No healthy parent wants to think about his child viewing pornography, but it often happens. Some researchers have stated that the average age of exposure to pornography is down to eight. How should you, as a parent, handle this responsibly?

We live in a “Porn is the Norm” Culture. If you are doing nothing, that is also a response. Is that the best way to handle the problem?

The term “addict” may seem severe. Most parents will initially minimize the problem, hoping their son or daughter is simply “experimenting.” Today, however, Internet pornography is the fast ramp to sex addiction. Coupled with a greater moral decay in the culture and the fact that children’s minds are still are still in the process of developing to maturity, addiction can happen quicker than we parents like to think.

If you still can, make sure to have your dependence on pornography and masturbation resolved before you get married. From the kaballistic viewpoint, wasting seed is the cause of fights between husband and wide, financial difficulties, and children born with various problems.

This essay, from the wife of a pornography addict,  illustrates just some of the pain that a bad habit unchecked can bring into people's lives.