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Do You Want Your Kids to Learn from Porn?

February 24, 2018 by Jill Whitney Leave a Comment

Maybe you read the recent New York Times Magazine article about a program, nicknamed Porn Literacy, that aims to help teens think critically about what they see in pornography. If you haven’t read it, you should, especially if you’ve got kids over the age of 8. (More later on why I mention that age.) It […]

Filed Under: Featured, For Parents of Teens and Preteens, For Parents of Young Children Tagged With: parenting, porn, pornography, sex ed, teens

Protecting Your Kid from Porn

March 8, 2017 by Jill Whitney Leave a Comment

The amount and variety of pornography available on the internet is truly amazing. And if you’re a parent, it’s truly terrifying. How can you keep your children from seeing sexual material—-especially anything-but-mainstream behavior—that’s far beyond their ability to comprehend? Finding pornography at an early age is usually very unsettling for kids. Unlike teens, who have […]

Filed Under: Featured, For Parents of Teens and Preteens, For Parents of Young Children Tagged With: internet safety, kids, porn, sex ed

What My Sex-Therapist Friend Told Me

August 17, 2016 by Jill Whitney Leave a Comment

The other day I caught up with a psychotherapist friend who’s in training to also be a sex therapist. She mentioned that the clients she sees come in for two main reasons: Most of the men come to treat porn addictions, and most of the women want to be treated for low desire. On the […]

Filed Under: Featured, For Parents of Teens and Preteens Tagged With: couples, porn, porn addiction, relationship, sex

TalkStarter for Adults: Are Porn and Romance Novels Equivalent?

June 18, 2015 by Jill Whitney Leave a Comment

Porn can be a very charged topic, especially for women. Some women enjoy porn regularly; others are horrified that their partner would ever view it (even though most men do, whether frequently or occasionally). I’ve known women who were appalled that their husbands view porn, but who themselves regularly enjoy steamy romance novels. This got […]

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Jill Whitney is a licensed marriage and family therapist dedicated to improving communication about relationships, sexuality, and intimacy. Learn more about her and her practice at Green Tree Professional Counseling.

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