From the Leader of Wellbeing

From the Leader of Wellbeing

 
 
 
 
 

Managing your daughter’s Personal Safety

 
Your daughter may be confronted with or accidentally exposed to Pornography. Unfortunately, it is readily available online. This makes porn easy to access and also makes the ability to ‘share’ (send) it rapidly from one device to thousands of others. Our girls are not immune to this situation, however, we want to provide some strategies to support families should your daughter be exposed.
 
  1. It’s illegal to show porn to someone under 18 years old
  2. Under Australian law, it’s an offence to show porn to a minor.
  3. It’s also illegal for someone under 18 years old to be featured in sexually explicit material. This includes videos or photos they’ve taken of themselves.
  4. Images can be stored in ‘vault apps’ or secret storage on devices.
What can you do?
  • Talk with your daughter to empower her to recognise what type of content is age-appropriate, and  make informed decisions, even when she unsupervised
  • Seek advice from wellbeing and support services to help manage any wellbeing impacts if your child is involved with creating, accessing or sharing this type of content
Current Statistics on this issue
 
 
Talking about Sex & Pornography 

In this edition of SchoolTV – ONLINE PORNOGRAPHY

Experts say that the internet is sexualising kids too soon. It is making it easier for children to engage with pornography, by choice and in this edition of SchoolTV – ONLINE PORNOGRAPHY inadvertently. Regrettably, this is forcing parents to have the ‘birds and bees’ chat with their children at a very young age.

With the rise of social media and online porn, many parents are alarmed about protecting the innocence of their children. Unfortunately, what kids are seeing is distorting their idea of sexuality and intimacy. Parents are encouraged to educate their kids on sex and sexuality with age appropriate information.

However, when it comes to having conversations with their kids around pornography, many parents feel ill-equipped. A young person’s brain is highly impressionable and vulnerable to forming addictive patterns of behaviour which can affect their development and even impact their academic performance.

In this edition of SchoolTV, parents will learn strategies on how to have those difficult conversations and what they can do to minimise the negative effects of online pornography.

We hope you take time to reflect on the information offered in this edition of SchoolTV and we always welcome your feedback. If you have any concerns about your daughter, please contact her Tutor Teacher or House Coordinator for further information or seek medical or professional help.

Here is the link to the Online Pornography edition of SchoolTV
Online advice from Dr Michael Carr-Gregg regarding Pornography 

Ms Angela Bowland, Leader of Wellbeing

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