{"id":1128004,"date":"2021-12-17T09:28:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128004"},"modified":"2021-12-17T09:28:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:28:43","slug":"uk-commissioner-asks-parents-to-talk-to-their-nine-year-olds-about-porn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-commissioner-asks-parents-to-talk-to-their-nine-year-olds-about-porn\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Commissioner Asks Parents to Talk to Their Nine-Year-Olds About Porn"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-commissioner-asks-parents-to-talk-to-their-nine-year-olds-about-porn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128004&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1299026578-e1639658653910-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A UK government commissioner has asked for parents to talk to their nine-year-old children about porn before they find themselves exposed to the material online.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel de Souza, the Children\u2019s Commissioner for England, has asked for parents to start talking to their children about online pornography and sexting from when they are as young as eight or nine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/education-59666170\">report<\/a> by the BBC, de Souza, along with a panel of young people, called for parents to have conversations with their children about porn at a much younger age, before they are exposed to the material themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The advice comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/08\/05\/bbc-asks-should-there-be-age-appropriate-porn-for-children\/\">after<\/a> one programme on state-owned broadcaster the BBC asked earlier in the year whether \u201cage-appropriate pornography\u201d should be made for children.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner told parents that they needed to \u201ctalk early, talk often\u201d in order to prepare children for online dangers, and this should be done ideally before their kids ever have a smartphone, or an account on social media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou might be surprised how early our young people felt parents need to start the conversation,\u201d&nbsp;<em>The Guardian<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2021\/dec\/16\/parents-urged-talk-children-young-as-nine-online-porn\">reports<\/a> the commissioner as saying.&nbsp;\u201cBut kids want an age\u2011appropriate conversation that evolves over time in line with their growing maturity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy advice to parents and carers is to create the culture before the crisis,\u201d she continued. \u201cChildren have told us they want their mums and dads to create a safe, judgment\u2011free space for them to talk about these issues. It\u2019s better to do that before you hit a problem rather than trying to create that mood while you\u2019re dealing with one.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9056603773585\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BBC Woman\u2019s Hour Asks \u2018Should There be Age-Appropriate Porn\u2019 for Children? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ic0aXmFe6G\">https:\/\/t.co\/ic0aXmFe6G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1423349836443697157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The suggestion that parents need to talk to their children about porn when they are at a very young age comes as the UK tries to grapple with how young people are accessing sexual material online.<\/p>\n<p>BBC programme <em>Women\u2019s Hour<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/08\/05\/bbc-asks-should-there-be-age-appropriate-porn-for-children\/\">asked<\/a> the British public in August whether \u201cage-appropriate pornography\u201d should be made for kids.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The question was likely prompted by the controversy surrounding a call for \u201cporn for children\u201d to be produced by a <em>Sunday Times<\/em>&nbsp;contributing journalist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone needs to create porn for children. Hear me out. Young teens are already watching porn but they\u2019re finding hardcore, aggressive videos that give a terrible view of sex,\u201d read a post by the journalist online. \u201cThey need entry-level porn! A softcore site where everyone asks for consent and no one gets choked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to the call for comment by the BBC production, Conservative Home commentator&nbsp;Bella Wallersteiner said that \u201cage-appropriate porn is grooming\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s becoming clear there aren\u2019t any adults left at the BBC capable of critical thinking,\u201d&nbsp;Wallersteiner continued.<\/p>\n<p>UK pop star Billie Eilish meanwhile recently called porn a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/12\/14\/billie-eilish-porn-is-a-disgrace-destroyed-my-brain\/\">disgrace<\/a>\u201c, saying that the content did damage to her sex life and her brain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a woman, I think porn is a disgrace,\u201d Eilish said during an interview this week. \u201cI used to watch a lot of porn, to be honest. I started watching porn when I was like 11.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it really destroyed my brain and I feel incredibly devastated that I was exposed to so much porn,\u201d she continued, going on to lament the effect the material had on her expectations regarding sex.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.7391304347826\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">France Could Block Porn Sites That Do Not Verify User Age <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/02Amu4rfWV\">https:\/\/t.co\/02Amu4rfWV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1448583105057492995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UK government commissioner has asked for parents to talk to their nine-year-old children about porn before they find themselves exposed to the material online. 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