Where do I go, as a parent, to be on the offense when it comes to addressing our sexualized culture with my child?
Is there any way that a parent can parent AND be a partner with their child in battling the many pitfalls and lies that are out there?
Is there hope if my child has already been dealing with porn use or addiction for years without me knowing about it?
Is it possible to even expect that our whole family can be completely porn-free?
The answer to all of these questions can most certainly be answered in a positive way, in a way that brings hope to you, those around you, and those who come after you.
This post is simply a listing of places you can go for a healthy perspective and where you can know that many people like you are able to address each of these questions in a very victorious and God-honoring way.
Here they are, in no particular order:
This Talking to Toddlers link helps parents address pornography, from a mom who’s recovered from her own struggle.
This 30-minute podcast announces a forthcoming resource and talk with the creators of this popular documentary, “Into The Light.”
Defendyoungminds.com is dedicated to helping parents talk to their kids about sex. They are the creators of the “Good Pictures Bad Pictures” books.
Barb Winters, founder of HopefulMom.net and author of Sexpectations, was interviewed by the Pure Desire podcast regarding, “Helping Next Gen Navigate Healthy Relationships.”
”God’s Design for Sex” book series, updated in 2019, includes four books intended to read with your children up to the age of 12.
Stay tuned and refer to the website of the organization that I help lead. Broken Strength is a Christian non-profit that helps churches help their men battle for sexual purity and spiritual maturity. Our resource page seek to equip men, women, parents, and teens with the many good, biblical resources out there.
Our only hope, but our sure hope, is in the One who created the universe, created our world, created human beings, and created sex to be enjoyed thoroughly in the bonds of the marriage of a man and a woman. What if sex has always been reserved for JUST this context? We clearly would not have many of the ills that our culture currently has.
In order to finish with how the Bible describes this hope, I will simply give you 1 Peter 5:8-11:
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
