjoyable.

Beyond the above, what are you expecting folks to do.  Punish kids for growing ip and being exposed to things.[/quote]

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