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I discovered my little brother (age 8) watches porn

Day 0
by Ben
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I went through my little brother’s search history on his Kindle and found porn. My little brother is eight years old. My mother, although she tries, might not have the best methods of preventing an addiction, me as an example. I need help on what to do, how to help him. I can’t have him falling down this rabbit hole. I discovered porn when I was ten, which was eight years ago. I cannot have him making the same mistakes I did to lead me here. If anyone has anything that can help, I’ll gladly hear it.

Comments (6)
Ben57d ago

what I’ve done so far is I gave him a talk, told him not to be ashamed, explained that what he’s watching isn’t good for him and that kind of stuff is for married people. I told him i was going to tell mom, that he wasn’t in trouble, and that mom’s gonna have new rules for him to help him, not to punish him. I spoke with my mom, to ensure that she doesn’t make mistakes with him. I asked if I could be a part of this process as someone who’s experienced the same thing and she agreed. Is there anything else we could do to help him?

Jude57d ago

The worst thing you can do is shame him. He’s 8 and doesn’t know any better. Right now, he needs someone who can guide him down the right path. I’d say you take up this responsibility as his big brother and do just that. It’ll strengthen your bond together. In essence, have a conversation with him, be honest, ask him why and how he found this content, again don’t judge bc he might be embarrassed and lie to you, create trust, and all while educating him on why he shouldn’t be watching things like this. Who knows maybe you share your story with porn to him if you think he’s mature enough to understand it.

Diego58d ago

you just need to be honest with your parents so they can help and honest with your brother so you can really get through to him that it’s a terrible road to follow down

H58d ago

Or dude tell your parents and get them to take his kindle away

H58d ago

Tell him about the harms of porn bro. He’s so young it’ll be hard to explain it to him. I started at 11 which is fked up. But 8 is insane. This is probably way more common than we think.

H58d ago

Holy shit

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