Internet Pornography: The new sex ed for teens?

Internet Pornography: The new sex ed for teens?

Is internet pornography providing many of today’s teens with their first lessons in sex education?  Earlier generations, if exposed to porn at all, encountered it through stumbling across magazines or video tapes.  Traditionally, parents had the “Birds and...
Neuroscience, porn and the developing teen brain

Neuroscience, porn and the developing teen brain

Recent research in neuroscience is shedding light on the damaging impact that the use of pornography has on the developing adolescent brain. Because of the ease of access to internet porn, increasing numbers of children and teens are experiencing the negative effects...
Voyeurism: A sexual behavior disorder that begins during adolescence

Voyeurism: A sexual behavior disorder that begins during adolescence

Voyeurism, one of several paraphilia disorders listed in the DSM, is the sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions usually considered to be of a private nature. The principal...
Teen compulsive sexual behavior, mental health and drug abuse

Teen compulsive sexual behavior, mental health and drug abuse

In many cases, teens struggling with compulsive sexual behavior also struggle with mental health issues including anxiety, depression as well as drug and alcohol abuse. This can make it difficult for parents to know which issue to focus on when it comes to seeking...
The Impact on Family of Sex Addiction

The Impact on Family of Sex Addiction

We define addictions as those forms of obsession that are most obviously destructive, like alcohol, drugs and gambling, but any habit can become an addiction when the behavior becomes more important than a person’s loved ones, work, and even life itself. Sex addiction...
Help for teen sexual addiction

Help for teen sexual addiction

Now Concerned Parents Can Call Us and Gain Immediate Help and Actionable Steps that Will Guide their youth to a Better and Healthier Life! ST. GEORGE, UTAH: Perhaps you or someone you care about has lost control sexually and has started to behave in a disruptive...
Thoughts from a young recovering sexual addict

Thoughts from a young recovering sexual addict

Well…um…what were we talking about? Ah ‘sex’. Well, son…sex is…um…just hold on a sec…Let me get your mother! That was pretty much how my first and only father-son adult convo panned out. Addiction, or in this case, sex addiction is a state of behavior which is outside...