A parent's guide to talking with middle schoolers about pornography and sexual boundaries. Rather than scare tactics, the speaker urges honest conversations and teaching kids decision-making skills so they can set their own limits and say no.
The 13-year-olds, those middle school students were incredibly comfortable talking about the realities of porn in their world. They were also comfortable talking about the fact that nudes are already being sent in their middle schools. Yes. Because that's honest. We were having honest conversations. So if you're sitting here thinking, well, I don't have to talk to my kids about these things, now's your chance to do that. Because you never want to get farther behind the 8-ball than you already are. Because if you're not leading, porn is. And that's the truth. They're going to go where they're going to get information. I'd rather it be you. So that's what we started with. We want to give them all tools that they could walk out with and want to say, you heard it. I want to be myself. I want to make choices for me. I want to say no. We gave them skills. We did not give them scare tactics. That's what we do with the teens we work with.
