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Welcome to episode #34! In this week's episode, Matt and Braden talk to Marilyn Evans from Parents Aware to help create awareness on how porn will affect their child.

Porn Targets Children
Porn companies attach misspelled words like 'gummy bares' or 'hot weels' that kids might type into search engines as tags and keywords to their videos. This way, when kids do searches with these words, porn videos pop up. They want people to be lifelong porn consumers so they target them when their brains are years away from being fully developed.

Social Media Creates Vulnerability
The pressures that teens face in keeping up with their friends on all of the different social media apps and devices that they have is immense. It's not the healthiest form of communication or entertainment and so as the pressure mounts and the emotional awareness increases in their lives, teens become vulnerable to looking for an escape. If they've been exposed to porn in the past, often that will be where they go.   

Most Parents Are Unaware
Studies show that parents may know the problem of porn exists, but think that their teen has never seen it. In reality, the majority of teens have seen pornography so parents can't be naïve or simply hopeful that their children are the exceptions.

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Next week, Braden and Matt get practical with Marilyn about how to best bring up pornography with our kids, how often we should check in, and other great tips on setting your kids up for success.

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BRADEN HAFNER

Braden is the Regional Director in Alberta for FamilyLife Canada. He has been married for 12 years to his wife Kristen, and they live in Edmonton, Alberta. He is passionate about seeing marriages grow and thrive, and helping couples move to a deeper oneness with one another and with God. FamilyLife Canada has a variety of resources and events to help you and your spouse take your marriage to the next level. See what would benefit you at www.familylifecanada.com

MATT CLINE

Matt and his wife Louise raise their little guy, David, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is honored to do what he can to tackle the epidemic of pornography and sexual perversion in every way possible. Seeing lives and marriages get free and experience the love of God in profound ways is what drives him every day. He leads Restored Ministries, is a certified speaker and coach for the John Maxwell Team, and formerly played hockey in the WHL and for Hockey Canada. You can visit www.restoredministries.ca.