Exposed to Porn

A recent article in the first things journal, parents can't fight porn alone, tells the story of a 19 year old girl named Maddie and how she got wrapped up in a pornography addiction. Maddie grew up in a faith-based home and she had parents who were constantly paying attention to the dangers of technology, while monitoring where Maddie was spending her time. Her parents had put filters on her devices and they asked her to hand in her phone every night. Still, Maddie found pornography for the first time on her social media feed when she was only 13 years old. Curious about what she saw, she continued to dig further into the world of porn and learned how to bypass the parental controls her parents had put on the phone. This led to an addiction that lasted five years. Why did Maddie tell her story to first things? She wants parents to wake up and understand that kids are seeing porn on their phones all the time. Parents are you taking steps to monitor your children and warn them about porn?