Connected Families Podcast

How to Talk to Your Kids About Porn


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Today we’ve got the author of Good Pictures, Bad Pictures, Kristen A. Jenson, here with us to help us navigate how to talk to your kids about porn and protect them. Stacy and Kristen discuss how parents can proactively prepare children to recognize and reject pornography in our digital world. Listen in to be equipped to start the conversation with your kids.

Key points:
  • Start conversations about pornography as soon as children access the internet, even at ages 2-3.
  • Talking with kids about porn must include 3 key parts: defining, warning and making a plan
  • Understand the ways pornography can lead to addiction, increase vulnerability to abuse, and distort healthy views of relationships.
  • Use age-appropriate resources: books and tools make these difficult conversations easier and provide structured language for you to use
  • Mentioned in this podcast:
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    • Drivers Training for Social Media Online Course
    • Good Pictures, Bad Pictures (Ages 7-11)
    • Good Pictures, Bad Pictures Jr. (Ages 3-6)
    • Check out our website for more resources to support your parenting!

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      Guest Bio:

      Kristen A. Jenson is the founder of Defend Young Minds and best-selling author of the Good Pictures Bad Pictures series of read-aloud books. She is also the executive producer of the Brain Defense: Digital Safety curriculum and the owner and CEO of Glen Cove Press, LLC. Kristen is a positive voice for raising empowered, resilient, screen-smart kids who know how to reject pornography. Kristen received her bachelor’s degree in English Literature and her master’s degree in Organizational Communication. She is a mother of three and grandmother of two, and currently lives with her husband and awfully cute dog in Washington State. Connect with Kristen at:

      • defendyoungminds.com
      • Facebook: DefendYM
      • Instagram: @DefendYoungMinds
      • X: @DefendYM
      • LinkedIn: @DefendYoungMinds
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