✨Just launched–New AI Parent Center 🤖
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Hello Reader, We're proud to partner with our friends at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) who just launched a new AI resource! The Parent Center is a new platform designed to help families navigate today’s digital landscape by bringing parents together with the most trusted resources out there, including Good Pictures Bad Pictures and articles from Defend Young Minds. This useful tool provides:
The Parent Center AI tool features resources exclusively from NCOSE's trusted partners. Here are some types of questions you can you ask the Parent Center AI tool: 📵 Can you provide steps for implementing parental controls while setting up a new iPhone for a teen? 🚨 My child is currently being extorted by a sexual predator on Roblox. He’s threatening to release sexual images of my kid. What should I do? ❓My 8-year-old has access to our family’s tablet. Even with heavy restrictions, I’m worried he will come across dangerous content. How do I begin a conversation with a kid so young about the harms of pornography? Any question you have about child online safety, you can ask the Parent Center AI tool. We’ve received assurances that the NCOSE team has worked very hard to make the tool safe for all visitors. We’re also happy they’ve made it without using a “companion AI” avatar–something we caution parents to avoid. AI is a tool–it’s not our friend. Be one of the first to use this new resource at parentcenter.org. It’s an old adage to fight fire with fire. Using AI to help parents deal with digital dangers is a game-changer. Warmly, Kristen P.S. The Parent Center shares our Good Pictures Bad Pictures books and articles from Defend Young Minds. We hope this new tool helps millions of parents worldwide find our resources. You can help by sharing the Parent Center with your friends and family. What I’ve been up to 💄Fun story–the show’s makeup artist told me she loved Good Pictures Bad Pictures–she had bought my book 10 years ago for her son and was a big fan! I love hearing these success stories! Help your child build an internal filter that can help shape their future. Resources like our Good Pictures Bad Pictures books give parents a simple, age-appropriate way to talk with kids about pornography before exposure happens. |
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Hello Reader, I'll never forget hearing from a therapist that girls are often more vulnerable to porn than boys. In fact, research suggests that even if boys are more likely to view pornography regularly, girls often carry a heavier share of the consequences. In our new article, Does Pornography Harm Girls More Than Boys? What Parents of Daughters Should Know, you’ll learn: How the consequences of pornography use differ between girls and boys. The disproportionate and damaging risks girls...