90% of children aged 8-16 have viewed porn online. (Naked Truth Project 2016)

Finding pornography online is so easy these days. Just googling the word ‘sex’ will find you hundreds if not thousands of hits. Young people are growing up surrounded by internet-enabled technology that both connects them to the world like never before, but also opens them up to a whole range of opportunities and threats.

One of these threats is the easy accessibility to unregulated online pornography and sexually explicit materials that are instantly available to even the youngest of children.

As well as being a source of sexual misinformation, online pornography is providing young people with a whole new way to view themselves, their sexuality and their interactions with others. A generation of children and young people are engaging in digital sexual behaviours that, like all sexual activity, carry real consequences.

This webinar is intended to address the impact of online pornography is having on young people and equip you in talking with your children and young people about it in ways that are factual, sensitive and appropriate for them. It will also offer some practical guidance about what you can do to support the healthy sexual development of the children and young people in your care, and where you could go for further support and information.