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Brook is pleased to support a new resource from Childnet, which has been designed to help parents and carers talk to children and young people about online pornography.
Young ambassadors from Brook helped Childnet to develop the resource by participating in a focus group, and discussing how they would like parents and carers to tackle the subject.
Simon Blake OBE, CEO of Brook, said:
"It's really important to talk to children and young people about sex, relationships and sexuality in an open and positive way from an early age. This includes tackling topics like pornography which can cause unrealistic expectations of sex, relationships, and anxieties about bodies. We need to provide real life information which shouldn’t be a scary prospect for parents and carers – as Childnet's resource demonstrates, this can be done in relevant ways. We all have a responsibility to help children and young people stay safe and enjoy being online."
Childnet's resource on pornography is available here: www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers/hot-topics/pornography
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Notes to editors
Brook believes that young people should have access to great sexual health services and wellbeing support.
Brook provides free and confidential sexual health information, contraception, pregnancy testing, advice and counselling, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections and education programmes, reaching nearly 235,000 young people nationwide every year.
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