Bobby is passionate about empowering homes across the nation. He loves helping parents own their responsibility as the primary faith trainers in their homes. He serves parents and adults at Kingsland Baptist Church in Katy, TX. He is a husband, father, pastor, coach, and author.
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Last year, during my son’s football season, we played a team that couldn’t stop our offense. Every run play was successful, especially if our runners could get to the sideline. The coaches on the other team were getting frustrated with their players as we just kept running the ball. The reason we were successful is because the defenders were not making good pursuit angles. Instead of trying to get in front of the running backs, they would sprint straight at them only to find themselves chasing behind.
Coaching our players to take good angles is key to any successful defense. In the same way, when I think about how to talk to my kid about porn, I try to remember a couple things. First, it’s not a one-and-done conversation and second, sometimes we must adjust the angles we approach the conversation with. We all know the dangers and statistics surrounding pornography and why we must protect our kids from it—but that won’t happen if we don’t talk about it. Here are 3 angles to use when talking to your kid about porn.
1. Friends
One of the easiest angles to take with your kids is to ask about their friends. I often ask my son if his friends are talking about porn at school, or if they ever have things on their phones that they try to show him. For the most part, my kids will easily talk about their friends and share openly what they are doing. Leverage this angle to talk with them about boundaries and what they should do if it ever comes up in their friend group.