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Youth and porn* resources
The Office of the Film & Literature Classification has released findings of a survey of more than 2,000 New Zealand teenagers that shows that pornography is freely available and is shaping children's attitudes towards sex: NZ Youth and Porn. The Department has resources available for parents, young people and educators, including links to useful resources from other places.
Disclaimer: All links and references to other websites, organisations or people not within the Department of Internal Affairs are provided for the user's convenience only, and should not be taken as endorsement of those websites, or of the information contained in those websites, nor of organisations or people referred to. See our Copyright information.
Buying a new electronic device for Christmas?
Here are some useful links: Buying a new electronic device for Christmas?
About sex/porn*
- The Light Project and The Light Project porn fact sheet
- E-Childhood
- It’s Time We Talked
- PornHelp
- Sex n Respect
New Zealand based advice
- The Real Sex Talk (Villianesse website)
- Stick and Stones
- NetSafe
- The Light Project
- OFLC Parents Guide (PDF, 2.5MB, 6 pages) (Office of Film & Literature Classification website)
- New Zealand Family Planning (How to talk with your children about: pornography)
- Te Whāriki Takapou
Australian based advice
- E-Safety Commissioner (Australia) (How do I talk about pornography)
- Collective Shout
Technology based Resources
Youtube videos:
- Celebrities share their personal experiences with porn
- Russell Brand reveals why he no longer watches porn
- Ran Gavrieli – TedEx: Why I stopped watching porn
- Seth’s Story: overcoming an addiction to porn
- Mark’s story: I was addicted to porn at age 12
- Russell Brand talks sex, softcore and hardcore porn
- Love and sex in an age of pornography
- The Porn Factor
- Dr. Gail Dines: Growing up in a pornified culture
- Gary Wilson: the great porn experiment
- Channel 4: Porn on the brain
Help Apps - people can download them if they are struggling with porn addiction:
- Quit addiction buddy – designed to help you quit porn through developing discipline, keeping track of mistakes so that you can fix them and kickstart your will power.
- Fortify – designed to equip individuals struggling with compulsive porn use – young and old – with tools, education and a community to assist them.
- Brainbuddy – aims to help people addicted to porn and masturbation, so they can quit porn and rewire their brain.
- Safesurfer – can block porn on your iPhone or iPad. Runs silently in the background and blocks adult content on all major browsers.
Internet filters
Information for parents and caregivers (families) – How to deal with Parent Control Settings (Google/Windows/Apple)
Google Products:
- Chromebook Parental Controls (YouTube video)
- Restricted Mode on YouTube (YouTube video)
- Android Family Link
- Google Safe Search (YouTube video)
- Google Internet Safety (YouTube video)
- Google Online Safety Centre (YouTube video)
Windows:
Apple:
- Apple Family Safety Centre
- Parental Controls on iOS (YouTube video)
- Mac Parental Controls (YouTube video)
*Porn refers to adult pornographic material which may, under New Zealand law be classified as R18 material.
