27. Pornography and Your Kids: The No Shame Approach with Sara Brewer

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome back!! Melissa here, today is going to be a good one! I want to give you a warning before you hit play, if you have little ears around you may want to pop in your headphones. We don’t talk about anything graphic or crass but we will be having an honest conversation about pornography more suited for parents. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let’s jump in!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recently I learned that in today’s digital world with increasing access to the internet the average child will see porn by their 11th birthday. That really puts things in perspective for us as parents. This shouldn’t be a topic we put on the shelf until our kids are older or wait for the schools to start to teach sex ed. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today we have an awesome conversation with guest Sara Brewer! Sara is a life coach that helps people quit porn forever with a shame-free and sex-positive approach. As parents we tend to either live in fear that one day our child is going to tell us they’ve seen porn or we push away the idea in hopes that it will work out on it’s own. Sara explains her view on porn and how taking away the scary and damaging outlooks can not only bring you peace, but also prepare you for the inevitable day your child comes to you with questions. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sara talks about the importance of separating someone’s behavior from their identity, and how to stay away from placing fear or shame on your child so that you can have honest and open communication with them. We have an open discussion about when your child is most likely to see porn, steps you can take to help them learn instead of hide, and even how to help kids who have been dealing with these urges already. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in as Sara has some amazing tips about fielding questions, educating our children in a sex-positive way, and also how to work through the emotions that come up with bot