Straight Talk for Teens

Pornography (see also Sex)

Teach your children well…  about sex, porn, love

Editor’s Web Note: The sex industry has, well, industrialized sex. Sexual intimacy is reduced to body parts (most of them surgically enhanced). Porn is the great desensitizer. What used to stimulate no longer does. College-age men,…

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Gay-straight sleepover debate gets no rest

Editor’s Note: We deal with some tough issues in this column! One thing I’ve noticed when people bring up concerns about sexuality (and/or pornography) is they are accused of being old, frightened by sexuality, or killjoys. Which…

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Boy’s sexting collection considered child porn

Editor’s Web Note: As a teen advocate, I’ve felt the fascination by the adult community about teen sexting has been overblown — and diversionary. Here we have over 50 percent of the adult population watching pornography…

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When do parents get green light to snoop?

Editor’s Web Note: Parental snooping: When is it okay, when is it not? As usual, the panel responses are spot-on, including empathy for parents misled by the media to think kids are in constant peril and in need of surveillance.

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