When Children See Porn on the Internet

Parents are now finding in addition to the “birds and the bees” talk with little kids and the later “healthy sex” talk with teens, they are having to have the "pornography talk." Accidently encountering Internet porn usually is set off by some random wandering online or deliberate searches of a curious teenager, but either way it is causing parents to have to confront how to explain away what children come upon.  A recent article in The New York Times entitled “So How Do We Talk About This?” covers advice from experts and parents alike who have faced this problem. The most common mistake parents make, experts said, is to wait to have the conversation until some incident precipitates it. They urge parents to be preemptive and open. Need some help on managing explicit online content at home, on your phone, and anywhere else the Internet travels? Take a look at the Motherlode blog entry on the subject for a checklist.