Enough Is Enough

EIE sent out this email. This organization knows the effects of pornography and they are doing what they can to combat it.

NEWSFLASH:
Pornography Isn't Just 'Harmless Fun'

Earlier this month, columnist Marcia Segelstein interviewed Dr. Jill Manning, a marriage and family therapist who specializes in research and clinical work related to pornography and problematic sexual behavior about what parents need to know about pornography and their kids. As Dr. Manning--also an Enough Is Enough (EIE) Internet Safety Council member and Internet Safety 101 featured expert--highlights, many parents are too trusting of their kids and are naïve about the intensely graphic, violent and deviant nature of material accessible online.

When a child or adolescent encounters Internet pornography, it can have lasting negative or even traumatic effects on the child's sense of security and sexuality. Pornography promotes the belief that superior sexual satisfaction is attainable without having affection for one's partner, thereby reinforcing the commoditization of sex and the objectification of humans. Children who have been exposed have an increased risk for developing sexual compulsions and addictive behavior. And growing levels adult addictive behavior is becoming a major workplace problem in contemporary American society, as was highlighted in a recent editorial in the Washington Times.

Dr. Manning stressed her belief that "pornography is the most successfully marketed attack on our nature as human beings that has ever existed. There has never been anything so calculated, widespread and effective at reaching so many people at such a young age."

The bottom line: 'No Child is Immune' to Internet Dangers! To find out how to protect your children, EIE urges parents to implement Rules N' ToolsSM on all Internet-enabled devices.

To read more from Marcia's article, click HERE.

"I was just looking up pictures of reptiles to make a card for one of my friends," an eleven-year-old began, shifting nervously in her rainbow canvas sneakers, "when I came across some scary pictures. There were images and videos of naked women... with snakes. I haven't told my parents or anyone... I thought I would get in trouble."
Dear Friend:

EIE President Donna Rice Hughes presents to a packed house of parents and educators at the Ritz Theater in Rockville, in an event sponsored by the Park County School District on February 10th, 2009. At the end of a recent presentation to 4th and 5th grade children, girls and boys lined up to talk with EIE staff; each young face held a different story of how they first encountered graphic Internet pornography.

For each one of them, their innocence was shattered by accidental exposure; each child was wrestling silently with what to do with the harmful messages they encountered online. Once exposed, these images can never be erased from their young minds.

We cannot afford to leave our children unprotected online, which is why EIE continues to educate, equip and empower you with the simpleInternet Safety 101: Empowering Parents basics that will help you protect your children from threats online. Every child deserves a protected 'Age of Innocence'.

For Their Sake,

The Enough Is Enough Staff