REDMINUTE Ron DeHaas president of Covenant Eyes answers the question "What is accountability" Accountability is designed to help you build relationship so that you can change your own behaviour, "You can't manage what you don't measure." It's a way to monitor you internet use with a friend/colleague looking out for you, rather than trying to do it "cold turkey," [...]
REDMINUTE Jessica Harris answers the question "How do I talk to my daughter about porn?" Pornography is not something you can just talk about with your daughter once, it's important that discussion about sexuality is ongoing. The conversation will change as your daughter matures, ranging from talking about how female sexuality plays out in her favourite [...]
REDMINUTE Dr. Steven Lytle from Sparrow House Counseling answers the question "Why seek help for porn addiction recovery?" There is a lie out there that says "I must be really messed up if I need to seek help from a counsellor." But the fact is that we all need help, support and accountability - a [...]
REDMINUTE No. 9 Fight the New Drug's Clay Olsen answers the question "How do I speak to a teen who has been viewing porn?" Parents need to understand that their kids are growing up in a completely different world to the one they grew up in. Teens today are seeing sexualised messages on billboards, media [...]
REDMINUTE Fight the New Drug's Clay Olsen answers the question "Why speak to teens about porn?" A lot of people think "why should we approach teens on the issue of pornography?" because they think it is an adult problem, it's something that adults are struggling with, it's impacting marriages, so why focus on teens? The [...]
REDMINUTE No. 7 Fight the New Drug's Clay Olsen answers the question "Why should we speak about porn's effects at school?" Pornography is not just a moral issue, it is a public health issue. Just like any other public health issue is taught in schools, for instance drug addictions where we have resources and curriculums [...]
REDMINUTE No. 6 Dr William Struthers answers the question "How do you talk to children about porn?" When talking to your children about porn, try not to think about it as just a one off "porn talk," but rather an ongoing conversation that spans their entire upbringing. These conversations will be about men, women, appropriate [...]
REDMINUTE No. 4 Dr William Struthers answers the question "How is porn addiction similar to drug addiction?" The brain has natural pathways which are involved in reinforcement and pleasure which are activated through natural drivers like eating, drinking and sex. Neurologically, porn really hijacks this natural system in the same way that drugs do, by [...]
REDMINUTE No. 3 Dr William Struthers answers the question "What is porn addiction?" There has been plenty of public debate about whether compulsive viewing of pornography is actually an addiction but first we need to start with a definition for porn addiction. Neuroscientist and author, Dr William Struthers likens porn addiction to a drug addiction. [...]
REDMINUTE Dr William Struthers answers the question "How does porn affect people?" Neuroscientist and author, Dr William Struthers explains that he has seen pornography effect people in a variety of different ways. For some people, they are caught up in a cycle where they can't stop watching porn, they begin to use it to self [...]