Protecting Your Child in an X-rated World [Paperback]

Frank York (Author), Jan LaRue (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Series: Focus on the Family

Protecting Your Child in an X-Rated World is an informative guide for adults concerned about children and pornography. Well researched by pornography awareness experts, this book gives facts to inform and action steps to keep kids safe. Describing the special vulnerability of children to the pervasive nature of pornography, the book tells how to "porn-proof" the home and oppose pornography in the community and schools, and gives hope for children already exposed to pornography. Appendixes are included for legal reference, Internet filtering devices, and other resources to protect children.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Focus (February 26, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561799076
• ISBN-13: 978-1561799077
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,854,623 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should be Required Reading for Parents, July 16, 2002

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This review is from: Protecting Your Child in an X-rated World (Paperback)

A better parental handbook will be hard to find. The authors have drawn from their own life experiences and decades of professional involvement to produce a volume that should be required reading for every parent.

Protecting Your Child sounds the alarm on an issue that should be alarming to every parent. The authors point out that there has been a 500% increase in rape over the 19-year period from 1980 to 1999, the decades during which the U. S. porn industry grew from a $4 billion annual business to a $10 billion dollar business. Worldwide, it is estimated that pornographers profit $56 billion a year.

York and LaRue document countless law enforcement records that tie pornography to sex offenses. Other disturbing statistics add to the cause for concern. For example, the authors write, "A report in the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1993 noted that nearly half of the nation's child molesters were children. In addition, in 1983 there were only 22 juvenile sex offender programs nationwide; in 1993 that number had grown to 755. Today there are more than 1,200."

Readers should not overwhelmed by the barrage of statistics and tragic stories told in the opening pages. LaRue and York always provide an antidote including concrete steps for action.

Both authors are honest and straightforward in sharing how they were themselves victims of pornography at a young age.

"I am fighting pornography for the sake of our nation's children who are becoming the primary consumers of pornography," says LaRue. The book documents how children are, indeed, being exposed to hard-core pornography at younger and younger ages.

York was first exposed to pornography as an 11-year-old in 1955 when a local drugstore began carrying the brand new Playboy magazine. "Pornography was not widely accessible in those days," he says, "or I might have become a seriously addicted child." Today York is editorial director of Traditional Values Coalition.

In Part 1, York and LaRue detail why pornography is a danger to families, then take a look at its pervasiveness. They illustrate how it has infiltrated even our homes, public schools and libraries largely via the Internet.

Part 2 gives practical responses for the challenge to stop pornography from destroying our children and communities. The chapters on how to keep it out of your home, and how to help the child who has already been exposed to porn are invaluable resources for parents.

Protecting Your Child may paint a scary picture of the present, but it also offers a vision of hope for the future.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Protecting your child in an x-rated world, June 5, 2002

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D. Ciulla (Simi Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Protecting Your Child in an X-rated World (Paperback)

This is an excellant book to equip parents with up-to-date information on how to protect our children from pornography. The authors include resources for internet filters, counselors, and groups that can provide additional support.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Parents - pay Attention!!!, September 26, 2002

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Gregory Nyman (Winchendon, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Protecting Your Child in an X-rated World (Paperback)

This book has practical helps for parents to teach children about sex from God's point of view. Pornography violates that, and parents need to know how pervasive pornography is: sex-ed materials in public schools, dial-a-porn, the Internet, magazines, comic books, videos. If children don't learn about good sex from their parents, they'll learn about bad sex somewhere else. Highly recommended!!!