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The report also gave insight into what thoughts the teens were left with. Some teens are seeking out pornography online, but others are coming across it by accident, the report showed. About 41% of the respondents reported seeing online pornography during the school day, including 31% who said they viewed it while attending school in person, the report said. They aren’t always viewing behind closed doors, either. (Cisgender is defined as a person whose gender identity aligns with their sex at birth.)

Of the teens who saw pornography accidentally, 18% reported that it was on social media – but no one platform stood out as the most common source, the report said.Īlthough both cisgender boys and cisgender girls reported having seen pornography at a similar rate, 52% of cisgender boys reported doing so on purpose while 36% of cisgender girls reported the same, the data showed. Sometimes that was through clicking a link they didn’t realize was porn, coming across a pornographic advertisement or being shown by a friend or classmate. More than half reported seeing the content accidentally, according to the report. Teens say their experience on social media is better than you think.

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Group of people using and looking at mobile phone and tablet pc while sitting together Adobe Stock Devorah Heitner, author of “Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World” and founder of Raising Digital Natives, a resource for parents and schools. Parents should understand that curiosity around sexuality is common for growing kids and assume that their child has probably seen something online they wish they hadn’t, said Dr. “Teenagers are exposed to pornography far more often than many adults assume,” said Damour, an Ohio-based clinical psychologist specializing in the development of teenage girls. Lisa Damour, the new data isn’t a surprise. “This is an incredibly important public health and sexual health issue that’s literally being buried by parents, by educators and by all of us.” “Most parents probably think, ‘Well that’s not my kid.’ But the numbers are overwhelming, so it probably is your kid,” said Jim Steyer, Common Sense Media founder and CEO. Adobe Stockįor adolescents, social media might be a brain-changer, researchers say Checking social media more frequently was associated with more sensitivity to social punishments and rewards as shown in fMRI imaging, according to the study.

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