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Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

61: Encore: My Kid Looked at Porn. What Should I Do?

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

Dr. Lisa Damour/Good Trouble Productions

Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8720 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This week we present an encore episode of one of our top performing shows. American singer Billi Eilish recently spoke about the devastating effects porn had on her when she was exposed at eleven. Dr. Lisa explains how parents can start a conversation about porn and why it’s so important to talk to your kids about it. Reena asks what’s the right age to have that talk.  Articles: Lisa's NYT article: How to Talk to Your Teenager About Pornography Shafia Zaloom's NYT article: Kids Are Watching Pornography. Here's How to Talk About It Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @AskLisaPodcast, @LDamour, @ReenaNinan Additional resources:  https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by:  Www.GoodTroubleProductions.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0

This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting.

0:10.0

Psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times best-selling parenting books, takes your questions.

0:17.0

And I'm co-host, Rina Ninan, a journalist and mom of two.

0:24.1

Some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves.

0:28.2

Most of the time, I'll be getting answers to your parenting questions.

0:33.1

So send your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.Lisademore.com.

0:36.8

Episode 61, we're presenting an encore episode.

0:39.3

My child looked at porn. What should I do? This remains one of our top performing episodes and a topic I was really surprised Lisa wanted us to discuss.

0:45.3

But after this aired, I understood fully why.

0:49.3

Just in the past couple of weeks, American singer, 19--old Billy Eilish had this to say about porn.

0:55.8

I think it really destroyed my brain, and I feel incredibly devastated that I was exposed to so much porn.

1:02.6

So to end the year, we have an encore episode.

1:05.3

My child looked at porn. What should I do?

1:11.9

So I got the question, where do babies come from?

1:15.2

And I'm so grateful you always have great advice.

1:17.6

And I asked my son, where did this come from?

1:20.0

Like, how did you start thinking about this?

1:21.8

And he said he saw a show.

1:23.7

And the actor in the show, the kid said,

1:25.9

if you want to see parents so confused and unable to answer you, ask them, where do babies come from?

1:31.7

It made me think, what is he consuming that I don't know about?

1:35.0

It was one of these teeny bob shows.

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