Parents

;When to start talking. When do we start talking? A lot sooner than most parents are comfortable with. Research suggests that children as young as ;10-11 years of age ;have viewed pornography, with some suggesting that it may be as young as ;5 to 6 years of age. Basically, as soon as your child ...

No one can deny that pornography is not aimed to be watched by children. It builds an unhealthy and unrealistic image of sexual relationships and, if seen at the age of 12 and younger, can be a cause of kids growing up as sex addicts and sexual deviants. In this article we will go through top wa...

Rabbi Dr. Avraham Twerski wrote to GYE: ; I received a call from a mother who found her 15 yr old son watching porn What do you recommend for this age group Twerski ; We responded: Dear Rabbi Twerski, ; We have a special page for teens on our website over here. ; ; Here are a few suggestions...

Someone wrote: I caught my 6 year old daughter pleasuring herself. I don’t want this to develop into an addiction, is there anything I can do now to prevent this from continuing? The ;GYE Rebbetzin ;(7up) ;responds. I had hoped to really answer with profession opinions behind me, but haven’t rea...

Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin, the founder of Drugsline, received a prestigious honor from Queen Elizabeth ;II in recognition of his groundbreaking work tackling substance and alcohol abuse. ;Lubavitch.com spoke with him about his organization's achievements. One of the questions they asked him was the foll...

Recently, the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America issued a groundbreaking statement on Internet use - see below. ; (To download a high resolution PDF version of the Kol Korei, right click ;this link and choose "Save Link/Target As"). Q) How did this statement come about? A) The Rabbanim decided ...

My wife and I like the approach of the Kirk, on his website called ;Celebrate Calm. He empowers both parents and children, and he focuses on teaching all parties responsibility for themselves. It may not be easy, but we see that 'the failing way' is how we got here with our oldest son, so we have...

I remember the day like it was yesterday. It was about twelve years ago. I bumped into an individual who ;knew a friend of mine and we got to talking. Being a computer expert, this man shared with me an idea he had to develop a company that would offer kosher filtered internet for cost price. At ...

Aharon emailed us: Hi Guard, From my experience, it's clear that long term recovery can only be achieved by "living right" one day at a time. ;"Living right" can mean different things to different people, but a relationship with Hashem is a core component by any definition. ;So when considering...

An expert on technology addictions, spoke about technology and parental awareness at a community gathering Sunday night to a crowd of well over fifteen-hundred ;attendees. Rabbi Yechezkel Zweig, who introduced the main speaker, called the evening an “educational opportunity” that would allow pare...