What age were you first exposed to porn? How did it happen?

I've always thought that most boys would begin watching porn at the age of 11-14, but after researching a bit it seems that some boys are exposed to it before they even turn 10... this is crazy and we need to make it stop... At that age the brain is not even remotely close to fully developed, and exposure to porn can seriously traumatize the brain, like it did for me. For me one single exposure was enough to make me a life long addict.

For me my first exposure was at age 11 and I believe it made me the addict I am today. I was at a friend's house with two of my best buddies when one of them decided to type in a naughty site he heard at school that day. Won't say the name of the site but it was popular at the time. At that age we knew nothing and didn't know what to expect. When we got into the site, the images and trailers we saw nearly gave me a damn stroke.... I wanted to look away but couldnt. I looked at my friends after a few minutes and like me, they were both staring wide eyed with their mouths open, both with erections that were practically bulging through their pants but didn't even notice. We had to stop eventually when the parents came home, but as soon as I was home alone I went to the same site again, and thus began a lifetime of addiction and hiding and suffering.

My thing is this, if an adult male decides to look at porn, it's not good but at least he is a grown up who can make his own decisions. But a ten year old boys brain is not fully developed, and thus it can easily get shocked and altered by porn and make them addicts. I believe that the single most important thing we can do right now, is parental control on the internet. No alone time on the computer until the child is at least fifteen.

However, I want to hear other people's experiences. What age were you guys first exposed to pornography and how did it happen?

How can we stop young people from getting exposed to porn before they are ready?

 

Who said police the internet and shut down sites? I'm talking about parents doing what they can to delay their children's exposure to porn and educating them on its dangers.

Yup, injection of a drug through the eyes, that's exactly what it is. It really is a disgrace like you said. There has to be change!

 

Thanks for sharing. See, this is the exact kind of thing that needs to stop happening. The carelessness of some parents/guardians is frustrating and saddening to see.

No, there's a huge difference between getting occasional peeks of porn from friends, versus being able to watch it for hours and hours during the day and well into the night in the privacy of one's own bedroom with no adult supervision. (the latter, unfortunately, is the reality for many pre-teens today).

Preparing our children sounds great and all. But remember that most 8-11 year olds don't have the brain/emotional development necessary to resist porn or understand its morality, no matter how you may try to "prepare" them.

I'm all for preparing kids. But at some point, some adult supervision is needed.

 

Read your own quotes..... You're blatantly contradicting yourself here after I explained to you why parental control does make a difference. It's really ok to just admit when you're wrong.

No one here has advocated "following kids around 24x7x365 and take technology away from them". That's not what parental control on the internet means. You're just making up silly lies now to try to seem right.

Take a few deep breaths, relax, and sit down buddy. This thread isn't about you and no one here cares about you or when you were born. You seem to have some anger issues and want to make everything about you.

This is just laughable. Not every 9 year old kid is going to "approve or support" you when you tell him he can't watch porn, or that he can't eat 30 chocolate bars a day.

It's up to the parents to establish parental control and protect their children from online porn, until a certain age at least.

Very few 8 or 9 year old boys with still developing brains are going to "want to stay away" from hardcore porn. A 16 year old can make that decision, not a 9 year old. If you don't understand this, then you don't understand basic male biology/development.

If you cared to read the posts of people who've responded in this thread, you'll see stories of dads leaving porn on the phone for their sons to find, uncles and grandfathers leaving porn in the closet for kids to find.

We don't have too much supervision. We have too little supervision, and too little awareness.

No one here said you cannot prepare your children for porn. I've already said I'm all for preparing kids. You seem to get mad over imaginary things. It's actually a bit funny but weird at the same time.

Really? You're comparing vacuuming the floor to internet pornography? Showing your toddler daughter how to vacuum the floor has nothing to do with keeping porn away from young boys. Your example is silly and a complete waste of time.

Your kids don't represent the entire population, and this isn't about you. Seeing as how you seem to blow up at the slightest disagreement and want to make everything about you, I have my doubts about any of your claims, lol. But that has nothing to do with the thread so I won't go into that.

I made a thread to ask for people to share their personal experiences of finding porn. We had good respectful shares and discussions. You came in my thread and started the silly arguing and ranting.

We can agree to disagree. But we both know most likely you'll come back, and rant me another novel that has little to do with the topic. Either way, it'll be fun. Cheers.

 

If this thread gets closed- To the rest of the posters who responded, thank you for sharing your experiences, I've learned from your posts. I apologize for getting into it with the angry old gentleman above, that was not my intention when I joined and started this thread. Most of you seem like calm, good people. And thank you to those that sent me welcomes, don't plan on spending more time on this site though, trying to spend most of my time outdoors. Just glad I could get a discussion started and get some mostly respectful responses.

My opinion remains that educating kids is part of the solution, but the majority of young boys with raging hormones do need some parental supervision. To say otherwise is naive. Parents themselves should also be more aware of the ease of access to porn and do what's necessary to protect their kids from it, afterall, they grew up in a different time without high-speed internet.