Why Do Kids Hire Porn? With Kristen Jenson [65]

Kids hire pornography for a variety of jobs to help them grow up, and the surprising thing is it makes sense. Creed and Crishelle talk with Kristen Jenson, author of Good Pictures Bad Pictures and founder of Protect Young minds, about this unusual way of understanding kids. She did a study with 10 young people who had a history of porn use. They found 4 categories of jobs that kids hired porn to do:

1. Knowledge about sex
2. Escaping from stressful emotions
3. Normalizing sexual abuse
4. Rebelling in a safe way

In this episode: 

• Kids need to learn how to be adults and they’re trying to make progress and grow up. 
• Talk with kids earlier than you think and teach them to manage their emotions. 

Links:

• Website/Books: www.protectyoungminds.org/books
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProtectYM/
• Instagram: @protectyoungminds
• Twitter: @protectYM

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