Billie Eilish & porn

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Billie Eilish says porn exposure while young caused nightmares www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59658663

There's a chat on the sex vs gender boards on this but I wanted to ask more widely how parents handle the topic of porn with their kids.

My DD is 11 - same age as Billie was when she started watching porn , I was absolutely horrified by her interview, but equally what a brave young woman for speaking out.

I was hoping to avoid the topic for a while yet. Who wants to be talking to their pre teens about violent porn

Are there any age appropriate books out there? Or do I just stick to a narrative of normal consensual sexual etc?

I think she is great for talking about this. The ease at which porn can be accessed online is shocking.

I'd just keep an open conversation about searching on the internet, not taking or sharing inappropriate photographs, make sure she has books to hand if she has questions about the body so that she is less inclined to google her questions.

Keep devices out of bedrooms (especially overnight) and make them aware that you can and would check them if you felt the need/wanted to.

Say that they will never be in trouble if someone shows them something or they stumble on something that upsets or shocks them, they can come and talk with you about it and you will help reduce likelihood of it happening again.

My eldest is nearly 30 we just got the Internet when she was approx 11 so it was all pc in the living room so we could see what she was doing, the thought of an 11 year old Billie Elish accessing porn horrifies me .

I think keeping devices down stairs at night is a. Start telling them not to go into links that they dont know and no sharing But if they do see something then they can tell you without "punishment" is the way to go,. Maybe. School have advice