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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 309257" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>This post reminds me of something that happened before any of us knew there would be the internet or computers. My oldest sons were about twelve and neither acted like they were interested in girls or sex, at least around me.</p><p></p><p>One day they were in school and I was looking for something so I got down on the ground in their room to check under their bunk beds. There were a gazillion magazines jammed underneath the bed and I grabbed one. It was a very graphic girly magazine. As I pulled one out after the other, I found at least one hundred of them. I know some people get really upset at the porn thing, but I just sort of rolled my eyes. I was shocked to death, but I figured boys that age are curious and do look. Still, they knew better.</p><p></p><p>I gathered all the mags together and hauled them to a local dumpster and threw them away. When they came home I said, calmly, "When you look under your bed, you'll find your magazines missing"---two boyish faces turned beet red, "And I never want to see them in this house again."</p><p></p><p>One of the kids blurted out, "We got them from J...his br-brother gave them to us...they weren't ours..." blah, blah, blah.</p><p></p><p>I just repeated that mags like that aren't allowed in OUR house. Daddy didn't have any and he's an adult. They certainly can't.</p><p></p><p>I never did find any, but I imagine they still looked at magazines. They had friends whose fathers probably had them and I"m sure the kids brought them out and the boys looked. </p><p></p><p>I just wanted everyone to remember that the internet makes it more "in-your-face" to find our kids are looking at porn, however pre-teen boys (and girls) watching porn in any way they can isn't new. </p><p></p><p>I don't think it's limited to difficult children. However difficult children ARE far more likely to be in-your-face about it and not sneaky and lie when caught.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 309257, member: 1550"] This post reminds me of something that happened before any of us knew there would be the internet or computers. My oldest sons were about twelve and neither acted like they were interested in girls or sex, at least around me. One day they were in school and I was looking for something so I got down on the ground in their room to check under their bunk beds. There were a gazillion magazines jammed underneath the bed and I grabbed one. It was a very graphic girly magazine. As I pulled one out after the other, I found at least one hundred of them. I know some people get really upset at the porn thing, but I just sort of rolled my eyes. I was shocked to death, but I figured boys that age are curious and do look. Still, they knew better. I gathered all the mags together and hauled them to a local dumpster and threw them away. When they came home I said, calmly, "When you look under your bed, you'll find your magazines missing"---two boyish faces turned beet red, "And I never want to see them in this house again." One of the kids blurted out, "We got them from J...his br-brother gave them to us...they weren't ours..." blah, blah, blah. I just repeated that mags like that aren't allowed in OUR house. Daddy didn't have any and he's an adult. They certainly can't. I never did find any, but I imagine they still looked at magazines. They had friends whose fathers probably had them and I"m sure the kids brought them out and the boys looked. I just wanted everyone to remember that the internet makes it more "in-your-face" to find our kids are looking at porn, however pre-teen boys (and girls) watching porn in any way they can isn't new. I don't think it's limited to difficult children. However difficult children ARE far more likely to be in-your-face about it and not sneaky and lie when caught. [/QUOTE]
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