Hazylunarrian....just a thought on a possible deterrent if you have a webcam. Tell your kids that the webcam is set to video capture, and their 'porn activities/behaviour' could make for some embarassing viewing later on.
Yeah, it can be a problem keeping your kids away from porn, and not just the boys, either. Given recent experience, I also think that much of it depends on who your kids associate with, and what kind of 'real world' influences they come into contact with. If a kid is 'going solo' and being discreet, it most often amounts to little more than satisfying a curiosity and self relief. It's when they become involved with the 'wrong type' of people and are inappropriately encouraged that they stray into far less disirable activities and get into trouble.
Having raised 3 kids, a boy and 2 girls, I've been through this with each of them and found issues only ever arose when they began to mix with the 'wrong element' and were led further astray by peer group pressure and the 'safety in numbers' mentality.
Obviously it comes down to monitoring what they view on the internet and parental guidance/education, but vigilance with regards to their associations is also important. I knew my son was looking at porn, and yeah, it nigh on impossible to stop him, but the troubles only began when he started running with a slightly older crowd who prompted him to behave in ways he would not have had the courage to do alone.....but in all honesty, the girls were my greatest concern, and one still is. They tended to be more vulnerable to peer group pressure/unsavoury influences, as fitting in/being accepted seemed to be more important to them.
For example, to fit in with the 'in crowd', my 15 yo stepdaughter ran away from home to be with those we disapproved of and is now 3 months pregnant to a 28 yo man we forbade her to see......
Worse still, we cannot get the relevant authorities to act accordingly, and thus, we've had to resort to taking legal action through the courts to better protect her interests....given the 'so-called Department of Families' has irresponsibly assigned her every adult right and stripped us of all parental responsibilities without a court order to do so.
Of course we must be concerned with child porn/exploitation and what our children are exposed to, but we should have equal concern with regards to the legislators and legal eagles who advocate children as young as 10 being emancipated and/or divorcing their parents to avoid the rules and do as they please.
Sorry if I went a bit off topic there, but it angers me so much that there are so many homeless children, who need not be, but are because governments allow them to be so to behave in socially unacceptable ways, simply because the rules at home no longer suit them.....which leads back to the porn and prostitution, etc.
When loose on the streets, our kids are more exposed, and therefore more prone, vulnerable to exploitation/porn/child porn/prostitution, etc.
The producers of the porn our children view are not our only enemies....the authorities who sanction the emancipation of minors and then support them are equally our enemies, if not moreso.
