It could very well be more than half but even a quarter would already be very bad. Even without this survey anecdotal evidence suggest the numbers would be huge. Numbers only serve to create more buzz but what is the action?
We didn't wait for these numbers. We had been ring fencing and teaching the children about this matter for a long time. It is not easy because it is quite unlike learning school stuff.
The challenge is to get to the teens before porn gets them. There isn't very much the government could do and families must take this up. Sadly we can't trust many families to do so. We will have to live with the consequences. This is one of those things where you cannot make things better until it becomes worse enough first.
How much progress can you make when adults themselves are watching porn? Some taxi and bus drivers even watch them publicly!
Adults cannot be counted on to do the right thing, we are expecting the kids to do better? And that is the reason why we are failing to reach the kids before porn gets them.
Learning the hard way may be the only way. I hope we survive this. Happy are the children who come from families whose parents are responsible and understand that sex is not the THING.
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