If you ask people who work in crime prevention and law enforcement if there is a connection between the increase in availability, use, and hardcore nature of pornography to the increase in sexual abuse of children and sex crimes they will almost unanimously say that the link is obvious. Serious peer-review research has been done on the subject and you might read it here along with a host of other research articles on the subject of the harms of pornography.
The simple fact is kids (or anyone) exposed to pornography are more inclined to act out in a way that mimics what they have seen. Today, the majority of the pornography readily available for free on the internet contains violent content. Should parents be concerned about what their kids could be seeing on their own phone or ipod? What about a friend's device?
A news story out of Wichita, KS serves as a wake up call for parents who are not yet concerned about this issue. In the news story about a 13 year old suspected of abusing younger children they draw the connection (from law enforcement) and they also outline signs of possible abuse that parents should watch for. Parents: are you on high alert yet?
Unfortunately we don't yet have anyone in politics talking like the Prime Minister of the U.K. did almost 2 years ago about this subject. Let us pray for our leaders, for those who protect us in law enforcement, and get to work protecting our own kids and speaking out to protect all of the children in our society.
If you don't have software on your computer to help keep your kids safe I recommend that you check out Covenant Eyes or another monitoring and blocking service.
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