Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Many of our husbands became addicted to pornography at a young age, some as young as eight. With so many children having their own devices or easy access to the internet, they are being exposed as young as four. Exposure is more likely to happen when their father is a pornography addict.<br> Resources Can Help In The Fight Against Harmful Pornography Exposure<br> Anne, founder of Betrayal Trauma Recovery, talks to Kristen Jenson, author of the #1 Bestselling books, Good Pictures Bad Pictures, and Good Pictures Bad Picture, Jr, and founder of Protect Young Minds, about the best ways to prepare our children to respond to exposure.<br> Protecting children became Kristen’s mission, after she received a late-night phone call from a traumatized mother who was dealing with the tragic consequences of her porn-addicted son.<br> Since then, Kristen has become a frequent speaker, and guest, on podcasts and radio broadcasts. She's a member of the Prevention Task Force of the <a href="https://endsexualexploitation.org/">National Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation</a>. She actively blogs at <a href="https://protectyoungminds.org/">ProtectYoungMinds.org</a>, where she helps parents empower their kids to reject pornography. <br> Why Protect Children From Harmful Pornography Exposure?<br> After hearing tragic stories of kids getting exposed and addicted to pornography, Kristen wrote “Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today’s Young Kids,” to fill a much-needed resource gap.<br> “It all started when I received a late-night phone call from a traumatized mother who told me about her 17-year-old son. He had been sexually molesting his younger siblings—imitating the pornography he’d been viewing from the time he was in elementary school.<br> “The next morning, I searched for a children’s book to explain the dangers of pornography addiction and provide an action plan for how to keep kids safe online.”<br> Good Resources Can Protect Children From Pornography Exposure<br> Unable to find any resources on protecting children from exposure, Kristen teamed up with Dr. Gail Poyner, and spent the next three years writing the Amazon’s #1 best-selling book, Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today’s Young Kids.<br> “We wrote Good Pictures Bad Pictures to fill this much-needed resource gap.” <br> Kristen talks about the five things that her books provide.<br> 5 Ways Good Pictures Bad Pictures Helps Children<br> <br> * It defines pornography. Providing a simple definition can help even the youngest child recognize it and name it.<br> * It provides a plan. Children will be exposed to pornography. Help them develop a plan for when they are. See the CANDO plan below.<br> * It empowers them. “It gives children the power over porn by teaching them how their brains react to it. Kids learn about their thinking brain and their feeling brain. They learn to keep their thinking brain in charge so that pornography can’t hijack their feeling brain.”<br> * It protects from addictions, of all kinds. “Although we are focusing on pornography, the addiction process is very similar, no matter if you have a behavioral addiction like pornography or gambling or video games or a substance addiction. It’s important for children to understand about all addictions and how they can avoid them.”<br> * It unites the family in the fight against pornography.
