The Executive Director of Oxbow Academy, Sean Brooks talked to Lon Woodbury and Liz McGhee on the topic of how pornography harms child development on the L.A. Talk Show. Parent Choices for Struggling Teenagers is a weekly radio show sponsored by Father Flanagan's Boys Town. The host of the show, Lon Woodbury is an Independent Educational Expert in Idaho. His Co-Host Liz McGhee is the admissions supervisor for Sandhill Child Development Center in New Mexico. Sean talked about just how pornography has gotten much worse over the past thirty years and he said that adolescents are now being targeted as customers.
A Quick Bio on Sean Brooks
Sean Brooks is the Executive Director and Co-Owner of Oxbow Academy-Utah, which is a Residential Treatment Center for adolescent teen males struggling with sexual behavioral issues. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Brigham Young University and began his career in residential therapy in 1992. He has served as program director for three facilities, two of which specialize in treating teen boys with sexual issues.
Understanding How Pornography Damages Child Advancement
The discussion began with an attempt to define pornography. Since it is a complex topic, Sean defined pornography as any media with explicit human sexuality focused on arousing the viewer. Lon added that it appealed to the base, crude, and primitive instincts of the viewer.
Liz then asked about exactly how pornography had transformed over the past 30 years. Sean described that there were three essential changes that he could detect. Initially, there were lots of obstacles to obtaining access to adult products for youths in the past, but today all they required was an Internet hookup. Second, the variety of pornography is now much, much larger and there is no limit to the amount offered to the viewer. Third, there was much more violence related to pornographic storytelling.
Pornography was very harmful for young children and young adults, Sean explained, because it was a dependency that morphed into a complete addiction. He explained that the human mind has 5 pleasure centers and while drug abuse enhanced three out of five of these centers, pornography stimulated them all. By boosting dopamine, a highly enjoyable endorphin, teenager's found pornography to provide an excellent tension-relieving and life-coping solution. Nonetheless, by avoiding all real-life issues, they failed to acquire emotional maturity and did not develop social skills. In addition, pornographic images altered values and interfered with meaningful relationships between couples.
Sean additionally discussed what parents could do to aid their youngsters and the sorts of therapy offered for this dependency. Although the pornography market grew on powerful stealth techniques-- like secrecy, shame, and fear-- parents and culture can still take constructive action to keep their youngsters protected.
A Quick Bio on Sean Brooks
Sean Brooks is the Executive Director and Co-Owner of Oxbow Academy-Utah, which is a Residential Treatment Center for adolescent teen males struggling with sexual behavioral issues. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Brigham Young University and began his career in residential therapy in 1992. He has served as program director for three facilities, two of which specialize in treating teen boys with sexual issues.
Understanding How Pornography Damages Child Advancement
The discussion began with an attempt to define pornography. Since it is a complex topic, Sean defined pornography as any media with explicit human sexuality focused on arousing the viewer. Lon added that it appealed to the base, crude, and primitive instincts of the viewer.
Liz then asked about exactly how pornography had transformed over the past 30 years. Sean described that there were three essential changes that he could detect. Initially, there were lots of obstacles to obtaining access to adult products for youths in the past, but today all they required was an Internet hookup. Second, the variety of pornography is now much, much larger and there is no limit to the amount offered to the viewer. Third, there was much more violence related to pornographic storytelling.
Pornography was very harmful for young children and young adults, Sean explained, because it was a dependency that morphed into a complete addiction. He explained that the human mind has 5 pleasure centers and while drug abuse enhanced three out of five of these centers, pornography stimulated them all. By boosting dopamine, a highly enjoyable endorphin, teenager's found pornography to provide an excellent tension-relieving and life-coping solution. Nonetheless, by avoiding all real-life issues, they failed to acquire emotional maturity and did not develop social skills. In addition, pornographic images altered values and interfered with meaningful relationships between couples.
Sean additionally discussed what parents could do to aid their youngsters and the sorts of therapy offered for this dependency. Although the pornography market grew on powerful stealth techniques-- like secrecy, shame, and fear-- parents and culture can still take constructive action to keep their youngsters protected.
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